Nick Bosa just proved the 49ers can’t catch a break following injury update from San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan
The San Francisco 49ers have had a bad start to camp with injuries plaguing much of the roster, and now, it appears that even if it’s only for a limited amount of time, the same thing is happening with Nick Bosa.
Another day, another bad injury update for the San Francisco 49ers. This time it involves star pass rusher Nick Bosa, and the details surrounding his latest setback deserve more attention than coach Kyle Shanahan’s reassurances suggest.
Bosa, who is returning from a torn ACL, is now considered week to week due to tendinitis in his surgically repaired knee. Shanahan said he’s not worried about the situation, expressing confidence that Bosa will be ready for Week 1 and framing the absence as load management rather than a genuine concern.
49ers preseason schedule
- Week 1: vs. Tennessee Titans (Thursday, August 13, 9 pm EST).
- Week 2: @ Los Angeles Chargers (Thursday, August 20, 10 pm EST).
- Week 3: @ Raiders (Thursday, August 27, 8 pm EST).
Why this is more complicated than it sounds
The truth is, if you just see that initial report, it can be misleading in both directions. For one, this tendinitis is not in the knee Bosa just tore. This tendinitis is in the knee he tore back in high school.
Per James Palmer, who referenced Albert Breer’s reporting, Bosa has said that when doctors repaired the ACL the first time, they went in and tried to address the tendinitis. He was doing much better for years afterward. Now, less than a month away from the start of the regular season, the tendinitis has somehow returned in a knee that had been relatively fine for a long time.
The long-term concern is what matters here
I’m not going to sit here and say Bosa is going to miss time, and I’m not going to say he won’t be the same player, or that Shanahan doesn’t know his roster. All of that could very well be true. It’s not like San Francisco was going to play Bosa in the preseason anyway. Why risk a guy coming back from an ACL tear?
But the worrisome part of this equation is the long-term effect. If you already had tendinitis, it went away, and then it came back, what exactly is the plan here? Other than some stem cell treatment or PRP, what’s going to change? Is this a situation where Bosa, after this season or maybe during it, is no longer the same player?
These are the questions you have to consider with Bosa, and unfortunately with the 49ers, who somehow continue to be injury-plagued year after year.
