Dre Greenlaw injury update: What happened to 49ers star in Super Bowl?

San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Dre Greenlaw was carted off the field during Super Bowl LVIII with an Achilles injury, suffered without any contact when he walked into the field following a 49ers' stop in the second quarter.

Dre Greenlaw's absence is a massive one for the San Francisco 49ers, with Demetrius Flanagan-Fowles taking his place as the 49ers' defense kept dominating the Kansas City Chiefs' offense. Although Fred Warner gets all the media regarding the linebacker room, the 49ers wouldn't be in the Super Bowl without Greenlaw, especially with his monster game against the Green Bay Packers.

Dre Greenlaw is currently questionable to return to the game, but the nature of the injury and the fact that he suffered without any contact might indicate that he's not going to return to the game, which is a huge loss for the San Francisco 49ers.

#Update: Greenlaw is ruled out of the game. As per Ian Rapoport, Greenlaw is believed to have a torn Achilles.

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When Dre Greenlaw became known nationwide due to a fight with the Eagles security

The Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers got involved in a skirmish midway through the second half of their Week 13 game, which resulted in two late ejections. The weird part is who got out: the 49ers lost linebacker Dre Greenlaw, while the Eagles lost security guard Dom DiSandro - Greenlaw punched DiSandro after a sideline brawl.

It didn't matter at the end of the game, as the 49ers obliterated the Eagles and won 42-19, but to see a sideline incident where a player got kicked and the other lost a crew member invited controversy for the referees.

This was a game bookmarked for the two sides. The 49ers lost to the Eagles at the previous season's NFC Championship Game, but they missed Brock Purdy due to an elbow injury. It was San Francisco's second straight appearance in the NFC Championship game and the third in four years; but against Philadelphia, there was a huge misfortune in that game. Brock Purdy tore his UCL and was out of the game, and his backup, quarterback Josh Johnson, left the game later with a concussion.