Now the 49ers have to fly across the country and play on a short week. It would not be wise to give Jordan Mason more than 25 touches again with such a short turnaround. They need to preserve him for the long season.
The 49ers gave him 28 carries on Monday night and he never seemed to get tired. He ran over defenders all game. And he needed to because Christian McCaffrey didn't play -- he has Achilles tendonitis. And Elijah Mitchell is on the Injured Reserve List. So Kyle Shanahan leaned on Mason and Mason came through.
Now Shanahan needs to be mindful of how he uses Mason Week 2 on the road against the Minnesota Vikings.. Meanwhile, Mason is young and he has fresh legs, but he still must feel extremely sore right now. He doesn't exactly shy away from contact -- he initiates it. Over and over and over and over and over again.
Now the 49ers have to fly across the country and play on a short week. It would not be wise to give Mason more than 25 touches again with such a short turnaround. They need to preserve him for the long season. He's important to their Super Bowl run. So they should use two running backs. And no, Deebo Samuel is not a running back. He is a wide receiver. The plays in which he lines up in the backfield as a running back rarely work anymore. They haven't worked since Mike McDaniel left the 49ers to become the Miami Dolphins head coach. Maybe he was the brains behind those plays.
Just a few months ago, the 49ers traded up in Round 4 to take running back Isaac Guerendo. They could use him on Sunday against the Vikings. Or they could use veteran running back Patrick Taylor Jr.PublishedGrant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis.
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