Simply after the second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers blowout win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, versatile star vast receiver Deebo Samuel was carted off the sphere with what gave the impression to be a grotesque leg harm.
Preliminary fears different from worries over whether or not or not Samuel had damaged his ankle or – even worse – torn ligaments in his knee, based mostly off the awkward angle his leg and physique bent at.
In keeping with 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, Samuel’s ankle was not damaged and was ‘almost definitely’ a high-ankle sprain nonetheless the crew was ‘undecided’ the complete extent of the injury.
San Francisco 49ers vast receiver Deebo Samuel (19) is carted off after an harm vs Tampa Bay
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned the idea is that Samuel suffered a high-ankle sprain
Samuel was damage on a play when he fumbled throughout the second quarter in an emotional scene that noticed dozens of his teammates come on the sphere to want him nicely earlier than he was taken away on a cart together with his head in his palms.
In the course of the deal with on which he was damage, Samuel’s leg was caught beneath the defender who wrapped him up by his legs.
Earlier than being damage Samuel scored the sport’s opening landing on a 13-yard run within the first quarter.
Samuel scores a 13-yard dashing landing throughout the first quarter towards the Buccaneers
San Francisco didn’t seem to overlook him on offense, nonetheless, as they might go on to attain a number of touchdowns after he exited the sport.
49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy threw two touchdown passes and ran for one more rating in his first profession begin, filling in for an injured Jimmy Garoppolo.
Christian McCaffery and Brandon Aiyuk had been the opposite two gamers on the 49ers offense to succeed in the endzone throughout the contest as San Francisco improved their file to 9-4 to take a two-game lead within the NFC West.
The probably Samuel-less 49ers will tackle the Seattle Seahawks subsequent week on Sunday Evening Soccer in what must be a extremely contested divisional matchup.
