Brooks, who returned to New Orleans, is on bereavement leave and will not attend Sunday’s game against the Giants.
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Brooks is dealing with a death in the family and has been excused from all team activities this week. The memorial service has not been scheduled. Those arrangements are still pending.
Brooks’ sister, Krusunthia Brooks-Childs, reportedly died of complications with lupus.
The 49ers withheld remark from regard for Brooks and also your family.
Ahmad Brooks, an AP second-team All-Pro in 2012 and 2013, has 12 tackles and a sack through four games. Brooks has started every game since 2011 for the Niners, and notched his first sack of the season last week in a loss to the Packers. If I could get a look at at least that many snaps from him, I think that would be a good baseline to see what the 49ers are working with going forward.
“You see 59 (Lynch’s number) showing up a few, getting some sacks, and he’s playing pretty good football”, Manning said on a recent conference call with Bay Area media.
The 49ers would not corroborate the report, saying only that Brooks’ status is unknown. Tomsula would not say when Brooks would return, adding that the team was keeping him “in our prayers”.
“He’s really talented, he’s smart, he’s tough, he’s got a high-motor”, Mangini said of Lynch.
Thomas, who left the Denver Broncos as a free agent, practiced this week without a cast for the first time since breaking his right hand in the preseason opener August 14.
That leaves Lynch, rookie Eli Harold and third-year veteran Corey Lemonier to primarily handle the pass-rushing chores against Manning, who had five passes intercepted and was sacked twice in the 49ers’ 16-10 road win last November. 16.
Lynch’s showing in 20 career games has caught the Giants’ attention, and most recently Aaron Rodgers’ on Sunday.
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Left tackle Joe Staley, for a second consecutive day, rode a stationary bike in the weight room rather than practice because of Sunday’s knee injury.
