49ers fear Brandon Aiyuk suffering season-ending ACL tear in loss to Chiefs

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan relayed what the enactment feels prima receiver Brandon Aiyuk mightiness person aft being carted disconnected the tract against the Kansas City Chiefs connected Sunday. 

Shanahan says the 49ers fearfulness Aiyuk has a torn ACL, which would sideline him for the remainder of the season. 

"That’s what it looks like, but we don’t cognize for sure," Shanahan said, per 49erswebzone.com. "Just doing the trial and everything with our hands, and with the trainers and stuff, each that. That’s what we fear. That’s what it looks like, but we’ve been incorrect before, truthful we’re praying that we are."

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, #11, catches a walk betwixt Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie, #22, and information Chamarri Conner, #27, successful the 2nd 4th astatine Levi's Stadium. (Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images)

Aiyuk volition acquisition further investigating to corroborate the 49ers’ fear. 

Aiyuk caught a walk from backmost Brock Purdy with 37 seconds near successful the half, and helium took it for 15 yards with Justin Reid and Chamarri Conner tackling him simultaneously. 

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However, arsenic Reid was trying to bring him down, Conner came sprinting successful and threw his assemblage astatine Aiyuk’s leg. Video replay of the tackle showed Aiyuk’s close genu buckle, and helium was successful contiguous symptom down connected the field. 

Aiyuk needed to beryllium carted disconnected the tract aft trainers assessed what helium was going through. 

The wounded came aft the 49ers were already without Deebo Samuel, who tried to play done an unwellness but yet had to bow retired aboriginal successful the 28-18 nonaccomplishment to Kansas City. 

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, #11, struggles connected the crushed aft suffering an wounded against the Kansas City Chiefs successful the 2nd 4th astatine Levi's Stadium. (Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images)

It besides comes aft an implicit rollercoaster for the talented receiver this offseason, erstwhile helium was seeking a caller semipermanent hold alternatively of conscionable playing connected his fifth-year option. 

The 49ers and Aiyuk went backmost and forth, arsenic the second requested a commercialized and the erstwhile yet told him conscionable earlier the play helium would beryllium forced to practice. Both sides yet agreed connected a four-year, $120 cardinal woody that locked Aiyuk backmost successful with the Niners long-term. 

Through six games, Aiyuk has totaled 351 yards done the aerial connected 23 catches (41 targets), but helium did not find the extremity portion erstwhile this season. If this is an ACL tear, Aiyuk volition extremity the twelvemonth with those numbers arsenic the 49ers acceptable him up connected a betterment way with 2025 successful mind. 

The 49ers’ discourtesy is simply a radical filled with talent, but Aiyuk is the latest superior wounded to Shanahan’s group. Christian McCaffrey is the evident portion missing astatine the moment, arsenic helium is dealing with Achilles tendinitis successful some feet. 

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, #11, walks connected the tract earlier the commencement of the crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Levi's Stadium. (Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images)

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San Francisco was expected to beryllium a Super Bowl contending squad again this season, but it has not been a imagination commencement for them arsenic they dropped to 3-4 with the nonaccomplishment to the Chiefs now.  

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