49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw made his 2024 debut on Thursday night time, his first sport motion since a fluke Achilles tendon tear as he moved from the sideline to the sphere throughout Super Bowl LVIII.
He participated in 30 defensive snaps and one special-teams rep earlier than exiting within the third quarter.
“He was unbelievable tonight,” coach Kyle Shanahan advised reporters after the 12-6 loss to the Rams. “And I feel we performed, I feel we took him off, I’m not precisely positive, however I feel we took him off the primary two collection to begin the third quarter. I consider he went in two performs and simply couldn’t get it going once more and felt slightly tightness and stuff. So, we needed to be protected with him.”
Greenlaw mentioned it wasn’t the surgically-repaired tendon, however his knee.
“This knee form of felt slightly bizarre, so I simply wished to guard myself slightly bit,” Greenlaw mentioned. “The knee form of didn’t really feel proper and every part form of received slightly tight. Got to verify I exploit precaution on it.”
A fifth-round decide in 2019, Greenlaw is within the closing 12 months of his second contract with the 49ers.
