Kyle Shanahan provides injury updates on McCaffrey, Hufanga, others
“Shanahan did not clarify that timeline, but he did clarify the Achilles part of McCaffrey’s injury. He only told reporters last week that it was a calf/Achilles injury and not just a calf injury as initially stated. It’s Achilles tendinitis, and McCaffrey likely would’ve played in a playoff game in the same situation.
“Definitely I believe that if it was a playoff game he would have played, but when it’s not just the calf, it’s the Achilles,” Shanahan said. “The Achilles is tendinitis, and that stuff comes and goes, and when it is acting up, it’s something you got to be very careful about.