Fantasy soccer house owners who hoped San Francisco 49ers operating again Christian McCaffrey would propel them to a comeback victory on “Monday Night time Soccer” have been dealt a brutal blow some 90 minutes earlier than kickoff at Levi’s Stadium.
McCaffrey, who handled a calf and Achilles ailment through the preseason, was dominated out of the Week 1 conflict towards the New York Jets. McCaffrey was considered as the highest Week 1 operating again in each ESPN and Yahoo leagues.
These managers, nevertheless, grew much more irate after the sport when 49ers backup operating again Jordan Mason advised ESPN’s Lisa Salters he realized he could be beginning Friday.
“When did I discover out?” Mason advised Salters through the on-field interview. “Possibly Friday, Friday night time. You realize, one thing like that.”
McCaffrey was listed as questionable on Friday’s harm report. Ought to the 49ers have didn’t reveal the complete extent of McCaffrey’s standing, San Francisco may face self-discipline from the league.
When chatting with the media after the sport, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and Mason himself contradicted the preliminary interview. Shanahan referred to as it a “game-time determination” to make McCaffrey inactive.
“I by no means advised Jordan he was going to start out,” Shanahan advised reporters when requested about Mason’s remark, per the 49ers. “I advised him he needed to be prepared a bunch, however which may have been Bobby or any person attempting to pump him up. I knew he was going to need to play loads. I advised him he was going to need to — it wasn’t going to be like standard. He was going to be a No. 2 again that was splitting a whole lot of the time. However he did not know, for certain, he was going to be doing that till right this moment.”
Shanahan added: “We simply discovered he (McCaffrey) wasn’t enjoying right this moment. … I believed he was enjoying this entire week till right this moment.”
Mason hinted frustration throughout his postgame press convention when requested once more when he realized he would begin.
“That query proper there may be why I am mad,” Mason advised reporters, per Sporting Information. “That is why I do not actually like speaking to the media, ‘trigger you say one factor unsuitable after which, you recognize — I do not know. Simply skip that query.”
Managers who put McCaffrey on last-minute injured reserve and picked up Mason on the waiver wire may really feel a bit higher Tuesday morning. The third-year operating again racked up 28 carries for 147 yards and one landing.
Shanahan stated he doesn’t know McCaffrey’s standing going ahead.
