49ers’ pregame: Deommodore Lenoir is active, Clelin Ferrell is not

Deommodore Lenoir is good to go for the ers in current times against the Arizona Cardinals Lenoir was listed as questionable Friday with a calf injury which happened in practice Thursday while jogging off the field We ll find out more when we get an MRI Shanahan reported Apparently for a change the news was good as Lenoir is expected to take his place as a starting cornerback opposite Renardo Green The ers - visit the Arizona Cardinals - at State Farm Stadium Fox p m with quarterback Brock Purdy toe and wide receiver Ricky Pearsall Jr back on the field after having not played since Sept against Jacksonville The ers had been concerned enough about Lenoir s status that they flexed cornerback Eli Apple from the practice squad Saturday anticipating he may be needed as a backup with Darrell Luter Jr starting in place of Lenoir Instead Apple finds himself on the inactive list a day after believing he might suit up to face the Cardinals Also inactive for the ers were defensive lineman Clelin Ferrell running back Jordan James wide receiver Jordan Watkins guard Connor Colby and defensive lineman Kevin Givens Ferrell was signed to the -man roster Saturday an indication he s in the ers plans over the last seven games Neither he nor Givens were listed on the final injury overview Givens wasn t activated until Week because of a torn pectoral muscle That leaves the ers even thinner than usual along the defensive line Available as outside pass rushers are Bryce Huff and Sam Okuayinonu with Keion White and Robert Beal Jr available in reserve White can also play inside at tackle where the ers will start Kalia Davis and Alfred Collins with Jordan Elliott and C J West in reserve The ers are suiting up Marques Sigle a rookie fifth-round draft pick who has been a healthy scratch the last two games after starting the first seven games and rarely leaving the field before Malik Mustapha and Ji Ayir Brown took over as the starters The ers definitely go into the encounter as the healthier band in terms of newest injuries Inactive for the Cardinals are wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr appendix cornerback Will Johnson back hip linebacker Baron Browning concussion safety Rabbit Taylor-Demerson ankle offensive lineman Jonah Williams shoulder offensive lineman Demontray Jacobs and defensive lineman Bilal Nichols Nolen s impact Walter Nolen III a defensive tackle out of Ole Miss was scouted by the ers who instead took Mykel Williams with the No pick in the first round Nolen went to the Cardinals at No and didn t make his debut until two weeks ago because of a late-July calf injury Williams was lost to the ers with a torn ACL sustained against the New York Giants two weeks ago Williams did specific good things along the defensive line both as an end and a tackle and was very good at defending the run Related Articles ers sign Clelin Ferrell to -man roster elevate Eli Apple from practice squad Kurtenbach The San Francisco ers are healthy My Niners-Cardinals prediction ers No key to conquest over Cardinals Stop George Kittle s counterpart Trey McBride ers Mac Jones willingly approaches into the background behind Brock Purdy Five answers to Brock Purdy s comeback as the ers starting quarterback Nolen has made an instant impact with Arizona with a sack and two tackles for loss in a - Monday night win over Dallas and also playing well in a - loss to Seattle He s played snaps in his first two games He was a really good participant One of the better inside D-Linemen in the draft Shanahan announced Extremely talented Knew a lot of his coaches from Ole Miss who spoke real highly of him We were fortunate that he didn t go against us in the first challenge and just seeing him on tape these last limited weeks or whatever it s been yeah he looks like he did in college a first-round pick who should have a real good career