NFL: Mega Niners Shock: McKinnon out of the season

The San Francisco 49ers suffered a huge low blow a few days before the start of the Regular Season: Running Back Jerick McKinnon, who was hired by the Free Agency as the new offensive column, suffered a cruciate ligament rupture during training.

At the press conference immediately after the training session, head coach Kyle Shanahan openly admitted that he was worried about the investigations. A little later, NFL network insider Ian Rapoport reported the bad news: McKinnon will miss the entire season due to a cruciate ligament rupture.

Shanahan had described the situation before as follows: “He made a cut without an opponent. It was the last game of the training session, and then he just went down. It didn’t look good.”

The 49ers had equipped McKinnon in the spring with a proud contract (4 years, 30 million, 18 million guaranteed). In Shanahan’s offense he was to become the versatile and intensively used running back, which could also play a larger role in passing. Matt Breida, who for his part is still struggling with a shoulderblessur, and Alfred Morris, who has just signed up, are now likely to fill this role together.