MetLife Stadium racks up another torn ACL

[Auggie]

49ers first-round pick Mykel Williams is out for season with torn ACL, suffered in Week 9 at FUCKING METLIFE STADIUM.

As the San Francisco 49ers feared, an MRI on Monday reportedly confirmed that first-round draft pick Mykel Williams is out for the remainder of this season with a torn ACL, according to ESPN. After the Niners took Williams with the No. 11 pick overall in the 2025 NFL draft, he started all nine games as a primary defensive end with inside-out potential in the trenches.

With eight games left in the regular season, Williams (knee/ACL) is the third defensive starter to suffer a season-ending injury, joining perennial All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner (ankle) and former AP Defensive Player of the Year Nick Bosa (knee/ACL).

This means the Niners have now lost both of their starters at defensive end, a position already thinned by injury on the 6-3 49ers.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers/article/49ers-first-round-pick-mykel-williams-season-torn-21135369.php

[True Dough]

1. And yet somehow

Christian McCaffrey is still thriving! He's the one you'd expect to be most vulnerable with his Achilles heels just ready to pop.

[Auggie]

2. Been wondering about McCaffrey. I'd like to know if there are differences ...

in the number of A.T. injuries afflicting veterans, rookies, and second-year players. Bosa suffered his second-year ACL tear at MetLife.

Do some to most veterans learn, over time, how to play "safer" on A.T.?

[True Dough]

3. Don't know the answer to that question,

but a number of elite athletes from various sports are making trips to Germany for treatment of Achilles injuries. They've got something cooking over there. Whether it's above-board or not, I couldn't tell ya.