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RB Christian McCaffrey, SF (1 Viewer)

Also James is as good as OUT but Guerendo is good to go so it's likely a BRob and Guerendo duo this week, and man, what a wild ride it's been the last few weeks for people who own those two.
 
menobrown said:
Hot Sauce Guy said:
travdogg said:
menobrown said:
I'm operating right now on same thought process I had earlier today and that he is most likely on the timeline Devon Achane started 3 weeks ago and will miss 2-3 games. Anything better then that I'll consider a bonus.
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Yeah, you were more on this one than I was. Sucks to see for him.
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If he does miss the game, I’m less optimistic that he’s on the Achane timeline and more concerned that his career is over. And I’m not being hyperbolic in the slightest. Achane had a strained calf. CMC had bilateral Achilles tendonitis presenting as a calf issue. These are worlds apart in terms of player outlook. As a 49er fan I’m extremely hopeful that @menobrown nailed it with this, but I’m significantly more pessimistic.

We’ll see what happens Sunday I guess.
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With all due respect I do think you are being hyperbolic but you are not alone so you got a lot of company.
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I’ve been consistent with my “DND” take the entire offseason.

It’s only hyperbolic if I don’t believe what I’m saying. I fully believe that CMC doing football things will directly lead to CMC missing time. To me, that means he’s done.

Now, that said, that hasn’t happened yet. He could suit up this week, or he could (as you suggest) suit up in 3 weeks. But if/when that happens, my confidence that he’ll be able to play meaningful football for a several week period (or even a single full game) is extremely low.
 
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Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:

Christian McCaffrey is dealing with a calf issue. The good news: it’s not the Achilles tendinitis that ended his season last year.
@profootballdoc
breaks down in the injury.
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How could he possibly know that?
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Maybe because he was a team doc for 20+ years and practicing ortho surgeon is does not have a hypebolic thought process that everytime CMC has an injury it means he's done?
 
menobrown said:
Maybe because he was a team doc for 20+ years and practicing ortho surgeon is does not have a hypebolic thought process that everytime CMC has an injury it means he's done?
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Unless he’s examined CMC personally or
is in contact with the team doctor, I believe his take to be somewhat irresponsible.

No offense, I understand you’re just sharing it.
 
Sounds like CMC pulled himself out of practice yesterday as a precaution. He seems pretty optimistic about playing Sunday so we will see.
 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:
CMC says he feels great and expects to play so you still might be right and I hope you are.
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Isn’t that exactly what he said on the Monday of 49ers opening day when he was listed as inactive?
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Don't recall, I thought he said he was earlier in that week but not after he pulled himself out of practice the Saturday before the opener.

FWIW I'm not rushing to believe him, more thinking along the lines of "not ruling him out" but I'm looking at my lineups right now planning for him to out but his comments leave the light on a bit.
 
  • September 6, 2024: After returning to practice, McCaffrey told reporters he had "no doubt" he would play in Week 1 against the Jets, despite being limited in practices with calf and Achilles injuries.
  • September 9, 2024: Just hours before the game, the 49ers officially listed McCaffrey as one of their inactive players for the season opener.
  • September 11, 2024: McCaffrey explained that the decision to sit out was a "tough" group decision but noted that "mentally, I'm always prepared to play".
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Prior to opening night 2024. Seems somewhat easy to see that this is a mental approach more than anything concrete.

Pre-game inactives report. That’s the only reporting anyone should trust. It sucks. I want CMC to be healthy.
 
Glad we seemingly determined nothing too serious at the moment, going to be a long season for holders however now that every fart is examined these days. For those with weak stomachs, maybe hope for 2-3 weeks of production and see what you can get.
 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:
Maybe because he was a team doc for 20+ years and practicing ortho surgeon is does not have a hypebolic thought process that everytime CMC has an injury it means he's done?
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Unless he’s examined CMC personally or
is in contact with the team doctor, I believe his take to be somewhat irresponsible.

No offense, I understand you’re just sharing it.
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But you have not examined him either, are not a doctor or qualified and nothing is stopping you from proclaiming they are related and he's done.
 
Joe Bryant said:
Tafur:


McCaffrey said he “feels great” and plans to play.
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Feeling like this has become a bit of a 'tempest in a teacup' situation.

Clear from video today that he was moving around fine without restriction. Will SF exercise caution? Perhaps - imagine pregame workout will matter and I get the PTSD from last year. But I also sense some 'acting' going on from Shanny.

He didn't realize that he had to answer a 'did a player practice on Friday' question in his PC? C'mon...
 
menobrown said:
But you have not examined him either, are not a doctor or qualified and nothing is stopping you from proclaiming they are related and he's done.
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I didn’t proclaim any such thing. I said IF he doesn’t play opening day that I’m less optimistic about the 3 week timeline you suggested.

Because while I’m neither a doctor nor have examined him, I’ve now read from numerous people who are medical professionals explain why CMC’s condition is so fragile.

I’ve posted those here multiple times. I can go get those links for you again if you’d like? Bilateral Achilles tendonitis. He could aggravate it playing in a game, jogging in practice, or stepping out of the shower. Both Achilles tendons. There’s zero mystery of what his condition is.

So how does Twitter doc know this is unrelated to what is a well known issue?
 
TheDirtyWord said:
Feeling like this has become a bit of a 'tempest in a teacup' situation.

Clear from video today that he was moving around fine without restriction. Will SF exercise caution? Perhaps - imagine pregame workout will matter and I get the PTSD from last year. But I also sense some 'acting' going on from Shanny.

He didn't realize that he had to answer a 'did a player practice on Friday' question in his PC? C'mon...
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As a 49er fan I absolutely hope you’re correct. I’m not gonna be a doomsayer any more and will wait until the inactives report is out.

Best of luck to everyone with shares. Go Niners.
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TheDirtyWord said:
Joe Bryant said:
Tafur:


McCaffrey said he “feels great” and plans to play.
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Feeling like this has become a bit of a 'tempest in a teacup' situation.

Clear from video today that he was moving around fine without restriction. Will SF exercise caution? Perhaps - imagine pregame workout will matter and I get the PTSD from last year. But I also sense some 'acting' going on from Shanny.

He didn't realize that he had to answer a 'did a player practice on Friday' question in his PC? C'mon...
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Shanahan acting like CMC is dead is 100% gamesmanship. The good news is the injury doesn’t sound serious. The bad news is he got an injury before the season started. I think this is a situation where CMC owners should enjoy any game he can play in this year.
 
Not sure how many people workout here, but if you have for many years you become pretty darn attune to your body. Even the slightest feeling of change can cause you to question or concern over the matter (especially if you have had injuries in an area in the past). I hope like heck this is what is going on. Group prayer time for holders.
 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:
CMC says he feels great and expects to play so you still might be right and I hope you are.
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Isn’t that exactly what he said on the Monday of 49ers opening day when he was listed as inactive?
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The scariest part is how similar it feels to last season. Where everything was generally positive, he'll play, no big deal, to boom- hours before MNF kickoff he's out and ends up missing the first 8 games.

And the social media doc saying it's a new injury and not the achilles yet last year it started out as a calf, which we now know is linked to future achilles injury.

It's just eerily similar.

Joe Bryant said:
Tafur with McCaffrey video from locker

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I won't pretend to be a body language expert but those do not look like the eyes of a guy who is confident in what he's saying. IMO, he's trying to put on a good face but man.....idk.

Don't feel good about this at all. If holding him out for another couple of weeks benefits is long term health then I'm all for it.

But again, nothing about this feels good. Feels like all of the RB miles on his body have made it impossible for him to make it through a full healthy season at this point.
 
Snotbubbles said:
That Achilles is just waiting to tear.
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Honestly don’t know if that’s the potential outcome - from what I’ve read about the condition, when aggravated it “tightens up”, making it painful to do anything - but I don’t think the Achilles popping is one of the potential outcomes of tendonitis.

Hey, look at me being an optimist!
 
I think much of this comes down to risk tolerance.

And everyone is different.

If you don't want to sign up for stress and risk, let someone else take McCaffrey. They might get great value. They might get a terrible value.

If you're willing to take on some stress and risk and get a guy with RB1 talent in the middle of the 2nd round, he could be your guy.
 
VaTerp said:
Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:
CMC says he feels great and expects to play so you still might be right and I hope you are.
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Isn’t that exactly what he said on the Monday of 49ers opening day when he was listed as inactive?
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The scariest part is how similar it feels to last season. Where everything was generally positive, he'll play, no big deal, to boom- hours before MNF kickoff he's out and ends up missing the first 8 games.

And the social media doc saying it's a new injury and not the achilles yet last year it started out as a calf, which we now know is linked to future achilles injury.

It's just eerily similar.

Joe Bryant said:
Tafur with McCaffrey video from locker

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I won't pretend to be a body language expert but those do not look like the eyes of a guy who is confident in what he's saying. IMO, he's trying to put on a good face but man.....idk.

Don't feel good about this at all. If holding him out for another couple of weeks benefits is long term health then I'm all for it.

But again, nothing about this feels good. Feels like all of the RB miles on his body have made it impossible for him to make it through a full healthy season at this point.
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Yeah, I posted last year’s timeline with CMC’s comments above. It’s very similar.


King of the Jungle said:
Not sure how many people workout here, but if you have for many years you become pretty darn attune to your body
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Don’t disagree here. But it’s one thing if it’s a 1-off nagging thing you just come down with, and quite another if it’s a preexisting issue, no?

Like if CMC said he tweaked his knee a little and was gonna take it easy, I honestly wouldn’t sweat it at all. Reading “calf” and well… I said I wouldn’t be a doomsayer any more, so I’ll just leave it at that.
 
Joe Bryant said:
I think much of this comes down to risk tolerance.

And everyone is different.

If you don't want to sign up for stress and risk, let someone else take McCaffrey. They might get great value. They might get a terrible value.

If you're willing to take on some stress and risk and get a guy with RB1 talent in the middle of the 2nd round, he could be your guy.
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A fair take.

It does seem a bit like people might *think* they’re risk tolerant right up until a gamble goes south.
 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
VaTerp said:
Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:
CMC says he feels great and expects to play so you still might be right and I hope you are.
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Isn’t that exactly what he said on the Monday of 49ers opening day when he was listed as inactive?
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The scariest part is how similar it feels to last season. Where everything was generally positive, he'll play, no big deal, to boom- hours before MNF kickoff he's out and ends up missing the first 8 games.

And the social media doc saying it's a new injury and not the achilles yet last year it started out as a calf, which we now know is linked to future achilles injury.

It's just eerily similar.

Joe Bryant said:
Tafur with McCaffrey video from locker

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I won't pretend to be a body language expert but those do not look like the eyes of a guy who is confident in what he's saying. IMO, he's trying to put on a good face but man.....idk.

Don't feel good about this at all. If holding him out for another couple of weeks benefits is long term health then I'm all for it.

But again, nothing about this feels good. Feels like all of the RB miles on his body have made it impossible for him to make it through a full healthy season at this point.
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Yeah, I posted last year’s timeline with CMC’s comments above. It’s very similar.


King of the Jungle said:
Not sure how many people workout here, but if you have for many years you become pretty darn attune to your body
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Don’t disagree here. But it’s one thing if it’s a 1-off nagging thing you just come down with, and quite another if it’s a preexisting issue, no?

Like if CMC said he tweaked his knee a little and was gonna take it easy, I honestly wouldn’t sweat it at all. Reading “calf” and well… I said I wouldn’t be a doomsayer any more, so I’ll just leave it at that.
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I don’t disagree, but there is not enough info to determine. It could be unrelated to last years injury, or it could be the beginning of the end. Just seeking for hope at this point!
 
VaTerp said:
won't pretend to be a body language expert but those do not look like the eyes of a guy who is confident in what he's saying. IMO, he's trying to put on a good face but man.....idk.
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Funny, I read it differently. I read it as he was worried about saying too much that he felt good. Coach likes to be cagey about these things and he doesn’t want to say too much and get in trouble. Likely told not to say anything at all.
 
VaTerp said:
Hot Sauce Guy said:
menobrown said:
CMC says he feels great and expects to play so you still might be right and I hope you are.
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Isn’t that exactly what he said on the Monday of 49ers opening day when he was listed as inactive?
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The scariest part is how similar it feels to last season. Where everything was generally positive, he'll play, no big deal, to boom- hours before MNF kickoff he's out and ends up missing the first 8 games.

And the social media doc saying it's a new injury and not the achilles yet last year it started out as a calf, which we now know is linked to future achilles injury.

It's just eerily similar.

Joe Bryant said:
Tafur with McCaffrey video from locker

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I won't pretend to be a body language expert but those do not look like the eyes of a guy who is confident in what he's saying. IMO, he's trying to put on a good face but man.....idk.

Don't feel good about this at all. If holding him out for another couple of weeks benefits is long term health then I'm all for it.

But again, nothing about this feels good. Feels like all of the RB miles on his body have made it impossible for him to make it through a full healthy season at this point.
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I took this as optimistic. He almost looked like he is in on some secret and wants to throw people off. The fact that he said it does not feel like last year and then corrected himself about forgetting about the past was a good sign to me.

Long story short, based off of this interview I took that what he has is either nothing or something minor that will not hinder him. I could be off though but this interview did not get me more pessimistic.
 
dkp993 said:
VaTerp said:
won't pretend to be a body language expert but those do not look like the eyes of a guy who is confident in what he's saying. IMO, he's trying to put on a good face but man.....idk.
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Funny, I read it differently. I read it as he was worried about saying too much that he felt good. Coach likes to be cagey about these things and he doesn’t want to say too much and get in trouble. Likely told not to say anything at all.
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The fact that he spoke to reporters is a good sign. Shanahan probably wasn’t thrilled as he was Seattle to be unprepared for who’s playing.
 
dkp993 said:
and he doesn’t want to say too much and get in trouble
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I actually agree with this. Probably because he got skewered by local radio / fans last year when he was Pollyanna about it before being declared inactive.

That said, I won’t trust anything but the game day inactives report. I’m gonna assume that everyone else is either lying or guessing.
 
www.nbcsports.com

CMC (calf) feels great, 'blown out of proportion'

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (calf) said he is feeling "great," and that his absence at Friday's practice has been "blown out of proportion" due to his injury history.
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49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (calf) said he is feeling “great,” and that his absence at Friday’s practice has been “blown out of proportion” due to his injury history.
This is somewhat encouraging. When asked about the injury, McCaffrey assured media members that it’s “nothing serious.” If that’s the case, there’s a chance he handles something close to a normal workload against the division rival Seahawks on Sunday. Regardless, fantasy managers should prepare their backup plans in case McCaffrey needs more time to heal.
 
This whole thing is silly, he doesn't feel great or you don't sit the first Friday practice of the year.

We were warned last year that this was a degenerative situation and I'm just glad personally I only have one big money league invested in him.

He's cooked as a fantasy asset. I see 10-12 touches a game whenever he plays, super sonic 3rd down back and keep him fresh for any potential postseason.
 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
Snotbubbles said:
That Achilles is just waiting to tear.
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Honestly don’t know if that’s the potential outcome - from what I’ve read about the condition, when aggravated it “tightens up”, making it painful to do anything - but I don’t think the Achilles popping is one of the potential outcomes of tendonitis.

Hey, look at me being an optimist!
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We don't know his specifics but I know pretty much every major achilles injury in sports of late has come from a guy who came in with a calf issue.
 
Our take:

Here We Go Again? McCaffrey Held Out Friday; Questionable For Sunday

For a second-straight year, Christian McCaffrey's status is up in the air in the days leading up the 49ers' Week 1 game.
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After making it through training camp and the preseason with no apparent health issues and not even appearing on Wednesday's injury report, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey was added to the list Thursday night.

McCaffrey is now dealing with a calf issue that he sustained on Thursday, when he was a limited participant.

McCaffrey was on the field and doing his usual warmup and individual drills during the roughly 20 minutes open to reporters at the start of the practice. But he was not in the locker room after it was over and did not do his usual Thursday media session.

On Friday, McCaffrey was not with his teammates as they went through their pre-practice routine.

Instead, he was working on a side field, and head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed later that McCaffrey did not practice and announced the star running back is questionable.

Shanahan declined to offer any forecast about McCaffrey's chances of playing this weekend and repeated that he's questionable in response to questions about his condition. Asked if McCaffrey would test the injury Saturday, Shanahan also declined to comment.

For the record, McCaffrey told The Athletic's Vic Tafur immediately after Friday's session that he "feels great" and plans to play. McCaffrey acknowledged his injury history plays a role in how he and the team approach issues like this.

The 49ers play the Seahawks in a late-afternoon contest on Sunday.

Brian Robinson Jr. and Isaac Guerendo would be the next men up for the 49ers in the offensive backfield. Barring their presence on your roster, fantasy managers will need to have a fallback option available in that late-afternoon window, Sunday night, or in the Monday night game.

Bigger picture . . . Here we are, in a very familiar -- and uncomfortable -- spot.

McCaffrey's health has not been an issue this summer, but the sudden calf issue is particularly notable given what happened leading up to Week 1 of last season.

McCaffrey sat out most of 2024 training camp while dealing with what the team initially termed a calf injury but later clarified to be bilateral Achilles tendinitis. Heading into last year's season opener against the New York Jets, McCaffrey was listed as a limited participant in practice during the week and then listed as questionable for the game.

Not only did McCaffrey not play against the Jets, but he then sat out the team's next seven games after landing on injured reserve before a Week 2 meeting with the Minnesota Vikings. After a lengthy recovery that included a trip to Germany to see a specialist, McCaffrey finally returned on Nov. 10 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and appeared in four games before suffering a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against the Buffalo Bills in Week 13.

After sitting out the rest of the season because of that knee injury, McCaffrey was back on the field for all of the team's offseason program and then throughout this year's training camp.

Similar to what they did in 2023, the Niners limited McCaffrey's workload during training camp, giving him an extra day off to begin each stretch of three practices. But before yesterday, there was no indication of any injury issues.

All that said, I'll note that SI.com's Grant Cohn, who was ahead of the curve on this story last year, reported Thursday that McCaffrey was hurt when he appeared to push himself -- as Cohn characterized it, by going into "fifth gear" during drills.

Cohn, by the way, is -- and has been -- of the opinion that McCaffrey, at 29 years of age and coming off a lost season, will never be the back he was in his prime.

That might be true. But for now, we're just waiting to see if McCaffrey, who had moved back into the first round of fantasy drafts in recent weeks, can get back on the field and avoid being the back he was last year, which obviously is not the outcome any of us want.
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Chaka said:
menobrown said:
Also James is as good as OUT but Guerendo is good to go so it's likely a BRob and Guerendo duo this week, and man, what a wild ride it's been the last few weeks for people who own those two.
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Just added Guerendo to my stable of CMC and Brian Robinson. Finally!!! My master plan of devoting three roster spots to 49ers RBs has come to fruition!!!
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Did the same - hooray.
 
Also Grant Cohen is entertaining to watch as a Seattle fan because he has a negative bent look on the 9ers - which is why his assessment of CMC of being a shell of himself is to be taken with a grain of salt.
 
Largent said:
Chaka said:
menobrown said:
Also James is as good as OUT but Guerendo is good to go so it's likely a BRob and Guerendo duo this week, and man, what a wild ride it's been the last few weeks for people who own those two.
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Just added Guerendo to my stable of CMC and Brian Robinson. Finally!!! My master plan of devoting three roster spots to 49ers RBs has come to fruition!!!
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Did the same - hooray.
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Wondering if I should start all three. Is one combined CMC as good as a Monty + a Swift + a Tracy?
 
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