Christian McCaffrey has established himself as one of the most valuable players in the NFL this season. When the ball is in his hands, or McCaffrey is on the field, the 49ers offense has been as close to unstoppable as it gets.
When head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke Monday afternoon, the team hadn’t received McCaffrey’s imaging back from his MRI, so they were unsure whether CMC had an oblique or a rib injury. Shanahan had hoped that it was either or, not both.
Shanahan was asked if there was a way to protect McCaffrey from taking hits, in the same way the team did Brock Purdy last year when he suffered the same injury.