49ers to activate kicker from practice squad with Wright headed to IR originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The 49ers will turn to a third kicker in three weeks when they host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.
Kicker Matthew Wright has been ruled out of the Super Bowl LVIII rematch and will be placed on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury suffered during the 49ers’ Week 6 win over the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field, coach Kyle Shanahan said. to reporters on Friday.
Kicker Anders Carlson will be activated from practice team ahead of Sunday’s game.
Wrightlike second-year pro Jake Moody, he was injured while attempting to make a tackle on a kickoff.
“He’s hurt more than we expected,” Shanahan said of Wright. “So he can’t come back. And Jake Moody is still week after week with a sprained ankle, so I don’t expect him next week either, but hopefully after the break.”
The 49ers host the Dallas Cowboys on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” on Oct. 27 before beginning their Week 9 bye. San Francisco will then return to action on Nov. 10 on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , which will give Moody additional time to allow his ankle injury, which he suffered in Week 5, to heal.
As for Carlsonwho played in 17 games for the Green Bay Packers last season, won’t be asked to completely avoid tackles on kickoffs.
Kyle Shanahan announces that the 49ers will elevate kicker Anders Carlson from the practice squad and hopes to avoid another injury at the position pic.twitter.com/f3wPz1v1MO
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“He’s definitely allowed to (tackle), but only in an emergency, so I hope he’s not attacking anything,” Shanahan told reporters. “But if your choice is just to give up a touchdown or not, we’ll always choose not to give up the touchdown. But hopefully he can stay out of harm’s way.”
If Carlson, who made 27 of his 33 field goal attempts for the Packers last season, can avoid an injury, the 49ers won’t have to use a different fourth kicker against the Cowboys.