At an up-and-down 3-4, the reigning NFC champion San Francisco 49ers can’t be reliably counted on as a bona fide contender. That makes Brandon Aiyuk’s season-ending knee injury an outright disaster for a Bay Area constellation of football superstars still chasing an elusive Lombardi Trophy.

The San Francisco 49ers lost their Super Bowl rematch to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, 28-18, and they have also reportedly lost their WR1 for the rest of the 2024 season. As first reported by Fox Sports,

Multiple national reporters have confirmed that Aiyuk’s ACL is torn, along with his MCL, and there may be other damage. Aiyuk has been the focal point of the 49ers passing offen