Christian McCaffrey left Sunday’s game with a knee injury after he suffered what appeared to be a non-contact injury and it may be the reason his 2024 season ends.
The 49ers running back injured himself during a handoff on first-and-10 when he started to run but went down without being touched in the San Francisco backfield.
McCaffrey went down and after the play was whistled dead he went right off to the medical tent, appearing to limp as he made his way to the sideline. He eventually made his way back to the locker room.
Following the 49ers’ 35-10 blowout loss to the Bills, head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters that McCaffrey suffered a PCL injury that has the potential to end his season, per Ian Rapoport.
At the time, the 49ers officially ruled McCaffrey questionable to return due to a knee injury.
A video recorded by NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco showed some Bills fans throwing snowballs at McCaffrey as he left the field.
The injury had stifled what had been a hot start to the game for McCaffrey, who had 53 yards on seven carries.
He also had 14 yards on two catches before the injury.
McCaffrey had recently come off bilateral Achilles tendinitis that kept him out of the 49ers’ first eight games of the season.
In his first three games of the season, McCaffrey has 49 carries for 149 yards and recently said that he felt like he was improving.
“You have to manage your expectations a lot of times, but for me, it’s not about anything statistical right now, it’s just about getting better every single day,” McCaffrey said recently, according to Sports Illustrated. “I know I’m doing that which I’m excited about. For me, my mindset is always the same whether I have success or failure. When you lose and you don’t jump out on the stat sheet, your failures get highlighted, but I’m the same way all the time. There is stuff that happens when you have huge games that I’m upset at.
“That mindset for me has been the same my whole entire career. Nothing is going to change there. I’m happy I’m out here playing football because I’m getting better, I know who I am. I just know that with time, it’s going to start to come.”
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