49ers’ Christian McCaffrey Dealing with Achilles Tendinitis | GSMC Chip Shot Football Podcast

[Music] how's it going everyone welcome back to the gsmc Chip Shot football podcast brought to you by the gsmc sports network I'm your host Manny Mar die today on Wednesday September 11th to go over some more of the NFL headlines that we have on store for you guys today AOW to get through some injury updates for from the 49ers and their running back Christian mcaffrey we're going to go through his latest status what's going on with that calf injury and whether or not it is something to be concerned with going forward then after this past weekend after their offense is disappointed the Falcons and the Bengals who is closer to reaching a breakthrough moment in week two where both of them I think really need big wins to forget about their week one performances and also some more topics coming down the line as well but before we get started like I always do I'd like to remind you guys if you have any questions during the show we want to hear about it any questions comments or opinions 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you guys are still able to leave a comment or question there if you prefer we couldn't do this show without your amazing support and we're always so thankful to have you guys as part of our community so please remember to use the Super Chat button with whatever you have to say during today's show but we are able to move on now to some of the biggest news I think leading into week two having to do with the 49ers and arguably their best player Christian mcaffrey who didn't play in week one obviously you couldn't have noticed if he didn't play in week one with how good Jordan Mason played in that game almost 150 yards rushing a touchdown scored a great debut of sorts for Jordan Mason to kind of take over the lead running back role for Christian mcaffrey but again you couldn't have told you couldn't have been able to tell if Christian mcaffrey wasn't playing with how good Jordan Mason played but getting to this injury with Christian mcaffrey if you weren't aware he has been dealing with this calf injury all throughout Camp he's been dealing with this as it was reported it held him out of training camp for a good amount of time then leading up to it around the time that Brandon auk and Tren Williams sort of returned to practice Christian mcaffrey was also participating so you know in my mind I'm thinking you know he's going to play everybody's good the 49ers got the band back together they're all going to play the majority of these games right at least to start the year but about an hour about an hour and a half to two hours before Monday Night Football began he was ruled out but again didn't really affect the the game plan it seemed right um with how well Jordan Mason played but you're thinking at least I'm thinking you know with the calf it's a little a little bit give or take it's a little unpredictable as well because you think of your calf muscle you're using it pretty much with anything you do throughout the entire day so I'm thinking you know it's no big deal it's only week one this is just an over cautionary measure by the 49ers to just make sure uh chrisan mcaffry is doing all right and then it's not going to be anything that carries on but now recently head coach Kyle Shanahan gave more clarity on Chris mcaffrey status and he said the following here he said it's not just the calf it's the Achilles and the Achilles is tendonitis and that stuff comes and goes and when it's acting up it's something you've got to be very careful about and after that sentiment he re he reiterated that Christian mcaffrey told them during the leadup of the week one preparation for the Jets that if this was a playoff game he would be able to play he would have in essence you know sucked it up and just gone out there and played for the 49ers and that statement there um you know Christian mcaffry telling him that he would be able to play through it if it was the playoffs makes me think back to just last season right if you if I can take you back there one of their last couple games was with the Washington commanders I want to say towards the end of the season the regular season last year I want to say was the very last game so um it kind of explains how everything worked itself out but back in that game against the commanders the commanders won that game and it was a pretty big surprise but in large part because Christian mcaffrey did not play that was the beginnings or somewhat of the beginnings of this calf problem that still is bothering him to this day um you saw it last year with the commanders he went out of that game he didn't return in that game because of that calf injury then they you know didn't want to rush him back into that game because they had pretty much everything locked up they saved them to the playoffs and he played through it you know he played through this lagging lingering calf injury throughout the playoffs and uh even in the Super Bowl as well I do recall there was some plays where he'd be on the sideline trying to work it out getting treatment on it getting some trainers to work on it keeping it loose and stuff like that but again no big deal because Christian mcaffry is playing it's the Super Bowl it's the playoffs no one's thinking about the caf injury to such a dire extent but you know he played through it then obviously they don't win the Super Bowl we go through this off season and it still seems to be bothering him now in a way if you're talking about how this has all transition now talking about Achilles tendonitis for anybody that hears that now it could be seen as a worsening of this C out of this calf injury in a sense to some people right because before you're not really worried about the Achilles when you hear calf you're thinking maybe it's just a strain maybe it's just a little tight they don't want to overwork it but now when you work down to the Achilles a little bit more now it gets more serious right um essentially with Achilles tendinitis if not too many people are familiar with it having this now be a potential problem for Christian mcaffrey this could weaken the Achilles tendon which could make it more vulnerable to tearing it completely which would obviously lead to season an ending surgery for Christian mcaffrey so that's the that's kind of the thickness of the ice we're walking on right now right it's kind of you can kind of see through the ice you could potentially you know fall through and have this be a worst case scenario if you're Christian mcaffrey and you come back too quickly but right now it seems like the 49ers are staying patient with this they're being cautious with Christian mcaffrey obviously especially now with how Jordan Mason played I think they're in a good spot that you know they are saving Christian but now they're in a even better spot because they have a running back now that they can give the ball 28 times like he did against the New York Jets and that's a very great thing to have and then Kyle Shanahan also mentioned in that statement that uh he considered Christian mcaffrey as day-to-day right now but NFL media reported a little bit later on that Christian mcaffrey is considered a long shot to play in week two so you know D day to day dayto day I'm thinking that you're potentially going to play this week if he's considered a long shot to play if anything if anything he's going to be weak to week right um but right now the 49ers are very fortunate that they have time on their side that's why my concern level with this injury to Christian mcaffrey isn't too too great at this moment because we are only talking about week one right nothing's going to be determined in the next month or anything like that not really then uh you have Jordan Mason obviously playing great their defense looks very well I had some questions about it but they're looking very solid talanoa Huang is coming back as well they safety and it seems like they're just on track to keep getting better as good as they played in week one somehow it looks like they can get better a little bit sharper a little bit more efficient so that's a good thing and if you do that all without Christian mcaffrey I don't think there's a real rush to get him back with how everybody really started off the season very well I mentioned it yesterday they just picked off right where they left off it seems like it seems nobody was trying to work off any rust or anything like that which is a great sign but talking about this injury the calf the Achilles those seem to linger a little bit you look at Russell Wilson and his calf injury I'm not saying it's tendonitis or anything like that but um obviously Russ is older than Christian mcaffrey as well but those things are something you don't take lightly you know you hear ACL you hear fractur sprains tears and things like that when you mention a calf it might not seem so severe like these other injuries tend to be but for anyone that's dealt with it I haven't dealt with it personally but just from watching it with various players um it's something that can become annoying and something that really is hard to work off if you're not careful with it so perhaps now with this extended time that Christian mcaffrey has to come back maybe it changes their approach a little bit when he comes back right cuzz last year it was all just the Christian mcaffrey show where I think that kind of um didn't play out very well for them didn't benefit them because now overworking him in a sense last year you get injuries like this and now maybe it could just change their approach a little bit going forward with Jordan Mason depending on how long Christian mcaffry is out he can build up a good run of games gain some more confidence and then when Christian mcaffry is healthy to come back you G to have this running back Duo running back by committee if you will if you want to call it that and now it's not all just solely on the shoulders of Christian mcaffrey you can give him some more rest more rest than he got last year for sure in that time that he was traded to the 49ers all the way up until the Super Bowl so right now my concern level isn't too great but I just want to see how he looks when he comes back and hopefully this isn't something that carries on for the rest of the year but the the 49ers are in a good place not too concerned overly right now with Christian mcaffrey so we're going to move on to the next segment after this like I mentioned we're going to get into discussing the Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals and how their offens is mostly disappointed and we're going to compare both teams and decide which one is closer to looking like the projections that everybody had in their mind when talking about the Falcons with Kirk and all those weapons and similarly with Joe burrow coming back Jamar Chase anti Higgins and all the gang as well over there in Cincinnati we're going to get to answering that question right after this break you're listening to the gsmc Chip Shot football 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