Nothing has been easy for the San Francisco 49ers in 2024. Few teams have had to deal with an avalanche of injuries like the 49ers have this season.
No operation has had to embody the next-man mentality like this year’s 49ers and yet, on Sunday Night Football, as they continued to dig into the bag for playmakers, they found answers.
With Deebo Samuel once again in and out of the game, Brandon Aiyuk on IR and Christian McCaffrey at least a couple of weeks away from a return, George Kittle was the lone superstar 49er skill-position player available.