The San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers announced their inactives for Week 1, and as expected Jimmie Ward is inactive. Defensive end Aaron Lynch is inactive with a back injury, while tight end George Kittle is active in spite of a hamstring injury.
Ward continues his recovery of a hamstring injury that cost him the entire preseason. Ward was activated off the PUP list the third week of the preseason, but he remains limited in practice.
The 49ers appear to have settled on Trent Taylor as their return man for the time being.