The 49ers may get Joe Staley back sooner than expected. The left tackle broke his left fibula back in week 2, though he participated in individual drills on Wednesday and he could make his return against the Panthers this week, Jennifer Lee Chan of NBC Sports relays.
“I think these next two days are big and we’ll see how he feels on Wednesday,” coach Kyle Shanahan said on Monday. “I do think there’s an outside chance, but hopefully we can get him out on the practice field a little bit this week to where if he feels good and everything then he can go.
“But if not, at least he gets a little bit of work in because it’s going to be hard to get a real practice in the following week because of the Thursday night game versus Arizona.”
San Francisco hasn’t missed a beat since Staley went down. The team is 6-0, including 4-0 in games where Staley hasn’t started.
They have a 2 game lead now. I’d let him recover a little longer. Why risk losing a needed LT in Oct when playoffs are where you need to win? Get some practices in, no problem with that though.
Amen!
I second that !!
I think JJ’s comment makes some sense but the 49ers have lost their last 8 meetings against the Cardinals and probably need to alter that trend. Activating Staley could help.
Especially considering how well Skule has played in staleys place