Already-thin 49ers see two more starters injured

ATLANTA -- The San Francisco 49ers' rash of injuries did not wide up Sunday. In fact, it got worse.

Two much cardinal Niners players -- violative tackle Mike McGlinchey and cornerback Charvarius Ward -- departed Sunday's 28-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons with calf and groin injuries, respectively. Both injuries happened successful the archetypal half, and the Niners ruled retired a imaginable instrumentality for the duo aboriginal successful the 3rd quarter.

After the game, Niners manager Kyle Shanahan said Ward needs further valuation to find the severity of the injury, though helium cautioned that Ward not returning Sunday mightiness portend immoderate missed time.

"We're not definite yet," Shanahan said. "I anticipation not but helium couldn't go, which is usually not a bully sign. We'll spot however it is tomorrow."

Shanahan added a akin concern is successful the offing for McGlinchey, who volition besides request further tests to fig retired if helium volition miss immoderate much time.

McGlinchey suffered his wounded portion blocking downfield connected a abbreviated walk to fullback Kyle Juszczyk successful the 2nd quarter. McGlinchey's near calf appeared to get clipped by a subordinate moving past him arsenic helium attempted to wide country for Juszczyk to run.

McGlinchey attempted to instrumentality for the team's last bid of the 2nd quarter, but Daniel Brunskill replaced him astatine close tackle astatine the commencement of the third.

It was unclear erstwhile Ward suffered his injury, though helium departed successful the 2nd 4th arsenic well, with rookie Samuel Womack III stepping successful for him.

Ward and McGlinchey are the latest successful an ever-growing database of injuries to 49ers starters. Defensive extremity Nick Bosa (groin), tackle Trent Williams (ankle), antiaircraft tackle Arik Armstead (foot, ankle) and escaped information Jimmie Ward (broken near hand) were among the starters connected the team's pregame inactive list.

That radical doesn't adjacent see the Niners starters connected injured reserve, a database that includes backmost Trey Lance (ankle), linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (knee), moving backmost Elijah Mitchell (knee), antiaircraft tackle Javon Kinlaw (knee) and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley (knee).

Those injuries person already taken a toll connected the 3-3 Niners, who person declined to usage it arsenic an excuse but besides admit however hard it is to overcome.

"We person a modular that we play at," choky extremity George Kittle said. "We play astatine a precise precocious level, a batch of energy, 100% effort connected each azygous play and I haven't watched the portion but I don't cognize if we gave that contiguous astatine each azygous position. We had a batch of young guys play. We're missing a batch of guys and we've got to marque definite that we're playing astatine that level each azygous drawback different that's going to happen, particularly erstwhile you are down guys."

If determination was immoderate bully wounded quality to beryllium recovered Sunday, it was successful the information that immoderate important reinforcements could beryllium connected the mode back.

Shanahan indicated that Bosa and Williams, 2 of the team's champion players, could beryllium backmost for adjacent week's crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs.