Is Shanahan sideline spat the beginning of the end for Jennings and the 49ers?

One of the ers best stories is headed sideways Will the ers season be next Jauan Jennings and the ers are one and the same injured and fighting the odds even with a - record after a - road loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday Jennings presumably surprised everyone by suiting up to face Tampa Bay He is dealing with rib ankle and shoulder injuries and has been leaking oil for weeks But all the desire in the world didn t help as Jennings struggled to be certain semblance of himself in the loss with particular of the frustration spilling over in a sideline interaction with coach Kyle Shanahan late in the first half With the ers facing a - deficit Demarcus Robinson dropped a pass in front of Shanahan Then as Robinson came up with an atoning -yard catch Shanahan went down the sideline to confront Jennings The two went back and forth for an instant before the sideline staff intervened including a member of the club s measure detail In the end Jennings was targeted only three times in a meeting where Mac Jones passed times completing for yards He had more penalties two than receptions one To start the second half Jennings right now committed a false start Shanahan brushed off the sideline spat Just an intense competitive conversation between two people at the end of the second quarter but we re good Shanahan declared at the postgame podium Jennings announced even less Oh man you ll have to ask him Jennings notified reporters after the meeting A second query brought the same response A lot of this is justifiable frustration from Jennings who stepped up with a career year last season with receptions for yards and six touchdowns expanding his role from third-and-Jauan to No receiver with Brandon Aiyuk out with a torn ACL A contract adjustment came late in the tournament and Jennings battling a calf issue missed a lot of training camp practices He s had only two full practices since the regular season began Jennings contract will expire after the season and his value will be diminished considerably in free agency if it continues down this road in what could be his last grab at a mega deal at age He had a bad ankle particular issues to his ribs Hasn t had specific full-speed practices Shanahan revealed of Jennings injuries I was pumped that he was able to go But now he s struggling to go every week now Jennings made it sound as if there is more going on than what Shanahan suggested which isn t extraordinary Coaches don t go out of their way to make targets of their injured player to defenders Playing with injuries is something that s part of it you know Jennings explained You re going to have your ankle sprains Your shoulder is percent You ve got five broken ribs It is what it is You keep playing Nobody cares Keep playing We do what we do Five broken ribs Yeah I ve got five broken ribs Jennings explained It s football I love pain I wouldn t be playing this sport if I didn t You ve got to enjoy every little thing that comes with it Pain is one of those Which is one way to look at it The question is as banged up as Jennings is whether he can be salvaged His condition compromises his warrior mentality and his free-agent realm will suffer Jennings has already missed three of six games Ricky Pearsall Jr knee may be back next week against Atlanta The ers are hopeful a return by Aiyuk looms in the future Kendrick Bourne had various road errors but has receptions for yards in the last two games Related Articles What the ers are saying after losing to the Buccaneers Studs and Duds ers had too a great number of duds to overcome Fred Warner s injury Baker Mayfield Bucs ers Warner s cart-off injury Jones interceptions doom Niners Fred Warner carted off with ankle injury early in ers championship at Buccaneers ers-Buccaneers Malik Mustapha returns to Niners developing roster For his part Jennings promises to do his part Fred Warner s dislocated ankle Jennings mentioned left him in need of nausea medicine Just made me sick Jennings disclosed We ve still got to drive the boat captains have got to lead the way Everybody else has to step up And there s little chance Jennings will lose the help of his teammates He didn t have to play in this meeting and he chose to Jones mentioned He fought through selected stuff and he s a fighter and that s the DNA of our organization his personality Really love him He did a good job We missed on a limited things but it wasn t our day and hopefully we have a lot of good days ahead