No need for 49ers panic at wide receiver latest update has help on the way

SANTA CLARA — Call on the cavalry? Please.The 49ers’ receiver room may resemble something closer to an emergency room, but Brock Purdy already has all the tools that he needs for the kind of surgery he’s performing.So long as he’s got Mike Evans, George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey at his disposal, the 49ers’ fifth-year quarterback isn’t going to budge from his status as MVP front-runner.After all, Purdy showed against the Seahawks that you can take away five of his top six receivers and he’s still capable of leading his team down the field when it matters most.Deebo Samuel went out, and Purdy was still able to carve up the league’s top-ranked passing defense for a go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.Now, after learning that Samuel’s hamstring is serious, the 49ers seem content to go ahead with the receivers already in the building.Does general manager John Lynch have his head in the sand? Quite the opposite, in fact.He won’t even have to pick up the phone for reinforcements to start to arrive.That’s because Lynch laid the groundwork this summer.

Of course, the 49ers would have loved for Christian Kirk to be ready to contribute by Week 1, and we wouldn’t be having this discussion if De’Zhaun Stribling and Demarcus Robinson hadn’t gotten hurt in Weeks 1 and 2.But the 49ers have weathered the worst of it.For all of their 16 players on injured reserve, none has caused the 49ers to lose a game yet.They’re 5-0 with road wins over the two other best teams in their division.They have an extra day of rest before hosting the 1-3-1 Commanders on Monday night.Then, they play one more game in the next 20 days.By the time Shanahan gets his team together again following their bye week, ahead of their Week 9 showdown against the Raiders (Nov.8), he should be able to include at least one new receiver in his route trees — possibly more.While it’s unlikely that Kirk is activated in time to be of assistance this week against the Commanders, the 2...