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The 49ers’ long snapper roulette continues, though it may finally be coming to an end.

In a few hours, Emmanuel Sanders will be in Santa Clara.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan provided updates on Joe Staley, Ahkello Witherspoon, long snapper Kyle Nelson and explained his appreciation at getting his father, Mike, the game ball.

Kyle Shanahan’s not as young as he was when he was the youngest position coach in NFL history, but he’s still a young enough coach to think about going for a dive in the mud.

You couldn’t ask for an uglier game. Playing on field that was more mud than grass, the 49ers and the Redskins ran the ball at each other 30-plus times each, but it was the 49ers defense, which, yet again, was superb, that led the way in a 9-0 win.

You’re not wrong to want to pencil this game in as a win. The 49ers are 5-0 with arguably the best defense in the NFL and the Washington Redskins are 1-5. So, what’s the catch?

There is oh, so much talk about the 49ers’ defensive line, and rightfully so. But it’s the addition (by lack of subtraction) of Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward which has fundamentally changed the makeup of the 49ers defense.

On Friday a TV station in Portland obtained video that shows former 49ers assistant coach Keanon Lowe taking a loaded gun from a student at Parkrose High School.

With the trade deadline less than two weeks away, NFL talkshow host and occasional newsbreaker Benjamin Allbright reported that the 49ers were one of a handful of team’s to inquire about Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders.

For 49ers fans hoping to see a matchup of the old guard in Vernon Davis against the new school of George Kittle, it won’t happen on Sunday against the Washington Redskins.