Shanahan acknowledges IR is an option for 49ers’ Hufanga, Moody originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
SANTA CLARA – Safety Talanoa Hufanga and kicker Jake Moody are candidates to be placed on injured reserve, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Tuesday.
Hufanga is out for the 49ers’ Week 6 game against the Seattle Seahawks with torn ligaments in his right wrist. He suffered the injury in the first half of the 49ers’ 24-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Moody suffered a high ankle sprain while trying to make a tackle on a kickoff late in the first half against the Cardinals.
“It’s a high ankle sprain, so usually about a month,” Shanahan said. “We’re not quite sure yet. IR is an option.”
The 49ers signed free-agent kicker Matthew Wright to take over while Moody is out of action.
Rookie safety Malik Mustapha is in line to start in place of Hufanga, who missed the first two games of the season while returning from a torn ACL from last season as well as the 49ers’ Week 4 game against the New England Patriots sat out due to an ankle injury.
Players who go on injured reserve must sit out a minimum of four games.
49ers practice report
Did not participate
S Talanoa Hufanga (wrist)
DT Jordan Elliott (knee)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (calf)
K Jake Moody (right ankle)
Limited
TE George Kittle (ribs)
LB Fred Warner (single)
CB Charvarius Ward (knee)
WR Chris Conley (oblique)
S Ji’Ayir Brown (single)
Full participant
WR Jacob Cowing (shoulder)
Seahawks practice report
Did not participate
LB Derick Hall (foot)
DT Byron Murphy (hamstrings)
LB Uchenna Nwosu (thigh)
CB Tariq Wollen (single)
Limited
S Julian Love (hamstring)
Full participant
TE Pharaoh Brown (groin)
TE Noah Fant (toe)
DT Johnathan Hankins (hand)
S Rayshawn Jenkins (hand)
LB Boye Mafe (knee)
WR DK Metkalf (hand)
TE Brady Russell (shoulder)
WR Laviska Shenault (shin)
DT Leonard Williams (ribs)
DT Cameron Young (knee(
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