San Francisco 49ers fans saw what life was like without star running back Christian McCaffrey last year.

So when there's even just the smallest amount of concern over the status of the former Offensive Player of the Year, few can blame them for rushing to hit the panic button.

McCaffrey has gone through most of the team's offseason program without any hiccups as he recovers from a PCL sprain, but after he was a limited participant in Friday's practice with a left calf pull, many likely thought to themselves "here we go again."

McCaffrey played it coy when speaking to reporters after Friday's practice, stating he plans to play in Sunday's season opener against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field, but the update head coach Kyle Shanahan gave to the media on Friday afternoon painted a much

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