McCaffrey pops up on injured report. Someone snipped B. Robinson in my high stakes 13-teamer. I assume Guerrendo is the #3 back to target?
How worried should we be?
Based on last year comments from Kyle Shanahan it is up for interpretation what this limited practice calf-injury means. It could be a veteran rest day, it could be because this injury lingers, it could be because it got re-aggravated recently. It will be important to note McCaffrey's injury status following today's practice.
Tom Pelissero on Christian McCaffrey:
“I will say this cautiously, I do not get the sense based on the conversations I’ve had that there are alarm bells going off about Christian McCaffrey at this point. If there is any player you are going to take precautions with, if he feels something in practice, it’s the guy who is arguably your best player.”
This quote was taken from Good Morning Football and his
segment which noted Hollywood Brown and Najee Harris, too.
Brian Robinson was brought in to be the backup per Shanahan. All the other 49ers running backs were/are dealing with injuries, too. Guerrendo would be the third back, or second *IF* McCaffrey does miss time.
McCaffrey was always the risk vs. reward pick -- if you are risk averse then McCaffrey was not a selection for you (in general). I (Corey Spala) have selected McCaffrey in SFB15 and a few other leagues (outside of dynasty). I am not thrilled with seeing this calf injury label a few days before the season starts, but this was always in the realm of possibilities for him. Right now I am 5/10 worried because we do not know currently what is going on. Hopefully today will give us the green light.
