NFC Notes: 49ers, Rams, Seahawks

NFC Notes: 49ers, Rams, Seahawks
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49ers

  • Both QB Mac Jones and QB Brock Purdy were limited in practice on Wednesday. 49ers HC Kyle Shanahan said Purdy (toe) was more limited than Jones (knee, oblique), suggesting that Jones might be more likely to start on Sunday. (Matt Barrows)
  • Matt Barrows of The Athletic points out that 49ers WR Skyy Moore (ankle) missed practice this week, leading to WRs Jordan Watkins and Junior Bergen handling punt-return duties.
  • 49ers LB Fred Warner was placed on injured reserve after suffering a dislocated and broken ankle in Week 6. San Francisco GM John Lynch said he still has to hear from their medical team: “Let’s get there and let’s see. Fred — you give him a timeline and he’ll want to break it and beat it.” (Matt Barrows)
  • As for 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk‘s return from injured reserve, Lynch said the receiver is getting closer: “He’s getting closer. He is getting closer. And I can see that each week. He’s better today than he was last week at this time. That’s all positive. That’s the update.” (Matt Maiocco)

Rams

Rams QB Matthew Stafford said he’s enjoyed the connection he’s had with WR Davante Adams and said he needs to do a better job of getting him the ball in space.

There’s been some good ones,” Stafford said, via Rams Wire. “There’s been some missed ones. I would take the majority of the blame on a lot of those and just give him a better chance on a couple. He’s still doing a great job of winning. I missed him on the one corner route in the end zone and he made this guy look foolish. He’s doing a great job separating. I have to give him a couple of better chances… The early execution was just two throws really missed by me. That’s the biggest thing I think when it boils down to it.

Adams was asked about the difference between Stafford and his former QB Aaron Rodgers. He agreed that both he and Stafford have a sense of urgency considering where they’re at relative to this point in their careers.

It’s not how I drew it up as far as efficiency goes,” Adams said. “*I think we both would’ve liked to be a little bit more efficient, but I know for myself over the last few [games], just based off how we started, [there’s been] a little bit of pressing. I think just playing, going out and playing and figuring it out, me being Davante Adams, him being Matthew Stafford, everybody else being themselves and not feeling a sense of having to fix it and do anything crazy to fix it but just going out and making plays… We’re not taking our time by any stretch of the imagination I wouldn’t say a sense of urgency is the necessary term, given we have a pretty good sense of urgency now. It’s just not easy man. I played with Aaron for the majority of...