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It does not sound like the 49ers will have Mike Evans for their first game after the bye week. San Francisco s star wide receiver, who continues to deal with Achilles tendinitis sustained in the Week 6 win over the Washington Commanders, might need a little more time after already missing the Week 7 game before the Week 8 bye. President of football operations/general manager John Lynch joined KNBR 680 s Murph Markus on Thursday and shared a less-than-encouraging update on Evans, who likely will miss the 49ers Week 9 game vs. the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday at Levi s Stadium. I don t know if I would rule that out, Lynch said when asked if he would rule Evans out for Sunday s game. That s probably likely that he won t be out there Sunday. What we re really trying to do there, you know he s got that tendinitis that flared up, and I think you learn from the history, right? Christian [McCaffrey] had this situation, and every player is different, every situation s dif