Source: RB Conner suffers season-ending injury

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Arizona Cardinals moving backmost James Conner suffered a season-ending close ankle wounded during Sunday's nonaccomplishment to the San Francisco 49ers, a root told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Sunday.

Conner was carted disconnected the tract aft a 9-yard tally with 12:26 remaining successful the 3rd 4th of the Cardinals' 16-15 loss. The wounded is considered "severe" and volition necessitate surgery, the root told ESPN.

After the game, manager Jonathan Gannon said helium didn't cognize the severity of the wounded arsenic a prognosis hasn't yet been made. The Cardinals are heading into a abbreviated week earlier hosting the Seattle Seahawks connected Thursday night.

Players from some teams took a genu arsenic trainers rapidly attended to Conner aft helium went down. The full Cardinals' seat walked onto the tract to cheque connected their skipper arsenic helium was loaded onto the cart.

"It's 1 of my champion friends connected the team," backup moving backmost Trey Benson said. "It was similar a large member to maine -- my mentor. He taught maine a batch of worldly here, truthful it was pugnacious [to watch]."

Quarterback Kyler Murray was visibly upset connected the tract portion Conner was getting looked at.

"Yeah, it's unfortunate," Murray said aft the game. "Just not lone is helium my teammate, I consciousness similar that's a member of mine. Just to spot him spell down similar that, you ne'er privation to spot that. I recognize it's portion of the game, but it is not ideal. All the enactment that helium puts successful and conscionable who helium is arsenic a person, you don't privation to spot him get wounded similar that. Yeah, it's tough."

Added Murray: "He's everything, means everything."

Gannon said injuries are portion of the game, and players request to "just beryllium trained" to get done it.

The 30-year-old Conner had 9 carries for 22 yards earlier his injury, which came connected his longest tally since Week 1. He was coming disconnected back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons -- the archetypal of his career. He signed a two-year hold successful November 2024 that was to support him successful Arizona done the 2026 season. His $3.64 cardinal basal wage for this twelvemonth is guaranteed for injury.