{"id":345994,"date":"2025-09-06T09:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345994\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:43:17","slug":"49ers-christian-mccaffrey-plans-to-play-vs-seahawks-i-feel-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345994\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers&#8217; Christian McCaffrey plans to play vs. Seahawks: &#8216;I feel great&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/article-770x433-b155992da1b2d49c78bb0b1dd4675c3e.webp.webp\"   width=\"770\" height=\"433\" alt=\"Story Photo\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"read tracker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757151797_41_ad-read-counter\" class=\"ad-block advertisement adblock ad-container read-tracker\"\/><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCaCh01.htm\" data-playername=\"Christian McCaffrey\" title=\"Christian McCaffrey stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christian McCaffrey<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/articles\/193830-seahawks-christian-mccaffrey-practice-questionable\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">listed as &#8220;questionable&#8221; for Sunday&#8217;s matchup against the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> due to a calf injury. Head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed that McCaffrey did not participate in Friday&#8217;s practice after being limited on Thursday. Reporters, however, did see him working on the side during the early portion of the session.<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey downplayed the setback, calling it &#8220;nothing serious&#8221; and stating that he plans to play this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always plan to play. Hell ya,&#8221; McCaffrey said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>As for his current health, the running back said, &#8220;I feel great about where I&#8217;m at. Unfortunately, when you have an injury history that I have, sometimes, when you don&#8217;t practice, things get blown out of proportion. But, like I said, I feel great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey&#8217;s optimism is reminiscent of last year&#8217;s season opener, although he ultimately missed the first eight games of the season due to bilateral Achilles tendinitis.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/articles\/193835-whats-49ers-christian-mccaffrey-seahawks\/\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.49erswebzone.com\/v\/g9f2hP\/content\/media\/cache\/article-135x76-bfe9492b6509a408b08f8dadc8a83181.jpg\" data-src-retina=\"https:\/\/static.49erswebzone.com\/v\/g9f2hP\/content\/media\/cache\/article-200x112-bfe9492b6509a408b08f8dadc8a83181.jpg\" class=\"related-inline unveil\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s the 49ers&#8217; plan if Christian McCaffrey can&#8217;t play vs. Seahawks?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked if this calf issue feels different from that past setback, McCaffrey said, &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;ve forgotten about last year. Forgot about the year before that, [and] the year before that. I&#8217;m focused on this week and playing Seattle on Sunday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He avoided giving extensive details about the injury but emphasized his cautious approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like it was a smart thing to do, to not finish the practice, because I&#8217;ve been there before, and I&#8217;ve been my own worst enemy in situations like that,&#8221; McCaffrey shared. &#8220;And I was proud of myself for not doing that again. I went through a whole training camp, and feel great about where I&#8217;m at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey played in only four games last season, missing the final five due to a PCL injury. He finished the year with 348 scrimmage yards and no touchdowns, leaving him eager to return to form in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>If McCaffrey can&#8217;t play on Sunday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/articles\/193835-whats-49ers-christian-mccaffrey-seahawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers will likely rely on a combination<\/a> of newly acquired running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RobiBr01.htm\" data-playername=\"Brian Robinson Jr.\" title=\"Brian Robinson Jr. stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brian Robinson Jr.<\/a> and second-year back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GuerIs00.htm\" data-playername=\"Isaac Guerendo\" title=\"Isaac Guerendo stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Isaac Guerendo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe San Francisco 49ers officially listed star running back Christian McCaffrey as &#8220;questionable&#8221; for Sunday&#8217;s regular-season opener against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. If McCaffrey is unable to take the field, recently acquired running back Brian Robinson Jr. could be&#8230;\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe San Francisco 49ers are preparing for their Week 1 contest against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver Jordan Watkins (ankle) and defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos (knee) were the only active roster players to miss Wednesday&#8217;s&#8230;\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe San Francisco 49ers are preparing for their Week 1 contest against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. Both teams have released their official injury reports, which are provided below.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n<p>Doubtful<br \/>\nRB Jordan James&#8230;\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSan Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey appeared on Thursday&#8217;s practice participation report with a calf injury, sparking concern among The Faithful just days before the season opener against the Seattle Seahawks. McCaffrey was listed as a limited participant,&#8230;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is listed as &#8220;questionable&#8221; for Sunday&#8217;s matchup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[3011,4124,7,7368,2812,6,252,238,237,261,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-345994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-brian-robinson","9":"tag-christian-mccaffrey","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-isaac-guerendo","12":"tag-kyle-shanahan","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","15":"tag-seahawks","16":"tag-seattle","17":"tag-seattle-seahawks","18":"tag-seattleseahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115156707347375007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}