The 49ers continue to get hit with injuries. Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave suffered a partially torn triceps during yesterday’s loss to the Rams, coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters (per ESPN’s Nick Wagoner). Hargrave is expected to miss the rest of the season.
“It’s a big one and I thought he had his best game yesterday,” Shanahan said of the injury (via Matt Barrows of The Athletic). “I thought he was a huge factor.”
Hargrave actually got into a season-high 39 defensive snaps yesterday. The defensive tackle collected his first sack of the season on Matthew Stafford, adding to the 44.5 sacks he’s complied throughout his career.
Following a two-year stretch with the Eagles where he collected 18.5 sacks, Hargrave caught on with the 49ers last offseason. He proceeded to start all 16 of his appearances with San Francisco, compiling 44 tackles and seven sacks en route to his second career Pro Bowl nod. Hargrave also started each of the team’s three playoff games. The 31-year-old started each of the team’s first three games in 2024.
The 49ers do have a bit of depth at defensive tackle, with Maliek Collins already rotating (or often playing alongside) Hargrave. Jordan Elliott and/or Kevin Givens could be in line for more snaps, and the 49ers could also turn to the likes of Sam Okuayinonu and practice squad DT T.Y. McGill.
Elsewhere on the injury front, Shanahan told reporters that Christian McCaffrey will travel to Germany this weekend to visit with a foot specialist (via Wagoner). The star running back has been sidelined with a pesky Achilles injury, and Wagoner says the player is expected to spend a few days in Germany hoping to get some kind of resolution.
That stinks. I’ve always liked “Gravedigger”. He’s super underrated and works his behind off.
4 years at 84 million is hardly underrated. He’s awful in run d
The whole line is awful on run D and it’s showing again.
Flying to Germany to visit any specialist seems very alarming!
This isn’t about cmc
It’s literally in the post,
Elsewhere on the injury front, Shanahan told reporters that Christian McCaffrey will travel to Germany this weekend to visit with a foot specialist (via Wagoner). The star running back has been sidelined with a pesky Achilles injury, and Wagoner says the player is expected to spend a few days in Germany hoping to get some kind of resolution.
The only “alarming” aspect I can deduce is that a regular Joe like you or I would probably have to wait on a list for a year or more to get an appointment with even a local “specialist”.
If you live in Canada or a different country with socialized healthcare then true. But I have no problem getting an appointment with a doctor here in the USA .
Chappell, it appears he is grasping at straws
This is tough for SF – this is the end if their best window.
Cap going to get tough from here.
The cap will be fine. Purdy’s deal doesn’t even have to start until 2026 if they choose to do so. They have options.
He’s been very underwhelming since they signed him. Awful in run d and average to slightly above in pass rush since he’s been in Santa Clara. Was already a cut candidate in the off-season.
It would be hard to cut him right now.
I think it would be like 30 million dead cap.
Maybe read my whole comment. That’s why I said in the off-season
Even in the off-season I think it’s a dead hit of like 20-25mil
I don’t think cutting him becomes realistic until the following off-season after this one. I think they’re kind of stuck with him for another season unless they somehow restructure his deal, he agrees to take a paycut, or they’re able to trade him.
They save 20 million THIS off-season post June 1st cut with 7 million in dead cap
Still 25 million per spotrac.
If he is cut after the season, I do believe that they can take that 24.74 million dead hit and spread it out over 2025 and 2026 so they would save over 16 million on the cap next year. That would put them at 56 million under next year’s cap. John Lynch doing a masterful job with the cap. They won’t have to rebuild, they can just reload.
I believe Cooper Kupp did the same thing last year that CMC is doing.
Illegal in the states procedure? Maybe
In a nation that perpetuated the holocaust, they might even do organ harvesting…
Fooque2 – “Not yet approved” might be a better description, but I think you’re correct.
There are treatments in other countries that aren’t yet approved in the US.
I think it is more or less just not widely approved or covered by insurance policies in the U.S. yet.
That isn’t uncommon. The U.S. Healthcare has a real issue with approving and insuring newer procedures that actually resolve issues. Whether it is money, coverage, etc. it takes entirely too long for procedures to get approved that we know work or stand a good chance of working with minimal harmful effects.
Too often the Healthcare and Insurance industries focus more on approving simple medications and long-term “fixes.” Simply put, they make more money off of keeping people sick and coming in regularly for scheduled “treatments” rather than approving cures and helpful procedures.
Going to Europe for illegal in US medicine or medical procedure sounds pretty drastic. Probably 2nd opinion on whether or not he needs surgery.
Oh my god, his Culpo baby mom heads must be exploding….no immediate sideline pics to promote herself….as nothing more than a NFL WAG who will hitch herself to anyone that wears a uniform to promote her “brand”