The San Francisco 49ers got hit with brutal news on Sunday, confirming what everyone feared after seeing rookie defensive tackle Gracen Halton go down. Coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed postgame that Halton broke his left ankle in the fourth quarter, effectively ending his season. Man, that’s just tough.
The Latest Hit to the Niners’ Defensive Front
You know that feeling when you see a guy get carted off and it just looks bad? Yeah, that was Halton on Sunday. Medical personnel had to slap a vacuum splint on his left leg with just under four minutes left in the fourth quarter, right after Malik Mustapha snagged an interception. Halton was straight to the X-ray room, and the results were exactly what nobody wanted to hear. He finished Sunday with no stats, but his season line before this injury was a solid 15 tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble for a fourth-round pick. This injury is a huge blow, especially for a guy trying to make his mark.
That D-Line Is a MASH Unit
This isn’t just Halton’s bad luck, though. This is the *latest* defensive line injury for the Niners, and honestly, that unit is starting to look like a hospital ward. They’ve already got Alfred Collins, Andrew Farmer II, C.J. West, Mikail Kamara, and Sam Okuayinonu all chilling on injured reserve. That’s a serious list, right? Nick Bosa did manage to return Sunday, playing for the first time since Week 3 when he got sidelined with a calf injury, and he even chipped in with a tackle for loss. But Bosa coming back can’t overshadow the fact that they’re losing another body, especially a young guy like Halton, for the rest of the year.
While those guys in Santa Clara are probably scrambling to figure out who’s even left to play defensive tackle, at least we here in the Emerald City got some good news this weekend! Our Seahawks took care of business, routing the Arizona Cardinals 17-3. It’s always great to see our squad handling things, especially when a division rival is dealing with this kind of injury chaos. What a way to head into the next week, right?
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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