The two games that Evans has left early with injuries have simultaneously been the 49ers’ closest calls to spoiling their unbeaten beginning to the season.
The undefeated 6-0 San Francisco 49ers enter their matchup against the Atlanta Falcons without star wide receiver Mike Evans, leaving quarterback Brock Purdy missing his top six receivers. Evan Webeck writes that the depleted receiving corps forces head coach Kyle Shanahan to alter his offensive game plan ahead of the team's upcoming bye week.
Evans has accounted for 25 of the team's 68 aerial first downs this season, with tight end George Kittle positioned as Purdy's primary remaining target. Defensively, coordinator Raheem Morris faces his former team tasked with containing Falcons running back Bijan Robinson, who ranks second in the NFL with 5.8 yards per carry.
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