SANTA CLARA — Javon Kinlaw ran, reduce and did seemingly all he might pregame Monday evening to persuade the 49ers’ medical employees to clear him to play on his twenty fifth birthday.
As an alternative, Kinlaw was inactivated 90 minutes earlier than the 49ers hosted the Los Angeles Rams.
Kinlaw, after lacking two practices final week with soreness in his surgically repaired proper knee, reacted to the information by closing tight his black hooded sweatshirt over his head and trudging off the sphere with trainers and defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans.
Thus, the 49ers wouldn't have their full complement of beginning defensive linemen for a second straight recreation. Fellow defensive sort out Arik Armstead, nonetheless, suited as much as play by means of a plantar fasciitis challenge that stored him out of final Sunday’s loss at Denver, which snapped his streak of 73 consecutive begins.
Earlier Monday, the 49ers made a string of roster strikes, essentially the most notable of which could have been the practice-squad elevation of operating again Tevin Coleman, who final performed for the 49ers on their 2019 and ’20 groups.
Additionally, the 49ers introduced up two different practice-squad gamers: huge receivers Willie Snead IV and Malik Turner, in partial response to the inactivation of Danny Grey (hip).
One different massive roster transfer got here once they put linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair on injured reserve. After spraining his proper knee in final Sunday’s loss at Denver, Al-Shaair will miss not less than 4 video games, in seemingly a short-term stint than season-long exit.
Coleman figured to play in reduction of Jeff Wilson Jr. Coleman appeared in 11 video games for the 2019 49ers of their NFC Championship-winning season. Coleman performed simply eight video games for the 49ers in an injury-shortened 2020 (knee sprain), then spent final season with the New York Jets.
“Tev has that explosiveness to him that he can actually hit it and go and actually take pleasure in the best way he can do this, so it’s good to have him again that means,” run-game coordinator Chris Foerster mentioned Friday. “You continue to see it, man. He hit a play up the sideline the opposite day and also you simply noticed the acceleration. It was good to look at him speed up up the facet. He’s nonetheless obtained it.”
Coleman’s most noteworthy video games with the 49ers: a 105-yard, two-touchdown effort of their 2019 workforce’s playoff-opening win over Minnesota, and a four-touchdown present in an October 2019 rout of Carolina.
Wilson surfaced on the damage record Saturday when he was restricted with a heel damage. He changed an injured Elijah Mitchell because the starter the previous two video games. Different choices within the backfield, beside Deebo Samuel’s cameos, are Jordan Mason and Marlon Mack.
Snead was one of many 49ers’ scout-team gamers of the week, after mimicking not solely Cooper Kupp but in addition receiver/fullback Ben Skowronek. Coach Kyle Shanahan on Saturday praised Snead’s effort and competitiveness: “He by no means backs down. We we’re down some receivers this week with simply reps, which implies you need to do scout workforce and also you additionally should go in with the common workforce, which may kill a man and also you by no means hear him complain. He simply retains going.”
Al-Shaair’s damage to his medial collateral ligament forged him into the identical destiny as Mitchell, who’s MCL sprain within the season opener will shelve him into November.
Different 49ers dominated out: left sort out Trent Williams (ankle), operating again Ty Davis-Value (ankle), tight finish Tyler Kroft (knee), security Tarvarius Moore (hamstring) and offensive lineman Nick Zakelj.
The Rams’ inactive: offensive linemen Brian Allen and David Edwards; defensive backs Decobie Durant, David Lengthy and Shaun Jolly; huge receiver Tutu Atwell and quarterback Bryce Perkins.