San Francisco 49ers linebacker forced a fumble and recovered it, all while tearing his ACL when his leg got caught under a player in a pile. It was extremely graphic and gruesome and one of his teammates, 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis, painted a disturbing scene saying he could hear him screaming.
“I know how tough he is,” Willis said, via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com. “When he couldn’t get up on his own and I could hear him yelling, at that point I didn’t even care where the ball was.”
It is a bad end to an incredible season by Bowman and Willis did a bit of campaigning for him as Defensive Player of the Year.
“If he doesn’t get Defensive Player of the Year, I don’t know what they go by,” Willis said. “Most important, I just pray he’s all right. I just saw him a little bit after the game.
“I know that he wanted nothing more than to be out there and finish that game with us. Win, lose or draw, I know he wanted to be there with us. He’s going to be all right. He’s strong mentally and physically strong.”