WR Deebo Samuel Back Sr. at 49ers headquarters as the 49ers open Cowboys Week

The San Francisco 49ers’ injury report on Wednesday included nine names of players who either missed practice or had limited play due to injury. Left tackle Trent Williams was No. 10 on the list but did not practice only due to a veteran’s day of rest. Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (ACL, MCL) was officially placed on the injured reserve list earlier in the day and both Deebo Samuel Sr. (wrist/illness) and Jauan Jennings (hip) were listed as non-participants in the team’s first practice of this one This week, San Francisco is currently without its three best wide receivers in the “Sunday Night Football” game against the Dallas Cowboys.

While the situation is far from ideal, Samuel Sr., who was hospitalized Sunday evening with pneumonia, is heading in the right direction health-wise.

“He’s out of the hospital,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said. “He came in here yesterday. He’s handling this stuff better than you’d expect and we’ll see how he goes throughout the week.”

The head coach went on to say that Samuel Sr. definitely has a chance to play on Sunday.

His illness significantly affected him in week 7. Despite wearing the suit, the veteran wide receiver’s symptoms kept him from playing most of the game against the Kansas City Chiefs. He played only four offensive snaps and was not targeted before exiting in the second half of the game.

Wide receiver Chris Conley, the remaining veteran on the team’s 53-man roster, is also battling an injury. He suffered a sprained ankle against Kansas City and was limited in Wednesday’s practice.

The team will need to lean on younger wideouts and rookie wideouts to boost production on offense in its final game before the bye week. That group includes first-round pick Ricky Pearsall, fourth-rounder Jacob Cowing and second-round receiver Ronnie Bell.

San Francisco’s rookie guard Dominick Puni is the best example of a first-year player making a big impact early in the season. He started all seven games that year and was given his big opportunity after Spencer Burford and Jon Feliciano dropped out early in training camp.

“You try to tell people stories like that all the time,” Shanahan said. “Don’t ever think it’s a redshirt year. There is nothing like that in this league. And it’s not just rookies, the same goes for the guys on the training team. “Usually it’s just one injury away, but sometimes it’s two.” But it’s a matter of time that some people get lucky and stay healthy all the time and they can really develop properly, but usually that happens in this one League rare.”