Christian McCaffrey Injury Update Ahead of 49ers vs. Vikings | GSMC Football Podcast

all right and we are back here on the gsmc football podcast and for the second part of the show we're going to get into talking about Christian mcaffrey and the 49ers talk about his status ahead of the 49ers week two matchup against the Vikings in Minnesota so yeah it was interesting because you know you thought that he was going to play cuz it it seemed like you know cuz he said he was confident that he was going to play at least that's what I was reading and then he got ruled out and it was it was a surprise um and Jordan Mason goes out there and plays really well so the 49ers didn't miss mcaffrey at least in that game but now I mean there's I'm seeing different things like oh mcaffry is going to be week to week he could be out for a while but then you know it's possible that he could play this weeks so I I just I don't know I really don't know um what the deal is there but right now he's dealing with a CF strain and Achilles tendinitis so not good not good not good stuff to hear there but mcaffrey has been listed as questionable but he did state to the media his availability media in media availability that he was planning to play so for me and the other thing I wanted to bring up too is so Jordan Mason you know brought up that you know he was going to get the start on Friday like he knew he was that that this was happening but then you know Kyle Shanahan kind of shut that down and said no not that he was going to start on Friday it was going to be he was going to be more involved in the game plan I think that was what uh he said um because you know they could get in trouble uh for that but I I I wanted to bring that up but for me though this tells me and I think you know most people know this already but the I I think it's part of it's they're being very cautious with mcaffrey and you know I I did a segment on this in the off season that you know mcaffry is going to get a heavy workload but they're definitely going to at times want to pull back a little bit you know and not you know run him into the ground because he's a very important player on this offense and you know they don't want him to be out long term because that would really hurt the 49ers offense now it didn't hurt them this past week but there's going to be some games that you know Jordan Mason is not going to play well Jordan Mason is not always going to run for you know 140 yards you know and if the 49ers got to keep throwing the football like you know they got The Playmakers to do it but you know there's going to be games Brock py struggles If he if it's just going to be him throwing the ball a bunch of times with no running game now they also you know mixed in Debo Samuel and he could carry the ball out of the back field but the the 49ers if they want to you know get back to the Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl this year Christian mcaffrey has to be healthy and right now that's not the case so you know they they want to be as cautious as they can be with him and when he's right when they feel like he's ready to go then he's going to play you know as much as M mcaffrey feels like he can go out there and play you know the 49ers ultimately they have the final say and to be honest with this game against the Vikings it's going to be it's going to be a tough one it is going to be a tough game in my opinion because I think the Vikings they they showed you I know it was against the Giants but the Vikings have a good team they're a well- coached team they got a good def they got a good defense and they got they got a fair share of Playmakers on their offense because they got the best wide receiver in the NFL and Justin Jefferson we'll see what happens with Jordan Addison because I know he got a suffered an ankle injury I believe in the game against the Giants Aaron Jones ran the football well for them on Sunday you know they got Playmakers and Sam Thorold play well now I'm not saying like you know Sam darnold's going to torch the 49ers defense but it's going to be a tough game and it's the Vikings home opener as well so you know that crowd is really going to bring it and on top of that I know it was with Kurt Cousins but but the Vikings did upset the 49ers last year and the 49ers were missing Trent Williams they were missing Debo Samuel now going into this game you know it's likely they're going to be missing Christian mcaffrey so and I don't think against the Vikings defense you know they're going to see what how they how Jordan Mason played against you know they're going to see the film on Jordan Mason against the Jets and they're going to say we got to make sure that doesn't happen here I don't think Jordan Mason is going to have the same game that he had against the Jets against the Vikings I think the Vikings are going to be ready for that uh also just because I think the Vikings are a better coached team than the Jets that's you know that's also another thing um you know Brian Flores is their defensive coordinator that that defense is underrated they got good players you know they they added Jonathan grenard they added Anthony van GLE who had the pick six you know you still got Harrison Smith defense is good um so you know but but now you know the Vikings defense they go from playing the Giants to now playing the 49ers who are Miles and Miles and Miles you know not even just miles just another world better than the Giants they're a Super Bowl team the Giants right now are a bottom five team so you could also look at it that way but I I just think it's it's going to be a tough game for the ners um I don't think the Vikings are going to go down easy um now if they rattle Sam darnold then you know forget what I say but I like the Vikings defense and like I said the Vikings have a lot of Playmakers on offense so and Sam darnold Sam darnold played well so we'll see how it goes excuse me so you know still dealing with this right now um but anyways yeah we'll have to keep an eye on it um you know and if mcaffrey doesn't play it is what it is um it it the season is still the season's still very young you know we just we just got started here um so you know if the 49ers lose a game or two without him I mean I don't think it's that big of a deal because you know he's going to come back I'm confident that he's going to come back at some point I mean maybe he does come back this week but they they want to make sure that he's right so yeah I mean I don't think that I'm not expecting the 49ers to go 17 and0 like if they lose here it's not the end of the world you know they they last year they lost to the Browns with PJ Walker starting a quarterback you know and they lost to the Vikings last year when they were missing a couple of key guys so you know but I do think this will be a tough game I like I said I don't expect Jordan Mason to have the game like he did against the Jets against the Vikings defense but we'll see we'll see but I I do now from a fantasy fantasy perspective not great for Fantasy owners when it comes to mcaffrey but I think how the 49ers are approaching this I think it's it's the right thing it's the right thing CU you do not want to lose this guy for the season so um you know we'll keep an eye on it as we go uh as we go um tomorrow is Friday so we will be doing our uh our picks tomorrow for the games we'll take a look at the college football slate as well I didn't really get to that this week because I just mainly wanted to focus on NFL but there was a lot of stuff that happened in college too um Notre Dame lost badly uh that that was not good um the Texas Michigan game you know kind of went how I expected uh but uh in Colorado and Nebraska that was not really much of a game either but um yeah there was just so much stuff that I wanted to cover with the NFL that you know now that it's back College kind of took a a quick backseat already but we we'll get into some of the big college football matchups tomorrow when we go over you know our picks and things like that so um yeah don't worry about that but um yeah let me know what you guys think though uh about maccaffrey and his status do you think he plays on Sunday how do how do you feel um about how the 49ers are handling uh his injury like I said you want to make sure he's right so uh I don't really have any problems with their approach so before we go to break just want to remind you guys once again to tip or donate get your comments recognized make sure to go to the dollar sign icon in the chat this will help create a super chat for you that I will acknowledge during the live broadcast any thoughts or comments that you may have uh and it just really makes the show more lively more entertaining uh between me and you guys that's what it's all about uh we appreciate your guys' viewership each and every day and any contribution that you can make to the show means the world to us and another way to help out the show is also by going to to the link at the bottom of the show segment on the ticker gsmc podcast. net like I said any contribution you can make to the show means to world to us as we put out content each and every day for you guys so when we come back from our next break uh we will then get into talking about you know just kind of putting a bow on week one uh just you know some things to talk about with quarterbacks and you know some playoff teams or teams that have playoff aspirations you know some bad losses you know is um is it time to hit the panic button already in week one so kind of like a you know overreaction not an overreaction uh type segment um because we pretty much went through every game in some capacity uh cuz you know there was a lot and when we get to next week it's going to be the same thing uh but it's just I'm just so happy that football is back um I I I really missed it um so yeah that's what we're going to get into we're going to put a bow on week one and I'll just give you some of my uh my takeaways and you know reactions things like that so yeah that will be the third segment of the show when we come back from break so with that being said stick around and we'll be right back here on the gsmc football podcast