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By Daniel Arwas
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The San Francisco 49ers' substation woes have somehow compounded to an almost comical level.
This past offseason, conversation spiked about the possibility that a nearby electrical substation was at the root cause of the team's injury woes over the past decade, where they have consistently seen themselves face almost preternatural levels of player ailments.
It appears that those theories are not going away any time soon, as the injuries have already started to pile up for Kyle Shanahan's team just a couple of weeks into training camp.
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Wide receivers, All-Pro Mike Evans and rookie 33rd overall pick De'Zhaun Stribling have both faced injuries that have kept them out of practice early this week, whilst key defensive starters, Nick Bosa and the recently-returned Dre Greenlaw also missed practice on Wednesday.
And now the team faces even more issues in the receiving department, as both 2024 fourth round pick Jacob Cowing and veteran, multi-use fullback Kyle Juszczyk both suffered injuries.
Cowing suffered a hip flexor, whilst Juszczyk broke his finger.
In fact, by the end of practice on Aug. 5, the 49ers had a whopping 20 players missing practice due to various injuries and ailments, including the three already on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.
The good news for Niners fans, if such a thing is desirable at this time, is that few of the injuries at this point look to be serious enough such that they will be forced to miss significant time come the start of the season.
Irregardless, this is nevertheless a poor look for a 49er team aiming to put their perennial injury woes behind them once and for all.
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