The 49ers dodged a bullet Monday. Wide receiver Deebo Samuel has an ankle and MCL sprain. If you saw the play, Samuel had his ankle rolled up on in a pile of bodies, and it looked like it might have been broken. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case. The Niners say Deebo will return at some point during the regular season, which seemed unfathomable 24 hours ago.
Brock Purdy was listed on the injury report with an “oblique/rib” and is officially day-to-day. Here’s 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan on Josh Johnson if he needs to start on a short week:
“And that’s one of the reasons we brought him here, just because Josh is really good at picking things up.