So the trade for Christian McCaffrey worked out, the 49ers beat the Rams (again) and all is well with the world in San Francisco as bye week rolls around for the boys in red and gold. In truth, the break could hardly have come at a better time for the Niners, who still have key players banged up and in need of one more week of recuperation before they can rejoin the fray for the nine-week run towards what will, hopefully, be another postseason berth.
Fullback Kyle Juszczyk and self-styled 'wideback' Deebo Samuel both joined Arik Armstead, Dre Greenlaw, Juaun Jennings and Elijah Mitchell on the casualty list ahead of the Rams game, and head coach Kyle Shanahan acknowledges that a week off can only help his squad get right, even if tails are up again following Sunday's win at SoFi Stadium.
"We’re pretty optimistic to get a number of guys back," Shanahan confirmed. "It’s kind of tough because all those guys stay here this whole [bye] week and rehab. We are hoping that most of them will come back — and we feel pretty good about that — but they have to have a good week here rehabbing and we’ll find out [where we stand] when we get back on Monday (November 7).”
