The San Francisco 49ers stored Christian McCaffrey out of the preseason attributable to a calf harm in what appeared to be a precautionary transfer. Nevertheless it seems that McCaffrey’s calf harm may be very a lot an actual concern.
When the 49ers introduced their checklist of inactive gamers for his or her Monday night time opener in opposition to the New York Jets, McCaffrey was included.
McCaffrey had been restricted in follow and was listed as questionable for the sport. However he’s nonetheless a shock scratch a bit of over an hour earlier than sport time.
Jordan Mason is probably going in line to see an enormous function within the sport with McCaffrey out.
McCaffrey rushed for a league-leading 1,459 yards and 14 touchdowns final season, which was his first full 12 months with San Francisco. He additionally had 67 catches for 564 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns.
The Niners nonetheless have loads of choices on offense, however they’ll be down some key gamers with out McCaffrey and rookie Ricky Pearsall.
