Please no more injury thread, no seriously enough is enough!

Wish Fred never posted that insta pic of the wheelchair 49ers after the Rams loss. Prophetic.

Originally posted by HearstFan:

Originally posted by HearstFan:
Can anyone give timeline updates on our injured players? This is what I recall - but if you have better projections please add:

Newest Injuries:

Fred Warner - Out for the Season (as if I even needed to list that!)

Playing through Injuries:

Mac Jones - Knee and generally beat up lol

Juan Jennings - Shoulder, ankle, ribs.

Returning projections from latest news:
Brock Purdy - working back, possibly for Atlanta game, likely week 9.
George Kittle - returning to practice this week, maybe in week 8 Atlanta game.

Jordan Watkins - returning to practice this week
Ricky Pearsall - working back, possibly for Atlanta game, likely week 9.

Yetur Gross Matos - Working back, Week 8 or 9?

Khalia Davis - Broken hand -- out at least a week, then if playing it's with a cast.
Ben Bartch - high ankle sprain, already out 2 weeks, probably 2 more, return after Atlanta
Brandon Aiuyk - out, KS hinted week 10 possibility

Unknown projection:
Jacob Cowing -- hamstrings since the beginning of season (5 weeks), shouldn't he return shortly?
Spencer Burford - ??
Jordan James (RB) - ?? I'd like to see him back, but no idea the projection
Robert Beal - ??
Patrick Taylor - ??

Out for the season:
Nick Bosa- IR

Fred Warner - IR

Updated 10/9/25

Updated 10/13/25

Originally posted by Sask49erFan:
Why has it never happened in the last 40 years?

You play enough games and eventually every possibility will occur. Just because it's improbable doesn't mean it's impossible.

Somewhere out there someone will flip a coin 25 times and get heads 25 times. Improbable, but not impossible. Do enough sets of 25 flips and it will eventually happen.

It's not just a Niner thing....this is a league-wide problem, and yes....we are near the top of it. The players, when I started watching football, they were NFL players first, athletes second. Now, they are athletes first, who just so happen to play football. When you spend most of your time sculpting your body into a greek god, adding the muscle mass, the tendons and ligaments can't keep up so you get the onslaught of injuries you see in today's game. It's also why you see more dropped passes than ever before (even with the advanced gloves), more missed tackles, etc......the fundamentals of the actual sport itself gets worse by the year because they spend more time in the weight room than they do practicing the craft that are the basics of the sport itself.

It makes for a poor product on the field IMO.

Originally posted by RickyRoma:
It's not just a Niner thing....this is a league-wide problem, and yes....we are near the top of it. The players, when I started watching football, they were NFL players first, athletes second. Now, they are athletes first, who just so happen to play football. When you spend most of your time sculpting your body into a greek god, adding the muscle mass, the tendons and ligaments can't keep up so you get the onslaught of injuries you see in today's game. It's also why you see more dropped passes than ever before (even with the advanced gloves), more missed tackles, etc......the fundamentals of the actual sport itself gets worse by the year because they spend more time in the weight room than they do practicing the craft that are the basics of the sport itself.

It makes for a poor product on the field IMO.

Man this is a good point. I'm far from a pro athlete myself or a pro trainer but my kids work with a pro trainer and he prides himself on NOT getting his athletes injured and making them better athletes in their chosen sport and he does multiple sports. His emphasis isn't on looking good so much as it is performance. Nowadays we get abbreviated offseason work and extended seasons and everyone is drafting to a RAS score. So that said, how are we preparing players for Sundays?

lol wtf is wrong with this team?

Originally posted by RickyRoma:
It's not just a Niner thing....this is a league-wide problem, and yes....we are near the top of it. The players, when I started watching football, they were NFL players first, athletes second. Now, they are athletes first, who just so happen to play football. When you spend most of your time sculpting your body into a greek god, adding the muscle mass, the tendons and ligaments can't keep up so you get the onslaught of injuries you see in today's game. It's also why you see more dropped passes than ever before (even with the advanced gloves), more missed tackles, etc......the fundamentals of the actual sport itself gets worse by the year because they spend more time in the weight room than they do practicing the craft that are the basics of the sport itself.

It makes for a poor product on the field IMO.

This is a very interesting post, especially the bold. Makes one think about today's NFL player and their preparation/training to play the sport of football.

Originally posted by RickyRoma:
It's not just a Niner thing....this is a league-wide problem, and yes....we are near the top of it. The players, when I started watching football, they were NFL players first, athletes second. Now, they are athletes first, who just so happen to play football. When you spend most of your time sculpting your body into a greek god, adding the muscle mass, the tendons and ligaments can't keep up so you get the onslaught of injuries you see in today's game. It's also why you see more dropped passes than ever before (even with the advanced gloves), more missed tackles, etc......the fundamentals of the actual sport itself gets worse by the year because they spend more time in the weight room than they do practicing the craft that are the basics of the sport itself.

It makes for a poor product on the field IMO.

100% - and when you reduce sport specific practice time (a la modern OTA and camp schedules) you compound the issue

Posting this in here to hopefully break our curse...

Originally posted by genus49:
Posting this in here to hopefully break our curse...

update: the etsy witch got back to me! https://t.co/rlIeqZ5BZN pic.twitter.com/eAPCkaqXWC

— victoria! ~ 49ers (4-2) (@VictoriaVan15) October 15, 2025

Had my hopes up, but its only for the rest of this season...

Originally posted by HearstFan:

Originally posted by HearstFan:

Playing through Injuries:

Mac Jones - Knee and generally beat up lol

Juan Jennings - Shoulder, ankle, ribs.

CJ West - hand in cast, limited in practice

Renardo Green - neck, limited in practice

Kevin Givens - limited in practice,

Jordan James - no longer injured, healthy scratch from games

Returning projections from latest news:
Brock Purdy - working back, possibly NOT for Atlanta game, likely week 9.
George Kittle - returned to practice this week, looks probable for week 8 Atlanta game.

Jordan Watkins - returned, but limited in practice this week. Not probable for Atlanta game.
Ricky Pearsall - not participating in practice yet, probably not for Atlanta game, likely week 9.

Yetur Gross Matos - not participating in practice yet

Khalia Davis - Cast on broken hand, returned but limited in practice
Ben Bartch - high ankle sprain - not of IR list yet
Brandon Aiuyk - not off PUP, KS hinted week 10 possibility

Unknown projection:

Jacob Cowing -- still on IR from hamstring injury

Spencer Burford - still on IR
Robert Beal - Moved to Practice Squad, but may still be working back from ankle injury

Out for the season:
Nick Bosa- IR

Fred Warner - IR

Patrick Taylor - Season ending IR from shoulder injury that required surgery.

Updated 10/9/25

Updated 10/13/25

Updated 10/16/25

I wonder with Jennings so beat up, he's probably not that much of an asset as a blocker either in this condition, maybe Jordan Watkins get's a shot?

Originally posted by RickyRoma:
It's not just a Niner thing....this is a league-wide problem, and yes....we are near the top of it. The players, when I started watching football, they were NFL players first, athletes second. Now, they are athletes first, who just so happen to play football. When you spend most of your time sculpting your body into a greek god, adding the muscle mass, the tendons and ligaments can't keep up so you get the onslaught of injuries you see in today's game. It's also why you see more dropped passes than ever before (even with the advanced gloves), more missed tackles, etc......the fundamentals of the actual sport itself gets worse by the year because they spend more time in the weight room than they do practicing the craft that are the basics of the sport itself.

It makes for a poor product on the field IMO.

I disagree. Football players always hit the weights.

The game has simply moved from being a strength game to more of an agility and speed game. Players are faster and change direction better and more violently than ever and give more force in efforts on every play.

Human body isn't made to withstand such sudden movements. Hence the ligament injuries and soft tissue injuries that are often non contact injuries.

Players are generally more athletic than they were 30-50 years ago. Back in those days players took more vicious hits that would leave impact on their brain or their ribs etc. But they didn't move as fast or cut on a dime as well. Few exceptions of course, but they're exceptions like Barry Sanders dancing.

If you look across other sports, injuries are also a big thing. That's why load management is a thing in basketball. That's why Haliburton snapped his Achilles in game 7 and so did Tatum earlier. It's not just the NFL or football for that matter.

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by RickyRoma:
It's not just a Niner thing....this is a league-wide problem, and yes....we are near the top of it. The players, when I started watching football, they were NFL players first, athletes second. Now, they are athletes first, who just so happen to play football. When you spend most of your time sculpting your body into a greek god, adding the muscle mass, the tendons and ligaments can't keep up so you get the onslaught of injuries you see in today's game. It's also why you see more dropped passes than ever before (even with the advanced gloves), more missed tackles, etc......the fundamentals of the actual sport itself gets worse by the year because they spend more time in the weight room than they do practicing the craft that are the basics of the sport itself.

It makes for a poor product on the field IMO.

I disagree. Football players always hit the weights.

The game has simply moved from being a strength game to more of an agility and speed game. Players are faster and change direction better and more violently than ever and give more force in efforts on every play.

Human body isn't made to withstand such sudden movements. Hence the ligament injuries and soft tissue injuries that are often non contact injuries.

Players are generally more athletic than they were 30-50 years ago. Back in those days players took more vicious hits that would leave impact on their brain or their ribs etc. But they didn't move as fast or cut on a dime as well. Few exceptions of course, but they're exceptions like Barry Sanders dancing.

If you look across other sports, injuries are also a big thing. That's why load management is a thing in basketball. That's why Haliburton snapped his Achilles in game 7 and so did Tatum earlier. It's not just the NFL or football for that matter.

Back in those days some smoked on the sidelines....