“This has been brewing for at least a couple of days. This was so set in the 49ers’ minds that a few days ago, when I first started hearing about this possibility and checked with a team source, all the source said at first was: “I was waiting for you to ask about that.”
“This nets Kyle Shanahan arguably the league’s best running back, and someone who will level up the 49ers’ offense, especially given his value as a pass-catchers. It’s also a familiar face for Shanahan, who knows the McCaffrey family well from his time in Denver with Ed McCaffrey; Shanahan may or may not have babysat Christian McCaffrey as a kid.