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Maiocco’s Observations: Deebo resembles old self in 49ers’ loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Another trip to the NFL playoffs is now out of reach, but the 49ers were hoping to use the final games of the season as a springboard into 2025.
There were encouraging and discouraging developments from some of the 49ers’ top players in the team’s 29-17 loss against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.
Deebo Samuel showed some spark for the first time in a while, and rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall provided some encouraging signs, too.
But linebacker Dre Greenlaw’s comeback from a torn Achilles experienced a setback as he left the game early with a calf injury and did not return.
Here are the top three takeaways from the 49ers’ game against the Dolphins:
Greenlaw Suffers Setback
Greenlaw made his season debut in Week 15 after sustaining a torn Achilles tendon in Super Bowl LVIII.
He played 30 snaps that game before he exited after feeling discomfort in his left knee — the same leg as his Achilles injury. On Sunday, it was his right leg that sidelined him.
Greenlaw sustained an injury during the first defensive drive that relegated him to the sideline for the remainder of the game.
CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson said on the telecast that Greenlaw came off the field “yelling, screaming, limping.” He remained on the sideline and was seen constantly trying to stretch his right calf area.
Greenlaw has experienced problems with both legs over the past two seasons.
Greenlaw was bothered with a right Achilles strain last season. And after compensating for that condition, his left Achilles began to bother him leading up to the Super Bowl.
He sustained a ruptured left Achilles tendon while leaping forward off the sideline to enter the field after a change of possession in the first half of the Super Bowl.
Greenlaw, 27, a six-year veteran, was hoping for a strong finish to the regular season to set himself up for…
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Publish date : 2024-12-23 04:49:00
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