49ers’ Raheem Mostert to undergo season-ending knee surgery; Elijah Mitchell, Trey Sermon headline backfield

Raheem Mostert’s 2021 marketing campaign is over earlier than it may actually even get off the bottom. The 49ers operating again introduced Tuesday that he’ll bear season-ending knee surgical procedure to restore an harm he suffered throughout San Francisco’s Week 1 win over the Detroit Lions. Particularly, Mostert is claimed to be coping with chipped cartilage in his knee. 

The preliminary plan gave the impression to be for Mostert to go on injured reserve, miss roughly eight weeks after which return to sport motion. As he acknowledged in his announcement, nonetheless, present process surgical procedure offers him the very best shot at returning to high kind. The restoration time for Mostert is roughly six months, in line with Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. 

“After consulting with a number of medical doctors and weighing my choices, I can be having season-ending knee surgical procedure to restore my knee,” Mostert said in a statement. “This offers me, undoubtedly in my thoughts, the very best chance at coming again 110%. I’ve ALWAYS come again stronger and I’ll this time too! I place confidence in myself, my medical doctors, my assist system, my workforce, and God. He makes no errors!! 

“I am gutted. This sucks! That is clearly not what I labored so exhausting for. I want greater than something I may very well be on the market on the sector with my brothers.!!! Thanks to your assist in our determination. I’M FAR FROM DONE!” 

Mostert exited Sunday’s opener in the course of the 49ers’ second offensive possession after totaling 20 yards on two carries. Sixth-round rookie Elijah Mitchell ascended to the featured function with Mostert injured and impressed, speeding for 104 yards and a landing. Together with Mitchell, Jamycal Hasty and rookie Trey Sermon — who was a wholesome scratch vs. Detroit — needs to be the three backs San Francisco will deploy with Mostert’s season coming to an surprising shut.

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