The 49ers can’t seem to keep their defensive ends healthy. Damontre Moore, who replaced the injured Ronald Blair III after he tore his ACL, broke his forearm in Sunday night’s win over the Packers according to head coach Kyle Shanahan.
He told reporters Monday that Moore suffered the broken forearm during the Packers game and played through it. Shanahan didn’t learn it was broken until after his postgame press conference.
Moore was a preseason star for San Francisco, but couldn’t land a roster spot with so much depth at defensive end. He went unsigned until the 49ers re-added him after Blair went down in the team’s Week 10 loss to the Seahawks.
He played two games for the 49ers and posted five tackles, one quarterback hit and a forced fumble that helped ice a Week 11 win over the Cardinals.
Shanahan said Moore will likely be replaced by Jeremiah Valoaga from the practice squad. Valoaga also had a stellar preseason where he finished second in the league with 4.5 sacks. His performance was enough to earn him a practice squad spot. The 25-year-old former Lion played nine games for Detroit as an undrafted rookie in 2017. He had 1.0 sacks, five tackles, two tackles for loss and five quarterback hits in those nine games.
With Dee Ford nursing a hamstring injury, Valoaga could get thrust into action quickly once he’s added to the roster.