The San Francisco 49ers appear cursed within the working again division this season, with their third alternative Jordan Mason injuring his shoulder in opposition to the Seahawks on Thursday.
Jordan Mason Injured
Jordan Mason has been influential in San Francisco in the course of the first six weeks of the season, with the third alternative working again taking cost within the absence of Christian McCaffrey and Elijah Mitchell who’re each injured.
Mason presently leads the league in speeding yards after the primary six video games of the season having racked up a powerful 609 yards to date – a mean of 101.5 yards per sport.
However Thursday night time slowed Mason’s progress this 12 months, with the 25-year-old introduced down on a play by the center of the sphere which brought about 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 resulting from a hamstring damage and the NFL’s main rusher, Jordan Mason, suffered a shoulder damage that brought about him to go away Thursday night time’s sport. pic.twitter.com/kNO7Tteagu
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 11, 2024
Mason was sluggish to rise 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 had been very restricted in direction of the latter levels of the night time and he didn’t characteristic 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 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 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 speeding 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
