49ers practice report: List of the walking wounded continues to grow
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San Francisco 49ers running back Ameer Abdullah walks off the field with an injury during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Denver Broncos, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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Another day, another injury for the San Francisco 49ers.
More than a dozen players didn't practice Monday, not including those listed on the active physically unable to perform, non-football injury and injured reserve lists.
In all, the 49ers went without 23 players for a relatively short noon session that ended shy of an hour and a half (most training camp practices have lasted two hours). It isn't the most encouraging sign for a franchise fresh off of an injury-riddled 6-11 season.
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Head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke after Saturday's preseason opener of the roster challenges his team faces ahead of Thursday's joint practice with the Raiders.
'It's definitely getting hard,' Shanahan said. 'It's real important that we get two good practices in Monday and Tuesday so hopefully we're in a better spot Thursday when we go against the Raiders.'
There was no offensive line-defensive line, wide receiver-cornerback 1-on-1 period. And the second- and third-team offensive and defensive units atypically meshed due to the vast personnel hits — underlined by light workouts off to the side for wide receiver Jauan Jennings (calf), rookie nickel back Upton Stout (calf) and running back Isaac Guerendo (shoulder).
A shred of good news for the 49ers: Offensive tackle Andre Dillard (ankle) was activated from PUP and among those who returned to action, in addition to safety Ji'Ayir Brown (ankle) and defensive tackle Evan Anderson (groin). Rookie safety Marques Sigle (knee bruise) and linebacker Tatum Bethune (ankle) — who both suffered minor injuries in Saturday — did not miss a beat.
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A sure tackler in his 49ers debut, Sigle repped with the first-team defense ahead of Brown, sans Richie Grant (knee). Shanahan said he 'wouldn't rule (Sigle) out' as a serious candidate in the ongoing open competition at safety. It seems veteran Jason Pinnock, who jumped a post route by wide receiver Ricky Pearsall to break up a pass Monday, is beginning to separate himself.
Brock Purdy completed 8 of 14 passes (and was intercepted once) and Mac Jones looked fairly sharp by completing 9 of 11 with a heavy dose of quick rhythm throws. Purdy's pick was more a credit to new defensive end signee Trevis Gipson, who got his hands up to tip a play-action bootleg pass that landed in the hands of Nick Bosa. Jones led the second- and third-team offense for most of the session, leaving coach's son Carter Bradley largely an observer after he finished Saturday with a horrendous 20.5 passer rating. Jones connected with Robbie Chosen and Pearsall on back-to-back touchdowns in the red zone. Chosen dove for his while tightly defended by safety Jaylen Mahoney; Jones did well to loft the ball where only Chosen could get it. Pearsall sat down underneath zone coverage to give Jones a wide-open target.
In his first practice back from an ankle injury,Dillard played left tackle with the third-team offensive line as a full participant during individual and 11-on-11 drills. His return comes at a critical point; he has two weeks left in the preseason to show he can take over the swing-tackle role (vacated by Jaylen Moore) that Spencer Burford and Austen Pleasants evidently could not fill. Offensive line coach Chris Foerster said a little more than a week ago he saw Burford and Pleasants as backups at left tackle and right tackle exclusively, noting Dillard as a wild card. 'Studying him coming out of college, we know he has the ability to,' Shanahan said of Dillard's swing-tackle potential. 'He's played in this league for a few years. So that's what we brought him here to do, or at least compete with these guys on it.'
Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams and Bosa, star players receiving periodic rest days throughout camp, practiced fully. Shanahan was asked whether he would sit his stars the entire preseason: 'It's possible, but I doubt it. Each guy's different, but I still like to play our starters. I just got to see how it pans out and what the risk-reward is with it.'
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