{"id":11654,"date":"2024-10-21T00:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T00:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11654"},"modified":"2024-10-21T00:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T00:43:13","slug":"san-francisco-49ers-announce-devastating-injury-update-on-superstar-wr-brandon-aiyuk-as-things-somehow-get-even-worse-following-brutal-loss-to-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11654","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco 49ers Announce Devastating Injury Update On Superstar WR Brandon Aiyuk As Things Somehow Get Even Worse Following Brutal Loss To Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>\u2019 Super Bowl 59 hopes were dealt another significant blow in Sunday\u2019s 28-18 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, with star wide receiver\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/brandon-aiyuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Aiyuk<\/a>\u00a0likely done for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Aiyuk suffered a knee injury late in the second quarter and had to be carted off. Speaking to reporters after the loss to Kansas City, head coach\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/kyle-shanahan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Shanahan<\/a>\u00a0gave the devastating injury news that 49ers fans didn\u2019t want to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport, Shanahan said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/timkawakami\/status\/1848141169277976882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they fear that<\/a>\u00a0Aiyuk tore his ACL. If so, the 26-year-old wideout will be done for the season as injuries continue to mount for the defending NFC champions.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Aiyuk finished the day with two catches for 23 yards in the loss. Fellow star wideout Deebo Samuel started the game but was later ruled out as he continues to deal with an illness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/49ers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#49ers<\/a> WR Brandon Aiyuk is feared to have torn his ACL during today\u2019s game, coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters. He said that\u2019s the worry.<\/p>\n<p>If the MRI confirms, he\u2019d be out for the season. A potentially brutal injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wJOg4SggDA\">pic.twitter.com\/wJOg4SggDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1848149935511711805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Big picture:<br \/>\n-Let&#8217;s see what the prognosis is for Aiyuk.<br \/>\n-The 49ers aren&#8217;t as good as the Chiefs.<br \/>\n-Nobody in the NFC is great. Still.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timkawakami\/status\/1848141169277976882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before the regular season, Aiyuk signed a lucrative four-year contract extension worth $120 million. Unfortunately, the 2020 first-round pick will not get the chance to build off a career year that saw him rack up 75 catches for 1,342 yards and seven touchdowns.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-brandon-aiyuk-injury-further-derails-49ers-title-hopes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brandon Aiyuk Injury Further Derails 49ers\u2019 Title Hopes<\/h2>\n<p>The 49ers offense has been out of sync all season long, with superstar running back Christian McCaffrey yet to play because of Achilles tendinitis. Now, Brock Purdy and company must survive with Aiyuk likely done for the season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u2019 Super Bowl 59 hopes were dealt another significant blow in Sunday\u2019s 28-18 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, with star wide receiver\u00a0Brandon Aiyuk\u00a0likely done &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11656,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11654\/revisions\/11656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}