The San Francisco 49ers paid a bit of a price for their Week 8 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan had a quartet of injury updates after the game with four players who were banged up and didn’t return to action.
Running back Jordan Mason in the first half hurt the same shoulder he injured in Week 8. He left to the locker room early and returned for the second half with his helmet, but he never entered the game in the second half. Shanahan said Mason might have been able to return.
“Maybe he could’ve,” Shanahan said. “But Isaac (Guerendo) was rolling and he did a good job.”
Guerendo had 85 yards on 14 carries in Mason’s stead.
Wide receiver Deebo Samuel left the game in the fourth quarter with a rib injury. It’s unclear when he was injured, but he was unable to re-enter the game in some key situations late in the contest.
On the defensive side, linebacker Dee Winters left with a concussion he sustained while covering a kickoff. Rookie cornerback Renardo Green also hurt his ankle.
Shanahan didn’t have long-term prognoses for any of the players hurt in Week 8, but with the 49ers’ Bye week in Week 9, they’ll have some extra time to get right in time for a post-Bye playoff push.
