49ers WR Mike Evans a game-time decision with rib injury - ESPN

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Mike Evans is questionable for Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos and will be a game-time decision, according to coach Kyle Shanahan.

But Evans, who was a limited participant in Friday's practice after missing Wednesday and Thursday, said he is going to give «my best» to play against the Broncos despite his painful rib injury.

«It's my job,» Evans said. «I take pride in trying to suit up every chance I get. If the injury isn't unbearable and you can't play through it, then I won't play. But if there's something I can play through, I'm going to be there for my team as best I can.»

On Friday, Evans spoke to the media for the first time since suffering the injury in the first half of last week's win against the Arizona Cardinals. He said he wasn't sure when, exactly, the injury happened but on the play where he left the game, he was running a route, turned and then it «felt like somebody stabbed me in my chest.»

Evans went to the ground and then slowly made his way to the sideline before he went to the locker room on a cart. Asked if he thought the injury happened earlier, Evans said he couldn't pinpoint anything other than a big hit from Cardinals safety Budda Baker, but he said he felt that in his head more than his chest or rib area.

While Evans' status will loom until closer to game time, he sounded like someone pushing to play. He said he doesn't plan to use a flak jacket because it «looks kind of weak» and it's more for quarterbacks. But Evans said a padding option will be important and he's hoping to use a compression shirt that has some built into it.

Evans said he has previously played through a rib injury. His game log shows that while he was a member