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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Whereas the San Francisco 49ers have been ravaged by harm within the opening weeks of the season, they’d largely prevented the massive, season-ending sort of illnesses. Till Sunday.
Defensive sort out Javon Hargrave suffered {a partially} torn proper triceps in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams, an harm that may require surgical procedure and is prone to deliver his 2024 season to an finish.
“It is a huge [loss],” coach Kyle Shanahan stated. “I believed he had his finest sport yesterday. I believed he was an enormous issue, actually affected the quarterback in that sport. … He is one in every of our higher gamers. He was positively getting into the best course and was going to have an enormous yr.”
Hargrave wasn’t the one harm replace of be aware from Shanahan on Monday. Quarterback Brock Purdy got here out of the sport with again soreness and although an MRI got here again clear, he shall be day-to-day this week, based on Shanahan.
As well as, operating again Christian McCaffrey flew to Germany over the weekend to go to with a specialist concerning the persistent Achilles tendonitis that landed him on injured reserve Sept. 14, Shanahan stated.
After the loss to the Rams, Shanahan and the Niners have been hopeful that Hargrave was simply coping with a bruised triceps. Additional imaging revealed the tear Monday, leaving Hargrave in want of a restore. Via three video games this season, Hargrave had seven tackles and a sack.
With Hargrave out, the Niners are prone to look in-house for his substitute, with Shanahan pointing to the apply squad the place Evan Anderson or T.Y. McGill are attainable choices to be promoted to the roster.
Kevin Givens or Jordan Elliott are the chances on the lively roster to step right into a beginning function with finish Yetur Gross-Matos able to transferring inside on passing downs. Kalia Davis, who’s on injured reserve with a knee harm, can also be near returning, Shanahan stated, although that is not anticipated to occur this week.
Shanahan additionally indicated there’s an out of doors likelihood Hargrave may return however acknowledged the Niners would want to make a deep postseason run for that to be attainable.
“While you get surgical procedure that is normally just a few months at the least,” Shanahan stated. “If there was an opportunity, it must be late within the playoffs.”
McCaffrey’s journey to Germany comes somewhat greater than every week after the Niners positioned him on injured reserve. Shanahan first introduced that McCaffrey was coping with a calf harm Aug. 6. That ailment saved McCaffrey out for the remainder of coaching camp, however he returned to apply main as much as the Week 1 sport in opposition to the New York Jets.
That week, Shanahan additionally revealed that McCaffrey was coping with the Achilles concern and it was that, extra so than the calf, that was bothering him. McCaffrey was then a shock scratch in opposition to the Jets regardless of practising on a restricted foundation and being listed as questionable earlier than that sport.
The next week, McCaffrey once more took half in apply however had what Shanahan referred to as his “worst day” Sept. 12. Shanahan acknowledged the following day that McCaffrey was a candidate for injured reserve and the group made that transfer official Sept. 14.
As a result of he is on injured reserve, McCaffrey should miss 4 video games earlier than he is eligible to apply or play once more. He is missed two video games already however should sit out at the least subsequent week’s sport in opposition to the New England Patriots and the Oct. 6 sport in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals.
The earliest McCaffrey may return can be Oct. 10 on the Seattle Seahawks, although Shanahan has stated “no person is aware of” when he’ll truly be again due to unpredictable nature of his harm.
McCaffrey is not the primary athlete to journey overseas to take care of harm. Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods and others have gone to Germany for remedy through the years.
“I am unsure what physician it’s,” Shanahan stated. “I do know he’ll see a specialist that he believes may also help him along with his Achilles course of and I believe he is doing that over these subsequent few days. Hopefully it’s going to assist.”
The harm information wasn’t all unhealthy for the Niners on Monday. Shanahan stated the Niners are hoping to get tight finish George Kittle, who missed Sunday’s sport with a hamstring harm, again to apply this week and cornerback Charvarius Ward (knee, hamstring) is “good to go.”
After having good harm luck of their Tremendous Bowl run final yr, the Niners have been hit a lot tougher thus far this season.
“Final yr simply with a few of our primary guys, we have been very lucky they did not miss too many video games,” Shanahan stated. “This yr has been completely totally different to start out out in order that’s been actually robust. I attempt to keep constructive with it that every one of them are finally going to return again, however that in all probability modified with Hargrave in the present day in order that was a troublesome tablet to swallow there. However we positively have not had the luck that we had final yr.”
