For the second straight October, the San Francisco 49ers have added a celebrity to their already-loaded roster.
The Niners traded for All-Professional working again Christian McCaffrey in October 2022 and have seen him revert to elite type whereas staying wholesome. McCaffrey tied an NFL file by scoring a landing in his seventeenth straight recreation in the course of the crew’s Week 8 loss towards the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Regardless of having the two-time Professional Bowler be part of the squad final season, San Francisco’s run ended with a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles within the NFC Championship Sport.
With Chase Younger becoming a member of the likes of fellow former AP Defensive Rookie of the Yr Nick Bosa alongside the 49ers’ line of defense, the crew’s go rush turns into much more dominant. Add in a star-studded offense that includes McCaffrey, tight finish George Kittle and broad receivers Brandon Aiyuk and the injured Deebo Samuel and San Francisco can once more be thought of co-favorites within the NFC, together with the Eagles.
Since opening the 12 months 5-0, head coach Kyle Shanahan’s group has dropped three straight and quarterback Brock Purdy has suffered a concussion and struggled recently. The Niners bye in Week 9 appears to be coming at an ideal time, as it’ll permit Purdy, Samuel and All-Professional left sort out Trent Williams to get wholesome and provides Younger an opportunity to get used to his new environment.
San Francisco may have a troublesome stretch of video games popping out of their bye with street tilts towards the 6-2 Jacksonville Jaguars, 5-2 Seattle Seahawks and 7-1 Eagles, in addition to residence video games towards the Seahawks and 3-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
