San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey reportedly will play of their season-opening conflict with the Seattle Seahawks.
McCaffrey, the 2023 Offensive Participant of the 12 months who missed most of a nightmare 2024 season with bilateral Achilles tendinitis, popped up on the 49ers’ harm report on Thursday with a calf difficulty.
The working again subsequently missed follow on Friday, elevating doubts about his availability for the Week 1 matchup with their NFC West rivals.
Nevertheless, McCaffrey rapidly allayed such considerations, insisting he would characteristic because the 49ers look to make a sizzling begin of their quest to return to competition atop the NFC.
McCaffrey made it clear he deliberate to play, telling reporters on Friday: “Nothing critical, I’ll let you know that. I really feel nice about the place I’m at.
“Sadly when you’ve got the harm historical past that I’ve, typically whenever you don’t follow, issues get blown out of proportion. However like I stated, I really feel nice.”
And ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Sunday that McCaffey will certainly swimsuit up for the Niners, with a supply saying he’s “good to go”.
McCaffrey was restricted to simply 4 video games in 2024 because the 49ers slumped to a 6-11 file following their Tremendous Bowl loss in 2023.
The earlier yr noticed McCaffrey rack up 1,459 dashing yards and 564 receiving yards, scoring 21 whole touchdowns. No participant within the NFL had extra touches than McCaffrey’s 339 within the 2023 common season.
San Francisco will hope for a return to well being and type in 2025, however traded with the Washington Commanders for Brian Robinson Jr, who will function McCaffrey’s major backup and probably take a few of the burden off his shoulders.
