The 49ers got a double whammy of injuries on Monday. During practice, offensive Justin Skule tore his ACL. And, soon after, safety Tavarius Moore went down with a ruptured Achilles (Twitter link via Matt Barrows of The Athletic).
Skule’s injury will rule him out for 2020. It’s a bad blow for the former sixth-round pick, who was competing to serve as a top backup behind Trent Williams and Mike McGlinchey. With Williams out of practice, Skule was practicing with the first-string team, a promising sign that he’d make the cut and return for his third season. Instead, he’ll go under the knife, rehab, and switch his focus to 2022.
Moore, meanwhile, has at least some chance of returning later in the year. Similar to Skule, Moore had been practicing with the starters while Jaquiski Tartt deals with a toe ailment. Fortunately, the 49ers do have Tony Jefferson on hand. The veteran — who once inked a four-year, $34MM contract in free agency — agreed to a low-cost deal with SF earlier this week. Now, he’s the odds-on favorite to serve as the No. 3 safety on the team, behind Tartt and Jimmie Ward.
Here we go again. Just like last year! Injuries! Injuries! Injuries! Maybe don’t push the guys so hard the first week of practice.
49ers training staff is horrible. Same staff that brought an obviously injured Jimmy G after 10 days on a high ankle sprain. How’d that work out dummies??
Very frustrating watching how they just stick their heads in a sand when it comes to injuries
They should sign Sherman to play safety
Gonna go out on a limb here and say there’s a zero percent chance sherman even answers a phone call about playing safety
you must have missed the several articles from 2020 where he speaks about the possibility of playing Safety and that he even practiced it a few times last year. He said he understands how many of the great CB’s had their careers extended by making the switch and he is not opposed to it if it was what the opportunity suggests.
holy cow thats some luck
“during practice offensive Justin Skule” – that his nickname? or is he just rude? Or was the proof reading step skipped again?
Do you have any better to complain about, then proof-reading. Get a life.
“do you have any better to complain about, then proof reading” I will go out on a limb and guess you mean ” don’t you have anything better to complain about than proof reading?” – guessing you don’t proof read either.
quality banter