Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Christian McCaffrey walks the sideline Monday night, unable to play with a calf/Achilles’ injury for the 49ers against the New York Jets.Christian McCaffrey’s status will continue to be judged on the fly, his availability to be determined by how he’s feeling with an eye toward the long haul rather than a specific Sunday.
However, McCaffrey, long a tempo-setting dervish in practice, stayed out of the fray for the most part while a two-year contract extension was negotiated. At the club’s mandatory minicamp in July, McCaffrey told the NFL Network he was fine and he’d be playing if it was a real game. In any event, McCaffrey’s condition will be watched closely with an eye toward keeping him healthy through the season rather than risking further injury in a delicate area that is prone to setbacks and re-injury.
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