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Earlier today, the 49ers traded running back Jeff Wilson to the Miami Dolphins:Kyle Shanahan on Sunday seemed to have fun having Wilson and Christian McCaffrey in the same backfield, which the 49ers did eight times in their win against the Rams. Wilson is a strong between-the-tackles runner, but he’s also been a consistent pass catcher over the past four and a half seasons.
None of the team’s other tailbacks can recreate that pass-catching combination. Still, the 49ers simply have a lot of other tailbacks. Elijah Mitchell, their leading rusher from 2021, is expected back from injured reserve next week while the team is trying to develop rookies Tyrion Davis-Price and Jordan Mason, neither of whom got carries in Sunday’s win.
Meanwhile, Deebo Samuel still is expected to get a few carries a game while Tevin Coleman — who has some similarities with Wilson — is on the practice squad. The 49ers love Wilson, but their abundance at the position — plus the fact that Wilson will be a free agent in March — made a fifth-round pick hard to resist.The plan will be to alternate McCaffrey and Mitchell, who's faster than Wilson and who picked up the 49ers’ one-cut-and-go philosophy at tailback last year much faster than most rookies. Shanahan and his coaches love Mitchell’s combination of power and speed.
Mitchell, of course, has built a long injury history in a short amount of time in San Francisco and is currently coming back from an MCL sprain. In the event he goes down again, the 49ers would lean more heavily on third-round pick Davis-Price. Coleman, who also has good speed, would be brought up from the practice squad in that scenario.
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