WR Samuel among squadron of returning 49ers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- After dealing with plentifulness of atrocious wounded quality during the season's archetypal 8 weeks, the San Francisco 49ers are yet person to afloat strength.

Despite losing cornerback Jason Verrett to a season-ending near Achilles teardrop successful Wednesday's practice, the Niners got plentifulness of bully quality connected the wounded beforehand Friday, arsenic they volition invited backmost 8 players who missed San Francisco's latest crippled -- a 31-14 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Rams connected Oct. 30 -- due to the fact that of injuries.

Among the players acceptable to play Sunday nighttime against the Los Angeles Chargers are wide receivers Deebo Samuel (hamstring) and Jauan Jennings (hamstring), fullback Kyle Juszczyk (finger) and linebacker Dre Greenlaw (calf). Four players -- moving backmost Elijah Mitchell, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, violative lineman Colton McKivitz and antiaircraft extremity Jordan Willis -- volition each instrumentality from genu injuries that landed them connected injured reserve, according to manager Kyle Shanahan.

The Niners person 3 unfastened roster spots and volition get a 4th erstwhile they spot Verrett connected injured reserve, a determination that is expected to hap successful the adjacent 24 hours.

Getting truthful galore cardinal players backmost arsenic they embark connected the 2nd fractional of the play has the 4-4 Niners believing large things are imaginable down the stretch.

"This is the grind of the play now, the agelong we're astir to spell on, and we request each our weapons," linebacker Fred Warner said. "And it's large to spot immoderate acquainted faces retired there. ... We're gonna request them."

Samuel, Juszczyk and Jennings each missed conscionable 1 game, but having that trio allows the discourtesy its archetypal accidental to spot however things look erstwhile Samuel and precocious acquired moving backmost Christian McCaffrey enactment successful tandem with a accomplishment presumption radical that besides boasts choky extremity George Kittle, Mitchell and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk.

"It's conscionable truthful brainsick however overmuch firepower we person successful this discourtesy present with adding [McCaffrey] to the squad on with each the different guys that we've got," Samuel said. "It's gonna get crazy. It's gonna beryllium hard to screen everybody retired there, and it should beryllium existent fun."

The defence volition besides payment from immoderate post-bye reinforcements. The instrumentality of Al-Shaair and Greenlaw means the 49ers' superior linebacker trio volition beryllium unneurotic for the archetypal clip since Week 3.

Al-Shaair's instrumentality comes a spot earlier than expected, but helium said Monday that helium was feeling bully and up of docket aft rehabbing with Mitchell.

"Realistically, it was similar six to 8 [weeks], but initially I thought it would beryllium eight," Al-Shaair said. "You're usually blimpish up front. And past you benignant of conscionable spot wherever each idiosyncratic goes, and I was doing a batch amended than they thought. So I was capable to get backmost retired there."

The quality wasn't each bully for the Niners, who person mislaid cornerbacks Verrett and Emmanuel Moseley (torn near ACL) for the play and volition beryllium without antiaircraft tackle Arik Armstead (foot, ankle), who was ruled retired connected Friday. Defensive extremity Samson Ebukam (quadriceps) is listed arsenic doubtful.

Even without those players, the Niners cognize the worth successful giving others a accidental to beryllium connected the field. Shanahan said it tin beryllium beneficial due to the fact that the Niners are inactive successful the playoff premix with different players having the accidental to play meaningful snaps.

"It helps a lot," Shanahan said. "When you suffer guys, it puts you successful a bind. The lone payment to losing guys is it gives different radical the accidental to make due to the fact that they person to spell done stuff. And sometimes the lone clip you get amended is going retired determination and getting your butt kicked and realizing what you've got to bash successful this league due to the fact that you can't ever simulate that. ... If you tin benignant of inactive not acceptable your squad back, it tin marque your squad a small spot stronger."