The 49ers will enter their Week 14 game in New Orleans very shorthanded at wide receiver. Both Dante Pettis and Marquise Goodwin have been ruled out against the Saints after getting a ‘questionable’ designation on Friday’s status report.
Pettis is dealing with a knee injury, while Goodwin showed up on the report late with ankle and knee ailments. They’re both among the seven inactive players for the 49ers on Sunday:
TE Levine Toilolo
QB C.J. Beathard
WR Dante Pettis
WR Marquise Goodwin
RB Jeff Wilson
DL Jullian Taylor
SS Jaquiski Tartt
Pettis and Goodwin had seen their roles diminish greatly the last two weeks with the emergence of Deebo Samuel, Emmanuel Sanders and Kendrick Bourne as reliable pass-catching threats. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said after last week’s loss to Baltimore that he wanted to get Goodwin and Pettis more involved down the stretch. That won’t happen Sunday.
The good news for San Francisco is left tackle Joe Staley will make his return to the lineup after dislocating and fracturing a finger in Week 10. Surgery on that finger kept him out of three contests. He’ll suit up and start.
Staley’s first return in Week 10 from a broken fibula didn’t go well, and the 13-year veteran may have pushed himself to come back too quickly. With time off to heal the finger, it stands to reason his leg should be healthier as well.
Here are the Saints inactives:
