After two games worth of waiting and wondering whether running back Christian McCaffrey would be able to play, the San Francisco 49ers removed any doubt for the next four games on Saturday afternoon.
Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that the Niners are placing McCaffrey on injured reserve with calf soreness and Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey must miss at least the next four games -- including Sunday's matchup with theOn Friday, San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan acknowledged for the first time since initially announcing McCaffrey's injury on Aug. 6 that injured reserve was a real possibility.
Those discussions ultimately led to Saturday's decision to shut McCaffrey down in hopes that the continued flare ups in the Achilles will settle down. Shanahan has said the hardest part of McCaffrey's injury has been its unpredictability with him feeling good and practicing some days and then feeling pain on others.
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