The 49ers entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations. A year after making their second NFC title game appearance in three seasons, many thought San Francisco was capable of such play. Unfortunately, injuries have already started to sink some of those ambitions.
Four games into their 2022 campaign, the 49ers have lost their starting quarterback in Trey Lance (ankle; for the season), the NFL’s arguable best tackle in Trent Williams (ankle), and starting running back Elijah Mitchell. It’s a brutal scenario for a team in the conversation for the top roster in football.
It’s also an injury situation that ESPN decided to make light of before the 49ers took the Rams (-1.5) on Monday Night Football with an incredible graphic referencing the Hulu show Only Murders in the Building:
Normally the ESPN Monday Night Football graphics team seems like they’re on psychedelics but this “Only Injuries in the Building” graphic is A+ content pic.twitter.com/5BXfRz1rtL
— Bobby Football (@Rob__Paul) October 4, 2022
Oh … my goodness? Whoever decided to greenlight “Only Injuries in the Building” in a way that has 300-plus pound Trent Williams in a spooky tall New York apartment building — kudos to you. I hope you get everything you dream of in life, including creating more references to delightful shows on streaming services.
NFL fans loved ESPN's reference to "Only Murders in the Building"
That ONLY INJURIES IN THE BUILDING bit in MNF was incredible
— Chris Towers Is In Football Season (@CTowersCBS) October 4, 2022
Only Injuries in the Building was a great graphic, @ESPN.
— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) October 4, 2022
Only Injuries in the Building. That’s a good one.
Funny show.
— Ty Paul (@tyjpaul) October 4, 2022
The #MNF graphic of “Only Injuries in the Building” spiff of OMITB was absolutely 🤌🏻
— Austin Elmore (@autyelmore) October 4, 2022
I love the “Only Injuries In The Building” on #MNF 😂
— Meag (@itsMEEagan) October 4, 2022
MNF with the nod to "Only Murders in the Building" – subbing murders with injuries. Love it, love the show
— MyNameisEarly☘️🏀✭🏈 (@OrangeCrushed1) October 4, 2022
ESPN has no chill with this “Only Injuries in the Building” animation 💀
— Fletcher Keel (@FletchTopper) October 4, 2022
Okay the @espn Only Injuries in the Building graphic was brilliant 😂
— Dan Aburn (@dan_aburn_) October 4, 2022
Only Injuries in the Building graphic is clever but rude.
How dare you
— Kevin Fippin (@kfippin) October 4, 2022
