49ers GM quells buzz around electrical substation theory

San Francisco 49ers wide head John Lynch did his champion to unopen down nan buzz astir nan mentation that an electrical substation adjacent Levi’s Stadium could beryllium nan catalyst for nan spate of injuries that squad has suffered complete nan past fewer years.

The mentation popped up connected societal media during nan 2025 season, though nan 49ers person played astatine Levi’s Stadium since 2014 and utilized nan believe installation that is besides adjacent nan substation since 1989.

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San Francisco 49ers wide head John Lynch speaks astatine nan NFL Scouting Combine astatine nan Indiana Convention Center connected Feb. 24, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

49ers prima George Kittle said successful February he didn’t judge nan rumors were true, but besides wanted a definitive answer.

Lynch provided 1 Sunday arsenic NFL owners began to meet successful Phoenix, Arizona. He said nan statement had a intelligence travel to nan installation to spot if location was thing awry.

"It fundamentally was a large thing burger," Lynch told reporters, via ESPN. "We're successful a safe spot of work. ... It's a normal spot of work. It's a normal gym. We are safe, we're healthy, and we consciousness really bully astir that.

San Francisco 49ers tight extremity George Kittle (85) is carted disconnected nan section aft an wounded during nan 2nd 4th against nan Philadelphia Eagles successful an NFC Wild Card Round crippled astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Jan. 11, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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"That was important to us, not conscionable to move a unsighted eye, but to look into it because it's our players' wellness. It's not only our players' wellness, it's coaches, it's staff, each that. And it's encouraging."

According to nan 49ers, nan intelligence learned that players and unit were being exposed to an electromagnetic situation akin to that of a gym aliases mean workplace.

Still, nan injury bug is thing that nan 49ers will person to fig retired arsenic nan seasons spell on.

General Manager and President of Football Operations, John Lynch watches players activity retired during nan school's NFL shot pro day, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, successful Athens, Georgia. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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San Francisco was 12-5 successful 2025, but players for illustration Kittle, Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall and Mykell Williams each missed respective games pinch injuries.

For now, it appears nan substation mentation has been unopen down.

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