Overview
- Tatum Bethune sustained a high ankle sprain in Week 11 and is expected to miss multiple games.
- Curtis Robinson has been named the starting middle linebacker for Monday’s game at Carolina, marking his first NFL start.
- Rookie Nick Martin earned praise for his limited snaps, but the staff is not assigning him MIKE duties at this time.
- Fred Warner remains unavailable, leaving a stretched linebacker depth chart that includes Dee Winters and Luke Gifford behind Robinson.
- Recent games featured unusually large passing totals allowed by San Francisco, adding urgency ahead of two contests before the team’s bye.