The San Francisco 49ers are in an odd spot proper now.
They’re sitting at a report of 3-4 and coping with a ton of accidents.
Star broad receiver Brandon Aiyuk tore his ACL and MCL final week and is now out for the 12 months.
The crew can be nonetheless ready for the return of All-Professional working again Christian McCaffrey, whom insider Ian Rapoport gave an replace on whereas showing on Good Morning Soccer as we speak.
“Christian McCaffrey ought to begin practising, and there’s an excellent probability that McCaffrey is on the sector November tenth,” Rapoport acknowledged.
That may be very large information.
If San Francisco can deal with enterprise in opposition to a determined Cowboys crew this weekend on Sunday Night time Soccer, they’ll get better through the bye week and get McCaffrey again afterward.
When wholesome and at his finest, the previous Stanford star is arguably the very best non-quarterback within the NFL.
At 28, McCaffrey has rushed for over 1,000 yards 3 times, recorded over 1,000 scrimmage yards 5 instances, and he has recorded over 2,000 scrimmage yards twice.
He had his finest season as a professional final 12 months when it comes to dashing yards (1,459) and whole touchdowns (21).
The previous Offensive Participant of the Yr can influence the sport in so some ways whether or not that’s on the bottom or by means of the air.
With him again within the fold, the 49ers are merely a special and rather more harmful offensive unit.
Time will inform if Rapoport’s timeline matches up with what McCaffrey and head coach Kyle Shanahan are considering from their perspective.
