San Francisco 49ers star Mike Evans was carted to the locker room after suffering a brutal injury that appeared to leave him struggling to breathe on the sideline.WR1 Evans is just the latest Niner star to be struck down, as their brutal injury luck threatens to derail their season.Evans’ latest blow came in the second quarter against the Arizona Cardinals when he was clattered by safety Budda Baker after making a catch.He initially played on but was then seen being helped to the sideline by trainers, clutching his ribs as he limped off the field.Injury analyst Jeff Mueller posted a clip of Evans on X, alongside the caption: ‘Mike Evans appears injured and is in a ton of pain. Almost looks like he can’t breathe. Just dropped down to a knee on the sideline and trying to catch his breath. Hopefully not a lung or vital organ issue.’There is no further update on the nature of Evans’ injury, but soon after he was spotted sitting on the back of a cart which transported him to the locker room. Mike Evans is carted back to the locker room after suffering an injury in the second quarter Evans appeared to suffer the injury while being tackled by Cardinals safety Budda BakerMike Evans appears injured and is in a ton of pain. Almost looks like he can’t breathe. Just dropped down to a knee on the sideline and trying to catch his breath.Hopefully not a lung or vital organ issue. pic.twitter.com/IYNprrCghD— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) September 27, 2026 In the lead-up to the game against the Cardinals, Evans was day-to-day with a hip injury, but it is unclear whether his latest issue is related to that.Last month he was dealing with a left quad strain and a groin strain, while he missed more than half of last season after needing surgery on a broken collarbone suffered in Week 7 against Detroit, while playing for Tampa Bay.Evans’ injury on Sunday came shortly after he had scored a touchdown – his second of the season – for a 49ers offense in desperate need for its stars to remain on the field. As it stands, Demarcus Robinson is not practicing with a high ankle sprain. Rookie wideout De’Zhaun Stribling got injured in Week 1, Christian Kirk is still ‘a couple of weeks away’ from being healthy, and Ricky Pearsall is in the second month of a nine-month recovery period after undergoing knee surgery in mid-August. On the other side of the ball, star defensive end Nick Bosa was ruled out for ‘multiple weeks’ with a calf injury suffered in practice earlier this week.Bosa is one of six members of the Niners defense to go down in just the past fortnight. In just the last two weeks, they have lost Alfred Collins to a season-ending torn patellar tendon, Sam Okuayinonu to a broken foot, James Thompson Jr to a high ankle sprain, Romello Height to a broken hand and CJ West to a bone chip in his knee.Additionally, Mykel Williams is still on the PUP list from a torn ACL he suffered last season, leaving the defense incredibly stretched.Conspiracy theories about the 49ers’ injury curse have swirled for years, bursting into the public consciousness early this year when the team even launched an investigation into the electrical substation alongside the practice facility. Evans knelt to the ground and appeared to be struggling to breathe as he hobbled off the field A viral X thread from January even sparked an investigation into the substation by the teamGeneral manager John Lynch told the media the organization would investigate ‘everything’ into why so many stars were being struck down by injury, later insisting that it was a ‘big nothing burger.’ The investigation revealed that ‘EMF exposure was approximately 400 times below what would constitute an unsafe working environment’, yet the injuries have continued to pile up.Even players themselves have questioned whether the substation may be behind their continued bad luck, with Dre Greenlaw admitting that he thought ‘Man what the hell going on over here?’ before ultimately deciding to re-sign with the team.Previously, Kendrick Bourne was asked about the mounting injuries after George Kittle suffered a torn Achilles, and he joked to reporters: ‘Yeah, it’s that power plant.’