The San Francisco 49ers' wide receiver corps has been battered by injuries pretty much all season. They knew they'd be waiting a while for Brandon Aiyuk to return to action, but his slow recovery from last year's torn ACL has been worse than they expected.
At the same time, the Niners have been without Ricky Pearsall, who looked like a breakout star, for all but four games, and saw tight end George Kittle go down in the season opener.
In the absence of so many quality targets in the passing game, San Francisco has desperately needed someone to step up.