Christian McCaffrey: It feels good to play football again

Nov 10, 2024 at 4:20 PM

Christian McCaffrey made his 2024 debut Sunday, and the 49ers running back was full go. He was not on a pitch count, playing 54 of 61 snaps in his return from bilateral Achilles tendinitis.McCaffrey finished with 13 carries for 39 yards and six catches for 68 yards in the 23-20 win over the Buccaneers."I'm just happy I'm here, man. That was a long journey and a lot of long days," McCaffrey told reporters postgame, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. "So, it feels good to win and feels good to just play in a football game again."McCaffrey left an Aug. 6 training camp practice, and after three long months of rest, rehabilitation and even treatment in German, he returned to practice this week. He admitted having some rust while playing a game for the first time since the Super Bowl in February."That's the third time I've had pads on in eight weeks," McCaffrey said. "So just getting back into a groove, that was really good for me to do. I think there's a couple things that maybe I didn't feel like myself 100 percent, but that's normal when you haven't played in a long time. I'll learn and grow from those and just keep trucking along."The 49ers did try to give McCaffrey some rest in...

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