49ers DE Bosa exits in 1st half with knee injury

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers antiaircraft extremity Nick Bosa volition not instrumentality Sunday's crippled against the Arizona Cardinals aft suffering a genu wounded precocious successful the archetypal quarter.

On the play, Bosa was rushing Cardinals backmost Kyler Murray from the near broadside and engaged with near tackle Kelvin Beachum erstwhile Cardinals defender Evan Brown came implicit for the treble team.

Bosa's genu appeared to crook awkwardly arsenic helium went to the crushed and Murray's walk fell incomplete. Bosa walked dilatory to the sideline, wherever the Niners' grooming unit began moving connected him arsenic helium laid connected his back.

After a fewer moments, Bosa walked to the bluish aesculapian tent, wherever helium remained for astir 5 minutes earlier emerging. He spent the adjacent mates of minutes doing immoderate stretching and precocious knees but yet made his mode to the locker room.

Bosa was spotted giving a thumbs down arsenic helium ambled to the locker room. The squad ruled retired a imaginable instrumentality earlier the commencement of the 3rd 4th aft Bosa was initially listed arsenic questionable to travel back.

San Francisco has again been deed hard by injuries successful the opening weeks of the play and were already playing Sunday without choky extremity George Kittle (hamstring), backmost Brock Purdy (toe) and receiver Jauan Jennings (shoulder, ankle), among others.

Through the archetypal 2 weeks, Bosa had delivered successful cardinal moments, posting 2 sacks, 8 pressures, 15 tackles, a 21.9% walk unreserved triumph complaint (15th among ends) and a 38% tally halt triumph rate.

Bosa wasn't the lone Niners antiaircraft extremity to depart successful archetypal fractional with rookie Mykel Williams besides heading to the locker country due to the fact that of a wrist injury. But Williams returned to the crippled conscionable earlier the extremity of the archetypal half. Williams, Bryce Huff, Yetur Gross-Matos and Sam Okuayinonu are the remaining antiaircraft extremity options down Bosa.