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The San Francisco 49ers may be without superstar running back Christian McCaffrey for much longer than they initially planned if general manager John Lynch is to be believed.
McCaffrey missed the first three games of the 49ers season with Achilles tendonitis and was placed on injured reserve. The injury is so severe that McCaffrey recently flew to Germany to meet with a specialist about treatment and recovery.
Lynch made an appearance on San Francisco radio state KNBR on Friday, and the latest update does not sound encouraging.
“We needed to quiet it down,” Lynch said of the tendinitis. “The plan was to give it the time to do that and then at some point in a thoughtful way to ramp him back up.”
He then addressed the report stating that McCaffrey went to Germany to see a specialist.
“What he does and where he goes, he’s got people who work on his body and have for a long time,” Lynch said. “Now he’s back here and we’ll have to hit certain markers and try the ramp up. God willing, the thing has quieted down and we can build him up in a smart, thoughtful way.”
Doctors Have Concerns About Christian McCaffrey’s Achilles Long Term
Famed Twitter doctor Jesse Morse claimed earlier this week that McCaffrey’s trip to Germany isn’t a great sign for his long-term prognosis.
“This is definitely abnormal, if something is straightforward as far as an injury is concerned you don’t have to fly to Germany to address it especially during the middle of the season,” Morse tweeted. “There are certain things here in America that we don’t have access to in other countries like Germany. They’re doing a different type of modified stem cell, they’re doing a different type of stem cell that is not allowed here in America.
“In general this is more concerning to me than comforting, why? He literally had to fly across the world in the middle of the season to address the Achilles tendon injury?”
Between that and Lynch’s latest updates, Niners fans have serious cause for concern.
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