Niners running back Christian McCaffrey, who has missed most of training camp with a calf and Achilles injury, believes he will not only be playing but handling his usual workload in the opener against the Jets.
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That's exactly how it played out, as McCaffrey didn't return to practice officially until Tuesday's"bonus" practice, though he'd been running and working on the side for a couple of weeks before that. Because the Niners didn't have to post an official injury report until Thursday, the addition of the Achilles to McCaffrey's injury description raised some eyebrows. Shanahan said Thursday that the Achilles was related to the calf and part of the initial injury that landed McCaffrey on the sideline in early August.
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