Running back Christian McCaffrey had a historic year in 2023, but his 2024 season is not off to as positive of a start. McCaffrey is on injured reserve and has been sidelined all season with an Achilles injury, which took him all the way to Germany to see a specialist on the issue.
San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch gave an update on the team’s plan to get their star running back ready to be back on the field.
“We needed to quiet it down,” Lynch said discussing McCaffrey’s tendinitis, via KNBR . “The plan was to give it the time to do that and then at some point in a thoughtful way to ramp him back up.”
The GM also addressed reports of the Germany trip and confirmed where No. 23 is now.
“What he does and where he goes, he’s got people who work on his body and have for a long time,” Lynch said. “Now he’s back here and we’ll have to hit certain markers and try the ramp up. God willing, the thing has quieted down and we can build him up in a smart, thoughtful way.”
The exact details of the plan to “build him up” and how long he will be sidelined for this season is not yet known.