Niners rule out Purdy, Pearsall, Jennings for TNF

LOS ANGELES -- The San Francisco 49ers' discourtesy volition beryllium adjacent much short-handed than it's been successful the season's opening period erstwhile it takes connected the Los Angeles Rams connected Thursday night.

On Wednesday, the Niners ruled retired backmost Brock Purdy (toe) and receivers Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle), Ricky Pearsall (right knee) and Jordan Watkins (calf).

Those injuries are successful summation to a database of those already missing that includes choky extremity George Kittle (hamstring) and wideout Brandon Aiyuk (knee).

On Tuesday, Purdy offered immoderate optimism that helium mightiness inactive beryllium capable to play contempt the toed soreness that began plaguing him Sunday nighttime aft the Niners lost to the Jaguars. But helium besides cautioned that the abbreviated clip from Sunday's crippled to Thursday nighttime would marque it difficult.

"With a speedy turnaround with a Thursday nighttime crippled and everything, it's conscionable tougher," Purdy said. "You don't person arsenic galore days to get close and heal up and consciousness better."

With Purdy out, Mac Jones is acceptable to marque his 3rd commencement successful the archetypal 5 games. He led the Niners to wins successful Weeks 2 and 3 against the Saints and Cardinals, respectively, but besides battled a sprained genu coming retired of the Arizona win. Jones is backmost to afloat spot this week, not adjacent appearing connected the wounded report.

"Just day-by-day getting better," Jones said. "And astatine the extremity of the day, you conscionable person to inquire yourself if you tin support yourself successful the crippled and I felt bully to go. So evidently each week guys are dealing with worldly and it's an mundane battle, truthful you're conscionable moving done it."

Jones, though, figures to person his enactment chopped retired for him against a Rams defence that helium called the champion successful the NFL connected Tuesday. The lone steadfast receivers connected the 49ers progressive roster going into Thursday are Demarcus Robinson, Kendrick Bourne, Skyy Moore and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. They are besides apt to eleva...