Gracen Halton needs ankle surgery, and both outside corners are day-to-day
Shanahan said Monday that Halton's ankle is dislocated as well as fractured. Renardo Green and Deommodore Lenoir could still play at Dallas, and C.J. West's practice window opens Wednesday.
The day after the 49ers beat Las Vegas 38-17, Kyle Shanahan's Monday injury update cost them a defensive tackle for the year and left both starting outside corners a question for Dallas. His answers are quoted from the conference-call transcript 49ers Webzone published Monday afternoon.
Halton. Shanahan said Sunday that the rookie defensive tackle broke his ankle and that his season is over. On Monday he added that the ankle is dislocated as well as fractured, that Halton will have surgery this week and that he will go on injured reserve. The club's roster page still listed Halton on the active 53 at 2:56 p.m. Monday, so the move has not been filed yet. He played 18 of the defense's 50 snaps against Las Vegas, per the game book.
The line without him. The active roster carries 10 defensive linemen, Halton among them, so the count drops to nine when he moves: Nick Bosa, DeForest Buckner, Romello Height, Khalid Kareem, Osa Odighizuwa, James Thompson Jr., Sebastian Valdez, Keion White and Mykel Williams. Four more are on the practice squad: Robert Beal Jr., Viliami Fehoko Jr., McKinnley Jackson and Ogbo Okoronkwo. Halton will be the sixth defensive lineman on injured reserve, after Alfred Collins, Andrew Farmer II, Mikail Kamara, Sam Okuayinonu and West. Shanahan said Sunday, per NBC Sports Bay Area and Webzone, "I do really like our depth of D-line," which is a sentence that has now been tested six times.
West. The club plans to open his practice window Wednesday. He has been on injured reserve since Sept. 23 with a bone chip in his knee, and Shanahan held him out another week on Nov. 4. The window gives the club 21 days to activate him.
Green and Lenoir. Both starting outside corners left late Sunday and did not return. Green hurt his back on his end-zone interception of Kirk Cousins. Lenoir hurt his foot. Shanahan called both day-to-day, which leaves Sunday at Dallas open for each.
The corners behind them. Upton Stout and Ephesians Prysock are the other cornerbacks on the active 53, and Siran Neal is listed as a defensive back. Brandon Codrington is the cornerback on the practice squad. Nate Hobbs is still on injured reserve with an adductor injury. His window opened Nov. 4, so the club has until Nov. 25 to activate him.
Samuel and Evans. Deebo Samuel (hamstring) could return to practice Wednesday. Mike Evans is not expected to practice Wednesday; Shanahan described his injury as Achilles tendinitis. Both were inactive against Las Vegas.
The deadline. It is Tuesday at 1 p.m. Pacific. Shanahan said Sunday, per NBC Sports Bay Area and Webzone, that the club is "working hard looking at it," and that any addition is "not just a receiver. You want to have depth." The club already sent a fourth-round pick to Indianapolis for Buckner, per the Colts' announcement.
Aiyuk. The NFL reinstated Brandon Aiyuk on Monday after he reported for a physical, per the league's transaction wire as reported by ESPN. He had been on the reserve/left squad list since December. The club received a two-game roster exemption, which runs through Nov. 23, and now has three choices: trade him by Tuesday's deadline, release him, or put him on the 53. Shanahan, per ESPN: "It means absolutely nothing to our team."
Next. The first injury report of the week is due Wednesday. San Francisco plays at Dallas on Sunday at 1:25 p.m. Pacific.
