49ers operating again Christian McCaffrey injured his proper calf on a 3-yard run with 7:49 left within the third quarter Sunday. He didn't come again.
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned McCaffrey could have a pressure.
“We expect he can be wonderfulShanahan mentioned, through Stephen Whyn of the Related Press. “I don't know if he can go subsequent week or not, however we'll have to seek out out extra.” [Monday]. He was shifting proper subsequent to it, so he hoped it wasn't too unhealthy.'
McCaffrey described the damage as “fairly minor.”
The 49ers don’t have anything to play for in Week 18, having clinched first place within the NFC, so McCaffrey doesn't should play one other recreation for 3 weeks.
“I feel it was minor and I simply made a sensible transfer, particularly not figuring out what was going to occur subsequent week,” McCaffrey mentioned, through ESPN's Nick Wagoner . “I didn't need to simply go in there and make it worse. You possibly can't be silly about sure issues.'
McCaffrey had 14 carries for 64 yards and 4 catches for 27 yards on Sunday. He leads the NFL with 1,459 yards and have become the third participant in NFL historical past with 2,000 scrimmage yards in a season with two totally different franchises.
Eric Dickerson and Marshall Faulk are the opposite operating backs to perform the feat.
