{"id":1003730,"date":"2026-09-18T01:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1003730\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T01:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:33:18","slug":"49ers-vs-dolphins-injury-report-kyle-shanahan-explains-why-kaelon-black-was-limited-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1003730\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers vs. Dolphins injury report: Kyle Shanahan explains why Kaelon Black was limited in practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco 49ers are preparing for their Week 2 contest against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Levi&#8217;s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<p>Kicker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PineEd00.htm\" data-playername=\"Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro\" title=\"Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro<\/a> continues to miss practice due to an illness. However, participation was high on Thursday, with several players returning after a rest day on Wednesday, including defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BosaNi00.htm\" data-playername=\"Nick Bosa\" title=\"Nick Bosa stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Bosa<\/a> and running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCaCh01.htm\" data-playername=\"Christian McCaffrey\" title=\"Christian McCaffrey stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christian McCaffrey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/StriDe01.htm\" data-playername=\"De&#039;Zhaun Stribling\" title=\"De&#039;Zhaun Stribling stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">De&#8217;Zhaun Stribling<\/a> remains listed as a non-participant. The 49ers are expected to place him on injured reserve ahead of Sunday&#8217;s game. He is expected to miss about 10 weeks after undergoing ankle surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BlacKa00.htm\" data-playername=\"Kaelon Black\" title=\"Kaelon Black stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kaelon Black<\/a> also appeared on the injury report with a groin issue and was listed as limited. He played 28 snaps against the Los Angeles Rams last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re just being smart with him,&#8221; head coach Kyle Shanahan said <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-shanahan-and-lynch-show\/kyle-shanahan-previews-the-49ers-week-2-matchup-against-the-dolphins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">during his weekly interview<\/a> on Bay Area radio station KNBR. &#8220;He was a little tight today, so we didn&#8217;t push him too hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Below are Thursday&#8217;s practice participation reports for both the 49ers and Dolphins, which were provided by the 49ers Communications staff.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers Thursday Practice<br \/>\nDid Not Participate In Practice<\/p>\n<p>K Eddy Pi\u00f1eiro (illness)<br \/>\nWR De&#8217;Zhaun Stribling (ankle)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Limited Participation in Practice<br \/>Full Participation in Practice<\/p>\n<p>Miami Dolphins Thursday Practice<br \/>\nDid Not Participate In Practice<br \/>Limited Participation in Practice<br \/>Full Participation in Practice<\/p>\n<p>Mentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/kaelon-black\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaelon Black<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/nick-bosa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Bosa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/dre-greenlaw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dre Greenlaw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/kyle-juszczyk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Juszczyk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/khalid-kareem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khalid Kareem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/george-kittle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Kittle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/christian-mccaffrey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian McCaffrey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/upton-stout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Upton Stout<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/dezhaun-stribling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">De&#8217;Zhaun Stribling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/keion-white\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keion White<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/roster\/player\/trent-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent Williams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers are preparing for their Week 2 contest against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1003731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,4124,432,1160,7,6066,80207,27646,2867,2812,6,1515,1161,252,2624,2623,16582],"class_list":["post-1003730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-49ers","tag-49ers","tag-christian-mccaffrey","tag-de","tag-dre-greenlaw","tag-football","tag-george-kittle","tag-kaelon-black","tag-khalid-kareem","tag-kyle-juszczyk","tag-kyle-shanahan","tag-nfl","tag-nick-bosa","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfrancisco49ers","tag-upton-stout"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117289471372532075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}