SANTA CLARA, Calif. — While the San Francisco 49ers have been ravaged by injury in the opening weeks of the season, they had mostly avoided the big, season-ending type of ailments.
Until Sunday. Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave suffered a partially torn right triceps in Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Rams, an injury that will require surgery and is likely to bring his 2024 season to an end. «It's a big (loss),» coach Kyle Shanahan said. «I thought he had his best game yesterday.
I thought he was a huge factor, really affected the quarterback in that game… He's one of our better players. He was definitely going in the right direction and was going to have a big year.» Hargrave wasn't the only injury update of note from Shanahan on Monday.
Quarterback Brock Purdy came out of the game with back soreness and though an MRI came back clean, he will be day-to-day this week, according to Shanahan.