A star-studded forged of NFL gamers departed their video games with accidents on Sunday.

A lot of them might miss the remainder of the season.

Begin with working again, the place Giants star Saquon Barkley is believed to have torn the ACL in his proper knee early of their loss at Chicago. All-Professional standout Christian McCaffery departed Carolina’s loss to the Buccaneers with a proper ankle harm, 49ers working again Raheem Mostert left with a knee harm, and the Rams’ Cam Akers damage his ribs.

Loads of large receivers went down, too: The Packers’ Davante Adams damage his hamstring in a win over the Lions; the Colts’ Parris Campbell was carted off with a leg harm towards Minnesota; the Giants’ Sterling Shepard sustained a toe harm; and the Broncos’ Courtland Sutton left their loss in Pittsburgh with a knee harm.

Then there have been the quarterbacks: Tyrod Taylor did not begin the Chargers’ recreation towards Kansas Metropolis after sustaining a chest harm earlier than kickoff, giving solution to rookie Justin Herbert. The Broncos’ Drew Lock damage his shoulder. The 49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo tried to play by way of a proper ankle harm earlier than Nick Mullens took over for the second half.

The harm landslide got here after a gap week by which most NFL groups escaped comparatively unscathed, regardless of a digital offseason and the elimination of your complete preseason schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Essentially the most noteworthy single harm could have been to Barkley – ”Going to see some medical doctors tomorrow. We are going to wait and see what that’s,” Giants coach Joe Decide stated – whereas the hardest-hit staff could have been the 49ers.

Garoppolo’s high-ankle sprain might hold him out subsequent week, too, whereas Mostert’s can be re-examined Monday for what’s considered a light ligament sprain. Tevin Coleman additionally left San Francisco’s win over the Jets with a late knee harm.

The information was extra dire on protection. Nick Bosa, the reigning Defensive Rookie of the Yr, and fellow lineman Solomon Thomas, the third total choose within the 2017 draft, had been each carted off the sector with what the 49ers feared could possibly be torn knee ligaments. Bosa and Solomon can be examined once more early this week.

”You will have just a little combined feelings whenever you lose some guys like that,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan stated. ”Whenever you do lose some good guys like we did, that’ll in all probability be for some time, we’d like guys to get higher.”

The Jets additionally had a substantial harm record by the point San Francisco polished off its 31-13 rout.

Huge receivers Breshad Perriman (ankle) and Chris Hogan (ribs) departed early, cornerbacks Quincy Wilson (concussion) and Arthur Maulet (groin) didn’t make it the end, and heart Connor McGovern damage his hamstring and didn’t return.

The Chiefs had been short-handed on protection and within the secondary for his or her recreation towards the Chargers with cornerback Beshaud Breeland serving his four-game suspension, defensive sort out Mike Pennel ending his two-game suspension, and cornerback Charvarius Ward out with a fractured hand. Then the Tremendous Bowl champions misplaced defensive finish Frank Clark to an sickness and cornerback Antonio Hamilton to a groin harm as they mounted a second-half comeback and gained in extra time.

Together with Lock and Sutton, the Broncos misplaced defensive finish Dre’Mont Jones to a knee harm of their defeat at Pittsburgh.

”They’d assist us quite a bit proper now,” Denver tight finish Noah Fant stated, ”however we have simply bought to maintain urgent ahead. And you realize, it is a kind of issues the place we have simply bought to get with the blokes we bought and attempt to rating and attempt to cease groups.”

The Colts, who misplaced working again Marlon Mack to an Achilles tendon harm final week, could have misplaced two extra starters for the season towards Minnesota. Campbell was carted off after taking a blow to his left knee and Colts coach Frank Reich stated it ”did not look good,” whereas security Malik Hooker left within the second half along with his personal Achilles tendon harm.

The Colts additionally performed with out cornerback Rock Ya-Sin, who was despatched to the hospital with a pregame abdomen ailment.

Minnesota needed to end with out working again Mike Boone (concussion) and linebacker Anthony Barr (shoulder).

The Falcons are hopeful offensive sort out Kaleb McGary merely sustained a sprained MCL of their last-second loss to the Cowboys. Defensive finish Takk McKinely left with a groin harm, linebacker Foye Oluokun injured his hamstring, and security Ricardo Allen was misplaced to an elbow harm.

Washington guard Brandon Scherff, who left early in Arizona with a knee harm, was among the many offensive linemen damage across the NFL on Sunday. The Rams’ Joe Noteboom (calf), the Eagles’ Isaac Seumalo (knee), Packers heart Corey Linsley (hand) and Jaguars heart Brandon Linder (knee) additionally went down with accidents.

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