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49ers Lose Defensive Tackle Alfred Collins to Season-Ending Injury Before Opener

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San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Alfred Collins suffered a torn patellar tendon during practice in Australia, ending his season before the team's opener against the Los Angeles Rams. The injury occurred while the team was preparing for their Week 1 game in Melbourne. The 49ers also had several other players with injury concerns heading into the season opener.

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Newsweek outlets frame this as a "brutal" and "massive blow" to the 49ers, with coverage spread across multiple injury updates for various teams and players, treating the Collins news as one of several NFL injury stories heading into Week 1.

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Right-leaning outlets emphasize the 49ers' ongoing "injury bug" and "brutal injury misfortune," with Fox News noting the team is now "thin on the defensive line" and the New York Post highlighting that even traveling to "an entirely different continent wasn't enough" to escape injury problems. Coverage also includes updates on other 49ers players like George Kittle and Mike Evans.

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