The San Francisco 49ers appear cursed within the operating again division this season, with their third alternative Jordan Mason injuring his shoulder towards the Seahawks on Thursday.
Jordan Mason Injured
Jordan Mason has been influential in San Francisco throughout the first six weeks of the season, with the third alternative operating again taking cost within the absence of Christian McCaffrey and Elijah Mitchell who’re each injured.
Mason at the moment leads the league in dashing yards after the primary six video games of the season having racked up a powerful 609 yards thus far – a mean of 101.5 yards per sport.
However Thursday evening slowed Mason’s progress this yr, with the 25-year-old introduced down on a play by way of the center of the sphere which prompted the 49ers star to land awkwardly on his shoulder.
In a two-day span, the NFL’s main receiver, Nico Collins, was positioned on injured reserve on account of a hamstring harm and the NFL’s main rusher, Jordan Mason, suffered a shoulder harm that prompted him to depart Thursday evening’s sport. pic.twitter.com/kNO7Tteagu
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2024
Mason was sluggish to stand up and after an harm timeout, San Francisco’s present RB1 headed into the locker room with rookie Isaac Guerendo taking up.
Though he did return to the sport, Mason’s snaps have been very restricted in the direction of the latter phases of the evening and he didn’t function in any respect within the ultimate quarter.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan up to date followers on Mason’s harm after the sport, saying he doesn’t know the way critical the shoulder knock is but.
“He thought he was going to be alright, he went again in and it simply damage a lot so he went again out, I feel it was the primary play. After which he was out simply in case of emergency.
“I don’t know [how serious it is]. You by no means know. Adrenaline on nowadays, throughout video games, is a little bit completely different. We’ll discover out tomorrow when that’s down and get X-rays.”
Mason nonetheless completed the sport with 73 dashing yards from his restricted snaps, whereas rookie again Guerendo turned heads with a powerful 99 yards on the bottom.
Whereas Mitchell is out for the season, there’s excellent news for McCaffrey, who’s reportedly round a month away from making his return to the NFL.
49ers Working Again Depth Chart
- Christian McCaffrey: Bilateral achilles tendinitis
- Elijah Mitchell: Hamstring harm
- Jordan Mason: Shoulder harm towards Seahawks
- Patrick Taylor Jr.: Third Selection RB
- Isaac Guerendo: Rookie RB
- Cody Schrader: Undrafted rookie
