49ers' Christian McCaffrey's Heavy Workload Raises Concerns

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00:03 - Let's go to the Niner side now and here's McCaffrey.

00:05 He played every offensive snap on Sunday, Joe.

00:09 Every offensive snap for a guy who's made of glass

00:13 and Shanahan spent four weeks in training camp

00:16 telling you how they're gonna use him less

00:18 so that he's fresher late in the year and doesn't get hurt.

00:22 Well, why the hell is he playing

00:23 every single offensive snap in week number two?

00:25 McCaffrey doesn't care, he says he can take it.

00:28 - Based on your experience,

00:29 you guys have heavy workloads in Carolina.

00:31 What is that sweet spot for you?

00:33 - I think it's all dependent on how the game's going.

00:37 We had a lot of breaks last game.

00:39 Sometimes that's just how it goes.

00:42 There's gonna be games too where Mitch will get

00:45 four or five carries in a row on multiple drives

00:47 'cause he's playing well and he's dealing them an all-in.

00:50 So it's really such a situational thing

00:52 that I don't think it's ever a plan

00:54 for one of us to get all the carries or not.

00:58 It's just sometimes that's just how it's another game's go.

01:01 - Makes no sense, Joe, to me, honestly.

01:05 Doesn't make a lot of sense, right?

01:07 'Cause he is injury prone.

01:09 He gets hurt a lot.

01:10 - Yeah, but it might be trying to preserve Debo as well

01:14 in terms of not calling his number as much either.

01:17 I mean, at the end of the day,

01:19 if San Francisco is gonna be an NFC contender,

01:22 they actually have to run the football.

01:24 We know that.

01:25 We have Elijah Mitchell.

01:27 They have Ty Davis Price on that roster as well.

01:30 So at the end of the day,

01:31 they need the running back room to eat.

01:34 But why McCaffrey's getting all the carries early

01:36 could just be because they have had two tough games

01:39 in terms of the Rams and Pittsburgh

01:41 right out of the gate, Carver.

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