SANTA CLARA, Calif. - After making it through training camp and the preseason with no apparent health issues and not even appearing on Wednesday's injury report, running back Christian McCaffrey was added to the list on Thursday evening. According to the Niners, McCaffrey is dealing with a calf issue and was a limited participant in Thursday's practice. McCaffrey was on the field and doing his usual warmup and individual drills during the roughly 20 minutes open to the media at the start of the practice.
You can want it. You can hope for it. But please, I'm begging you don't expect it. The moment the 49ers traded for running back Brian Robinson Jr., the drumbeat started. From fans, from the media, from anyone with a fantasy football team, the call came for Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan to play Robinson and Christian McCaffrey on the field at the same time. If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times now. And it's starting to give me a headache.