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49ers’ Shanahan didn’t know initial severity of Aiyuk’s knee injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t expect star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk to miss the rest of the 2024 NFL season after he was leveled in Sunday’s 28-18 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Aiyuk, of course, caught a 15-yard pass from San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy with roughly 45 seconds remaining in the second quarter before Kansas City safety Chamarri Conner plowed into the wideout’s knee, tearing his ACL and MCL.
Shanahan initially thought Aiyuk would be fine after a half-time breather. Shanahan explained how he learned of the severity of his Pro Bowler’s injury in speaking to Greg Papa on the latest episode of NBC Sports Bay Area’s “49ers Game Plan.”
“I didn’t know until halftime, because you couldn’t really see it live,” Shanahan told Papa. “I knew they tackled him, but I didn’t know how it hit. … I just thought he had got the wind knocked out of him, or something. It was right toward the end [of the first half], so we were coaching up Jacob Cowing on some things, just while BA was hurt … We go right into halftime, and we got only like eight minutes I feel like before I put the plays on the board, then I talked to the team for like 10 seconds, and then get right back out there.
“And before I’m putting all the plays in, I’m just yelling for a trainer, because I need to know where BA is because I’m putting some plays on for him. Then, the trainer runs over and he tells me — and I wasn’t expecting it — and it crushed me … and you’re like, ‘All right,’ start talking to the rest of the group and we got to move some guys around.”
The 49ers trailed 14-3 at the time of Aiyuk’s injury. They already were without wide receiver Jauan Jennings due to a lingering hip issue, and wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who was under the weather. San Francisco also has been without All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey, who is…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-10-25 21:03:27
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