The coach says GM Les Snead has spoken with “a handful of teams” about a potential deal for the running back, and “that’s the direction that we’re headed.”
More than a few San Francisco 49ers acknowledged they didn't know a whole lot about many of the unsung players going against them for the rebuilding Los Angeles Rams. The Niners learned a bit more than they wanted to know Sunday while the Rams forced the Super Bowl contenders to dig deep to extend their remarkable winning streak in this rivalry. Brock Purdy passed for 206 yards and ran for an early touchdown, Deebo Samuel rushed for an 11-yard TD with 11:28 left and San Francisco hung on for its ninth consecutive regular-season win over Los Angeles, 30-23.
The Los Angeles Rams are clearly facing many weeks and months of work before they're a Super Bowl contender again. It's also increasingly clear Sean McVay has a collection of talented skill players who can make his schemes come to life in what could become an exciting year of renewal for his offense. The Rams have rarely emerged from meetings with the 49ers feeling good about themselves in the past half-decade, but Sunday's 30-23 loss had far more positives than most of those nine consecutive regular-season defeats.
Puka Nacua is still getting used to the punishment he'll have to absorb to be an NFL receiver. The Los Angeles Rams rookie missed practice with an oblique injury Thursday, four days after taking several shots to the ribs in his debut game. “In college, they definitely weren't hitting like that,” a grinning Nacua said a day earlier, padding still stuck to his ribs after practice.