The 49ers have dealt with more upheaval at the wide receiver position this week, with veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling released from injured reserve after suffering a calf injury.

With Ricky Pearsall still waiting to return from a knee issue, the 49ers are severely lacking in wide receivers on whom they know they can rely.

But their paucity of options at the position may give a belated opportunity to an exciting rookie who is finally healthy.

The 49ers got fourth-round rookie Jordan Watkins back from a calf injury this week, putting him in line to make his debut in primetime as San Francisco faces the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football.

Injuries have kept Watkins out since his extremely exciting preseason debut, in which he hauled in a 50-yard reception from Mac Jones.

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