SANTA CLARA – Their 1994 red-and-white throwback jerseys are coming out to play. Are there enough healthy players to wear them? That is the 49ers’ predicament.

The RSVP list is light for Sunday night’s home show against the Atlanta Falcons.

No Brock Purdy. No Ricky Pearsall. No Nick Bosa, of course, and, certainly not last nor least, no Fred Warner, who underwent season-ending ankle surgery Tuesday.

“Was it a punch in the gut? Yeah, 100% it was, but that defense was still flying around and there are a lot of opportunities out there for a lot of guys,” tight end George Kittle said. “Fred is pretty irreplaceable. But it’s not really a choice in the NFL. You have to continue to move on.”

Kittle, after a five-game absence, returns from a hamstring tear to, as he says, “bring the juice” to

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