The San Francisco 49ers appear cursed within the operating again division this season, with their third selection Jordan Mason injuring his shoulder in opposition to 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 selection 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 recreation.
However Thursday night time slowed Mason’s progress this yr, with the 25-year-old introduced down on a play by the center of the sector which induced 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 attributable to a hamstring damage and the NFL’s main rusher, Jordan Mason, suffered a shoulder damage that induced him to depart Thursday night time’s recreation. pic.twitter.com/kNO7Tteagu
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2024
Mason was sluggish to stand up and after an damage timeout, San Francisco’s present RB1 headed into the locker room with rookie Isaac Guerendo taking on.
Though he did return to the sport, Mason’s snaps have been very restricted in direction of the latter phases of the night time and he didn’t function in any respect within the closing quarter.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan up to date followers on Mason’s damage after the sport, saying he doesn’t understand how severe 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 lately, 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 damage
Jordan Mason: Shoulder damage in opposition to Seahawks
Patrick Taylor Jr.: Third Alternative RB
Isaac Guerendo: Rookie RB
Cody Schrader: Undrafted rookie
