San Francisco 49ers star operating again Christian McCaffrey’s season is in jeopardy after he sustained what’s believed to be a posterior cruciate ligament damage in Sunday’s 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Payments in Orchard Park, N.Y.
“I believe probably (it is season-ending),” 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned after the sport. “I believe PCL is often a pair weeks, however I am not precisely certain but.”
McCaffrey will endure further testing on Monday to find out the severity of the damage.
He appeared to maintain the damage after being tripped by Payments security Taylor Rapp on the conclusion of an 18-yard acquire with 12:58 remaining within the second quarter on Sunday. McCaffrey exited the sport briefly earlier than returning to take a pitch to the appropriate, solely to elect to slip to the sphere with out contact for a 5-yard loss.
The 49ers initially listed McCaffrey as questionable to return shortly after he left the taking part in floor for additional examination. Nevertheless, Shanahan later instructed NBC that the 28-year-old was achieved for the sport.
“It was irritating,” Shanahan mentioned after the sport. “He had a terrific week of apply and I may really feel his urgency and stuff and thought he got here out nice, wanting actually good, and it appeared like he simply bought his shoestring there. … I damage for him, and difficult for our staff not having him.”
The 49ers (5-7) have misplaced three in a row heading into subsequent Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Chicago Bears (4-8) in Santa Clara, Calif. San Francisco resides two video games behind the NFC West-leading Seattle Seahawks (7-5) with 5 video games remaining on the schedule.
Seattle and San Francisco cut up their season collection.
The 49ers as soon as once more are anticipated to lean on Jordan Mason, who leads the staff this season in carries (153) and dashing yards (789) to associate with three touchdowns.
McCaffrey had 53 yards on seven carries on Sunday evening and caught two passes for 14 yards earlier than exiting. He was taking part in in simply his fourth recreation of the season after lacking the primary eight resulting from Achilles tendinitis in each legs.
McCaffrey was the NFL Offensive Participant of the 12 months final season, when he led the league with 2,023 yards from scrimmage: a league-leading 1,459 dashing yards and 14 touchdowns plus 67 catches for 564 yards and 7 scores.
McCaffrey hasn’t scored a landing in his 4 appearances this season. He has rushed for 202 yards on 50 carries and caught 15 passes for 146 yards.
–Subject Degree Media