OCTOBER 10: As feared, Mosely did indeed suffer a torn ACL yesterday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweets. He will now undergo season-ending surgery in advance of hitting the open market this spring.
OCTOBER 9: The 49ers improved to 3-2 on the season with today’s win over the Panthers, but they paid a heavy price for it on the injury front. A number of key players left the game early, including cornerback Emmanuel Moseley. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said after the contest that Mosley is believed to have suffered a torn ACL. 
ESPN’s Nick Wagoner tweets that further testing will be done in the next 24 hours to confirm the diagnosis. Assuming it is true, though, the injury would end Moseley’s season and deal a significant blow to San Francisco’s defense. 2022 has been the second straight campaign in which the former UDFA has been a full-time starter.
Mosely entered today’s game with 19 tackles and three pass breakups, putting him on pace to at least match his production in recent years. Able to play both on the outside and in the slot, he has been an effective member of the 49ers’ secondary. That earned him a two-year deal last offseason, which will see him make $4.4MM in guaranteed money this season. Heading into free agency, however, his focus will now turn to recovery.
The 49ers have a number of options available to replace Moseley. Among them is veteran Jason Verrett, who has been designated to return after starting the season on the PUP list. The 31-year-old has dealt with a myriad of injuries throughout his career, but could prove to be an effective complement to fellow starter Charvarius Ward if he is able to return to full health.
In other injury news, starting safety Jimmie Ward suffered a broken hand, as noted by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport (Twitter link). An extended absence from him would be problematic for the 49ers’ defense, but not as much as one from star pass rusher Nick Bosa. He left the game with a groin injury, so his status will be the subject of plenty of scrutiny in the coming days. Kicker Robbie Gould, meanwhile, exited due to a knee injury.
Verrett should be good for a couple of quarters before he goes down for the season.
Hopefully Varrett is able to get back to how well he did in 2019 or 2020, can’t remember which season that was when he actually stayed healthy. He’s a great CB when he’s healthy but can’t stay healthy. 49ers might have to look to the trade market in the next coming weeks if Varrett goes down as well. Luckily Lynch learned from last seasons and has put together a pretty deep roster so they’ve been able sustain all these injuries where other seasons it derailed them but at some point they have to be able to get guys back without losing much more because if they just keep dropping like flies they can’t sustain success. Or at least I can’t see it happening with the amount of unities this team is dealing with just like every other season from them. Super frustrating to watch this continue to happen to them. Feels like they are cursed or something lol
I didn’t know acl tears were contagious