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Shanahan, 49ers walking ‘fine line’ with Greenlaw to end season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Dre Greenlaw was on the field for four defensive plays before being sidelined with a calf injury in the 49ers’ 29-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
On Monday, Kyle Shanahan shared that the linebacker potentially could miss the final two games of the 2024 NFL season, but a final decision has yet to be made. Greenlaw’s calf soreness is not occurring on the leg that underwent Achilles reconstruction, but rather the original leg that limited Greenlaw with Achilles tendinitis in 2023.
“My gut is most likely he will end up being shut down, but I got to wait to talk to Dre on that and still make sure how he is doing, because right now, we just have it as soreness,” Shanahan said. “That will definitely be a decision that I’ll leave up to Dre depending on what this health is.”
Shanahan and the 49ers want to be careful with their linebacker and prevent further injury, but also respectful to a player who has been a key contributor since being drafted in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Greenlaw, who is set to be a free agent in 2025, would like to show the league he is healthy enough to warrant a high-ticket, multi-year contract.
“It’s also in good interest for Dre to get out there and play for him also, if he is healthy and he can do it,” Shanahan explained. “It’s a fine line in that, I told Dre this after the Rams game. He was telling me, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll for sure be good the next week.’
“That’s how bad he wants to go, because it is a good thing when a player is coming back from an injury to be able to show the league you got back, and you’re good to go. But by no means doing that at the expense of messing up the next year or so.”
There was no doubt about Greenlaw’s impact in the first half of the 49ers’ Week 15 matchup with the Los Angeles Rams. The linebacker led the defense with eight tackles before being sidelined…
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Publish date : 2024-12-24 02:23:00
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