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.

Aiyuk’s absence adds to the injuries of Jauan Jennings, Deebo Samuel, and Christian McCaffrey, other key players in San Francisco’s attack, who now have to reorganize without their top offensive weapons.

The San Francisco 49ers faced some unfortunate injury news this past weekend, as Brandon Aiyuk suffered a torn ACL and a torn MCL in the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, effectively ending his season.