Kyle Shanahan 'this close' to losing his right eye in horrible car crash, NFL analyst reveals

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Former NFL backmost Chris Simms revealed that his adjacent friend, San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan, astir mislaid an oculus during a horrible car clang helium was progressive successful earlier this month.

Simms, who is simply a existent NFL analyst, made an quality connected "PFT Live" wherever helium explained pictures helium received from Shanahan’s wife, Mandy, aft the July 14 mishap occurred.

"When you archetypal spot it, and it’s fresh, and immoderate of the cuts are inactive wide open, I mean, it’s jarring," Simms explained. "It’s jarring.

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Chris Simms successful  2023

NBC Sports Chris Simms earlier an AFC divisional playoff crippled betwixt the Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas City Chiefs connected January 21, 2023 astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, MO. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"He was this adjacent to possibly losing his close eye."

The injuries were rather important for Shanahan, who is constricted to starting grooming campy with the 49ers, the squad announced.

Shanahan suffered a breached nose, 3 breached ribs and a breached hand. He besides needed implicit 40 stitches successful his look and had a terrible concussion aft colliding with different SUV by his location successful Northern California, per ESPN.

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"San Francisco 49ers Head Coach Kyle Shanahan was progressive successful a car mishap past week erstwhile helium suffered non-life threatening injuries. Coach Shanahan volition enactment successful squad activities connected a constricted ground astatine the commencement of grooming campy portion helium recovers," the squad said successful its statement.

"Coach Shanahan and the 49ers enactment would similar to sincerely convey each archetypal responders progressive for their efforts and care."

Simms pointed to his forehead erstwhile helium said, "The scar is truthful large close here."

Kyle Shanhan talks to reporters

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan speaks astatine a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

"So, each that worldly was conscionable brainsick to see," helium added.

While Shanahan has yet to talk connected the crash, Simms did uncover immoderate of what helium is feeling astatine the moment.

"He was affectional astir it due to the fact that helium realized however adjacent it was to being conscionable a complete, you know, utter disaster," Simms, who mentioned the different operator was a woman, said. "Like, really, it was a catastrophe anyways. But, erstwhile you’re a portion of that accident, similar I said, helium could person mislaid his close eye. It could person been a batch worse. You know, he’s precise acrophobic astir the pistillate helium got successful the mishap with and however she is and handling that situation. So there’s conscionable a batch there. And I deliberation it was a batch for him to process."

Shanahan was spotted astatine 49ers grooming campy connected Sunday, wherever his look was masked by a shot chapeau and sunglasses.

GM John Lynch besides noted that, "Kyle fundamentally is going to beryllium similar successful the protocol," successful notation to his concussion. Simms said it is giving him "some issues" helium indispensable woody with done the healing process.

Kyle Shanahan watches from the sideline

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan watches from the sideline during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful Tampa, Florida, connected Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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While Shanahan serves his squad connected a constricted basis, Chris Foerster, the 49ers’ adjunct caput coach, is acting successful his place.

The 49ers unfastened the play against the Los Angeles Rams connected Sept. 10 successful the first-ever crippled played successful Australia.

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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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