Nick Wagoner, ESPN Employees Author
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Already lacking certainly one of their prime three receivers, the San Francisco 49ers misplaced wideouts Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk to an sickness and a proper knee harm, respectively, Sunday in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Of most quick concern was the harm to Aiyuk. With 48 seconds left within the second quarter, Niners quarterback Brock Purdy discovered Aiyuk between two Chiefs defenders for a acquire of 15 yards. Chiefs defensive backs Chamarri Conner and Trent McDuffie converged on Aiyuk as he took a low hit, leaving his knee in a precarious place.
Aiyuk stayed down as Niners medical personnel got here out to assist earlier than he was in a position to stand up, slowly limp to the sideline and head to the medical tent. He went to the locker room quickly after and a return was dominated out because the third quarter opened.
The harm to Aiyuk comes after Samuel got here down with an sickness Sunday morning. Samuel did not do a lot in warmups and the group introduced that he was sick however anticipated to play.
Samuel walked onto the sphere simply earlier than the sport began and took part within the coin toss however was transferring slowly. He didn’t have a catch or carry earlier than his day got here to an finish.
Coming into Sunday, San Francisco was already lacking Jauan Jennings, who suffered a hip harm in final week’s win in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks.
With out their prime three receivers, the 49ers are all the way down to veterans Chris Conley and Ronnie Bell and a pair of rookies, Ricky Pearsall and Jacob Cowing.
Pearsall, the No. 31 decide in April’s NFL draft, is enjoying in his first regular-season recreation 50 days after he was shot within the chest throughout an alleged theft try.
