Cowboys vs. 49ers: Injuries at WR for San Fran included Deebo Samuel’s scary week

It has been quite the week for the 49ers.

Shanahan says 49ers not ‘specifically’ targeting trade for veteran WR – Jordan Elliott, NBC Sports

A banged up receiver room doesn’t necessarily mean moves before the trade deadline.

After Brandon Aiyuk’s season-ending knee injury, don’t expect the 49ers to be in the market for a veteran wide receiver before the NFL’s Nov. 5 trade deadline.

San Francisco plans on doing its usual due diligence, but coach Kyle Shanahan explained to KNBR’s Tom Tolbert and Adam Copeland the 49ers are content with the young wide receivers on their roster.

“I wouldn’t say that specifically,” Shanahan said when asked if the 49ers could seek a veteran wideout in the trade market. “I mean we look into every situation to see if it can help us at every position. It’s a lot harder to do than people realize. People aren’t in to giving up players that can really help you. If they can really help you and for some reason there is a situation of wanting to give them up, it’s rarely going to not hurt you sometime. Most likely the next year and into the future.

“We’ll look into everything, but we got enough guys in our place. We love these young guys we got, they’re just way behind the eight ball with missing so much practice time with so much injuries. But they did it step up well last week. There was a lot on their plate that we weren’t totally expecting them to have to go through, and I thought they rose to the occasion.”

San Francisco notably drafted wide receiver Ricky Pearsall No. 31 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft, with the rookie making his professional debut in the 49ers’ Week 8 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

While Pearsall flashed signs of promise, the rookie wideout has a tremendous amount of ground to make up during his first NFL campaign after being shot in the chest during an armed robbery attempt before the season started.

Pearsall finished his NFL debut with three receptions for 21 yards, and could take on a larger role moving forward while Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings remain sidelined with injuries.

Deebo details ‘scary’ pneumonia experience ahead of 49ers-Cowboys game -Joaquin Ruiz, NBC Sports

Star 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel still is recovering from pneumonia that sidelined him during San Francisco’s 28-18 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last weekend at Levi’s Stadium.

He spent Sunday through Tuesday in the hospital with liquid in his lungs but is cautiously progressing before San Francisco’s Week 8 matchup with the Dallas Cowboys on “Sunday Night Football.”

“Honestly, like, I really couldn’t breathe, for real,” Samuel told reporters on Friday. “I didn’t really know what was wrong until after the game.”

Living, let alone sprinting while wearing shoulder pads and a helmet, has been difficult for the 28-year-old. But Samuel knew something was especially wrong when not even adrenaline could give him energy during pre-game warmups before the highly anticipated Super Bowl LVIII rematch.

“Probably when I went out to pre-game warmups and I had no energy to run or anything for a while,” Samuel said. “Then, I came in and we tried to do a little IV [to] get a little energy. Gladly, we found it right after the game and everything else as well.

“Yeah, it was scary, because it was kind of hard to breathe, for real. You can’t take deep breaths.”

Deep breaths are essential for any athlete. It was smart for Samuel to reassess rather than play sickly.

49ers Sign Defensive Lineman to Practice Squad, Release DL Jonathan Garvin – 49ers.com

Injuries have caused shuffling on San Francisco’s defensive line.

The San Francisco 49ers today announced they have signed DL Nesta Jade Silvera to the team’s practice squad. In order to make room on the practice squad, the team released DL Jonathan Garvin.

Silvera (6-2, 315) was originally drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in the seventh round (231st overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft. Throughout his two-year career, he has appeared in nine games with the Raiders (2023-24) where he has registered 10 tackles. In 2024 with Las Vegas, Silvera appeared in seven games and totaled eight tackles prior to being waived by the team on October 21, 2024.

A 24-year-old native of Pembroke Pines, FL Silvera attended University of Miami for four seasons (2018-21) before transferring to Arizona State University for one season (2022). Throughout his college career he appeared in 53 games (28 starts) and registered 161 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, four passes defensed, 3.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

Garvin (6-4, 257) originally signed to the team’s practice squad on August 9, 2024.

Here is the Friday injury report for the game.