49ers claim Jets’ Israel Abanikanda off waivers amid running back injury nightmare
NY Post
The 49ers looked to a surprise source at a time of desperate need.
San Francisco picked up running back Israel Abanikanda off waivers from the Jets after a slew of injuries in their backfield.
In the team’s announcement of the transaction, the 49ers said they placed Christian McCaffrey on injured reserve again with a PCL sprain suffered in Sunday night’s loss to the Bills.
McCaffrey is expected to miss around six weeks, so the injury will likely end his regular season.
To compound matters, McCaffrey’s backup, Jordan Mason, suffered a high ankle sprain, and coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that Mason was expected to get placed on the IR as well, meaning he’ll have to miss at least four games.
The dual injuries — plus Elijah Mitchell being on IR (hamstring) since August — left just Isaac Guerendo as the only healthy running back on the 49ers’ active roster.
The Knicks face elimination Tuesday night.
It was a history-making week that changed very little in the NFL hierarchy.
The Rangers do not play again until Friday when the Penguins come to the Garden, but the next three days will be the most critical of a season that is fast becoming a sinkhole.
During my vacation the past few weeks, a plugged-in agent told me it was his sense that the Mets were not playing at the top of the starting pitching market for Corbin Burnes and Max Fried.
Amazingly, the Knicks haven’t faced an Eastern Conference opponent with a winning record since October.
You don’t need to be a fortune teller — just a Giants fan well-versed in Murphy’s Law — to see the future headline now.
The Jets dropped their third straight game and eighth in their last nine on Sunday, a 26-21 loss to the Seahawks that sends them to 3-9 this season.
Bills fans maybe had a little too much fun in the snow Sunday night as Buffalo defeated the 49ers, 35-10.
The Mets have identified their next starting pitching project.
The Knicks reached the three-quarter pole of the basketball season Sunday night, and if they wanted to celebrate the occasion, they couldn’t have asked for a better patsy. Right now, the poor Pelicans are everyone’s favorite Homecoming Game, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram bedecked in sweaters and strapped to the injured list.
Christian McCaffrey left Sunday’s game with a knee injury after he suffered what appeared to be a non-contact injury and it may be the reason his 2024 season ends.