San Francisco 49ers Reveal Injury Status Of 4 Star Players For Washington Commanders Game
The San Francisco 49ers are coming off a devastating loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
Even worse, three of their star players suffered injuries in the game and their status was questionable for Sunday’s game vs. the Washington Commanders.
And despite the Commanders being a sub-par opponent, the 49ers want to be at full strength as they have a lot on the line when it comes to NFC playoff seeding.
If the 49ers win their final two regular-season games, they’re guaranteed to clinch the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed and the valuable bye week that comes with it.
But why make everyone sweat it out until the final Sunday? The Faithful might not have to, if certain scenarios play out this weekend.
Should the Detroit Lions, who’ve already clinched the NFC North title, lose to the Dallas Cowboys (10-5) on Saturday night, the 49ers would enter Sunday’s schedule needing a road win over the woeful Washington Commanders (4-12) and a Philadelphia Eagles loss to the lowly Arizona Cardinals (3-12) to claim the prize early and earn the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the postseason.
The 49ers, Eagles and Lions all own 11-4 records, but San Francisco currently holds the No. 1 seed because of tiebreakers over both Philadelphia and Detroit.
The 49ers beat the Eagles 42-19 in Week 12, but they will not play the Lions in the regular season. However, San Francisco owns a superior record in NFC games (9-1 versus 7-3), so would edge out Detroit in that case.
San Francisco 49ers Get Positive News On 3 Star
Earlier this week, the 49ers injury report looked grim heading into the game vs. the Washington Commanders.
While there was a bevy of key players who didn’t practice and their status remains unknown for Sunday, a few key names popped up on the “limited participation” list, including star left tackle Trent Williams and Deebo Samuel, the jack-of-all trades who could have a field day against Washington’s defense that ranks last in the league.
