Update: 49ers running back Mike Evans is out for the remainder of Sunday’s game with a rib injury. The announcement came early in the third quarter. Head coach Kyle Shanahan talks about the injury after the game.
The San Francisco 49ers have had more strange injuries than any other team in the NFL. The Niners looked pretty good during their 2-0 start to the 2026 season, but they couldn’t overcome the injury bug. New addition Mike Evans went down for the team’s Week 3 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals, and it’s another injury that’s confusing at first blush. It happened soon Evans executed a perfect hook and ladder with teammate Debo Samuels for an 80-yard dash..
Evans limped off a run in the third quarter. He was pressured by two Cardinal defenders. But in the previous game, he stayed in the game. Evans was evaluated on the field and eventually taken to the locker room. Watch the game here.
Evans needed help just to get off the field. It definitely feels like he aggravated something from last game, but it still seems amazing that he stayed in the game and didn’t show the effects of the injury until the next game.
Here’s Evans being carted off the field and taken to the locker room.
We will update this post when the extent of Evans’ injury is known.