NaVorro Bowman suffers gruesome knee injury on blown fumble call

NaVorro Bowman suffered a brutal leg injury in the NFC Title Game. Watch his knee and leg bend in half.

Dec 29, 2013; Phoenix, AZ, USA; San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53) against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandator.

There was enough hostility in the divisional-round game between the Panthers and 49ers without Colin Kaepernick adding fuel to the fire. But the 49ers' quarterback did just that by mimicking Cam Newton's "Superman" 

And while the 49ers entire defense will have a huge role in stacking up Lynch, who rushed for 1,257 yards and 12 touchdowns in the regular season, the largest share of the responsibility will rest on the shoulders of All-Pro inside linebacker NaVorro

Navorro Bowman, the great San Francisco linebacker, made an incredible play to strip the ball from a Seattle receiver inside the 5-yard line. Bowman recovered the fumble, but as he was falling backward, someone crushed