San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke with reporters after Friday’s practice, providing final updates ahead of the team’s Week 18 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams. Here is everything he had to say.
Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff.
Opening comments:
“Injuries for this week, [DL Arik] Armstead will be out. [RB Christian] McCaffrey out. [TE] Ross Dwelley out. [CB] Ambry Thomas out. [S Tashaun] Gip [Gipson Sr.] will be out. [S] Ji’Ayir [Brown] is out. [OL Jon] Feliano’s questionable. [WR] Jauan Jennings, questionable. [WR] Ray-Ray [McCloud III] and [WR] Danny [Gray] are questionable.”
Did you say Ambry Thomas?
“Yes.”
In which category?
“Out.”
How is Ray-Ray coming along and where do you make the decision on when to bring him up?
“It’s a technicality, but we’ve already made the decision. He’ll be up.”
You have to make a corresponding move?
“Yes.”
Has that been done?
“We haven’t told the person yet.”
What about CB Jason Verrett? Is Sunday an opportunity to get him some time?
“It was. He was going to play a lot. Yesterday, he landed on his shoulder and he has to get rotator cuff surgery. We all know when he tore his ACL in Detroit, Week One on that turf, took about a year and a half to get back from it. Then he got his Achilles just on air last year on the field. He was practicing his butt off all week. We were going to play him a lot in this game. He has been awesome here this last month. He jumped up for a ball and just came down on his shoulder in awkward position. It happens to a lot of guys so it’s crushing for him but also, it was a shoulder injury. It wasn’t like a knee or a leg, but you do have to get surgery for that stuff. So, he found that out this morning.”
Was there an indication when he went down that it was potentially serious?
