The San Francisco 49ers will get Christian McCaffrey in Week 1. That instantly means 2025 is better than 2024 since he was unavailable to start that season. Now, how do you think the 49ers should limit him?
One of the things to watch when the San Francisco 49ers begin will be McCaffrey’s usage. Now that the 49ers have Brian Robinson to spell McCaffrey, and hopefully a healthy Isaac Guerendo to serve as the third option (and don’t forget Jordan James), a perfect world would say Kyle Shanahan won’t bat an eyelash at pulling McCaffrey for a play or two. As we know, that doesn’t exist because Shanahan also tends to run McCaffrey more than many may say is ideal.
But, given that McCaffrey is healed up from that nagging Achilles injury that kept him out last year, what would you do to limit car