The football world has questions, and the 49ers coach has answers.
that he knew he would replace the superstar on Friday. On Tuesday, San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan offered a more thorough assessment of McCaffrey's status—calling him day-to-day.
"The Achilles tendonitis and that stuff comes and goes. And when it is acting up, it’s something you’ve got to be very careful about. Christian's very diligent about that stuff," Shanahan said via Nick Wagoner of ESPN. "And if it was a playoff game, he made it very clear to me he believed he could go."“The Achilles is tendonitis and that stuff comes and goes. And when it is acting up, it’s something you’ve got to be very careful about.
"When you hear that type of stuff and it's not a playoff game and it's week one and especially when you're dealing with the lower extremities like that, it was a tough decision, but hearing all the words in the long run, it made it easy," Shanahan explained.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest.
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