{"id":483529,"date":"2026-10-03T04:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/483529\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T04:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:40:22","slug":"three-players-ruled-out-vs-broncos-in-week-4-mike-evans-questionable-ahead-of-denvssf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/483529\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Players Ruled Out vs. Broncos in Week 4; Mike Evans Questionable Ahead of #DENvsSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers wrapped up their final practice of the week ahead of their Week 4 matchup against the Denver Broncos at Levi&#8217;s\u00ae Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Following Friday&#8217;s practice, head coach Kyle Shanahan ruled out defensive linemen\u00a0<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/nick-bosa\/\" title=\"Nick Bosa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Bosa<\/a> (knee\/calf),\u00a0<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/james-thompson-jr\/\" title=\"James Thompson Jr.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Thompson Jr.<\/a> (ankle), and\u00a0<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/mykel-williams\/\" title=\"Mykel Williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mykel Williams<\/a> (knee). WR <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/mike-evans\/\" title=\"Mike Evans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Evans<\/a>\u00a0(ribs), LB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/dre-greenlaw\/\" title=\"Dre Greenlaw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dre Greenlaw<\/a> (quadricep), DL <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/keion-white\/\" title=\"Keion White\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keion White<\/a> (hamstring), and LB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jaden-dugger\/\" title=\"Jaden Dugger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaden Dugger<\/a> (shoulder) are questionable for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Questionable Players<\/p>\n<p>Evans and Greenlaw returned to practice in a limited capacity on Friday after missing Wednesday and Thursday&#8217;s sessions. Greenlaw has had his workload managed throughout the week after sustaining a quad contusion against Arizona. Evans is working through a ribs injury that happened in the 49ers Week 3 win over the Arizona Cardinals and will be a game-time decision against Denver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully we&#8217;ve got a shot,&#8221; Shanahan said of Evans&#8217; availability.<\/p>\n<p>White also returned to practice as a limited participant on Friday after missing the first two practices of the week. Dugger was added to the injury report after suffering a shoulder injury during Thursday&#8217;s practice and was limited on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ruled-Out Players<\/p>\n<p>Bosa and Thompson did not participate in practice throughout the week and will miss Sunday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Williams had his practice window opened on Wednesday after beginning the season on the reserve\/PUP list as he recovered from an ACL injury suffered in Week 9 of the 2025 season. Williams was limited in all three practices this week and has been ruled out against Denver. He is eligible to return beginning in Week 5.<\/p>\n<p>Returning \/ No Game Designation<\/p>\n<p>DL <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/romello-height\/\" title=\"Romello Height\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Romello Height<\/a>, who missed Week 3 with a broken hand, returned to practice this week and was limited in all three sessions. He enters the weekend without a game status designation and was seen practicing with a club on his hand. T <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/trent-williams\/\" title=\"Trent Williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent Williams<\/a> (neck\/rest) also carries no game status designation as he progressed from a non-participant Wednesday to limited Thursday and full participation Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers will also enter Week 4 with WR <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.49ers.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandin-cooks\/\" title=\"Brandin Cooks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandin Cooks<\/a> on the active roster. San Francisco promoted Cooks on Wednesday after signing the wide receiver to the practice squad on September 23.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s had a good two weeks,&#8221; Shanahan said. &#8220;Came in last week right away learning the stuff. I thought it was good last week and even better this week the more comfortable he gets, so excited to have him here.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers wrapped up their final practice of the week ahead of their Week 4 matchup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[26,51513,188638,809,810,2098,808,100,101,103,102,104,106,105,15311],"class_list":["post-483529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-breaking-news","tag-brooke-evans","tag-denver-broncos-at-san-francisco-49ers-2026-reg-4","tag-english","tag-english-articles","tag-injury-report","tag-latest-app","tag-news","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-sutter-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}