Christian McCaffrey consulting with specialist in Germany for Achilles injury as 49ers' troubles mount

Another blown lead, different atrocious update. 

Fresh disconnected a 27-24 nonaccomplishment to the winless Los Angeles Rams implicit the weekend, San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan revealed Monday that prima moving backmost Christian McCaffrey is consulting with a specializer successful Germany astir his lingering Achilles injury. 

San Francisco 49ers caput manager Kyle Shanahan walks connected the tract earlier a crippled against the Minnesota Vikings Sept. 15, 2024, successful Minneapolis.  (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

"I cognize he’s going to spot a specializer that I judge tin assistance him with his Achilles process," Shanahan told reporters. "I deliberation he’s doing that implicit these adjacent fewer days and, hopefully, it’ll help."

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The update follows a determination to place McCaffrey connected injured reserve Sept. 14 for his Achilles tendinitis. He initially got wounded aboriginal successful grooming campy and missed 4 weeks of signifier earlier returning connected a constricted basis. 

Concern astir the wounded grew erstwhile helium was ruled retired for the Niners' play opener against the New York Jets, but the latest update raises much questions astir whether McCaffrey volition beryllium acceptable to spell erstwhile helium is eligible to instrumentality successful Week 6.

McCaffrey’s wounded update isn’t the lone atrocious quality the 49ers are dealing with this week. 

San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey (23) watches from the sideline successful the 2nd 4th against the New York Jets astatine Levi's Stadium.  (David Gonzales/Imagn Images)

BROCK PURDY IS DAY TO DAY AS 49ERS CONTINUE TO BE HIT BY INJURIES

Star antiaircraft tackle Javon Hargrave is apt retired for the remainder of the play with a partially torn triceps.

"It’s a large one," Shanahan said of Hargrave’s injury. "I thought helium had his champion crippled yesterday. I thought helium was a immense factor, truly affected the backmost successful that game. It’s a large loss. He’s 1 of our amended players. He was decidedly going successful the close absorption and was going to person a large year."

Injuries to San Francisco’s apical playmakers person had a disposable effect connected its commencement to the season. 

San Francisco 49ers antiaircraft tackle Javon Hargrave, right, sacks Los Angeles Rams backmost Matthew Stafford during the archetypal fractional of a crippled Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, successful Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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The Rams overcame a double-digit shortage Sunday to prime up their archetypal triumph of the season. The 49ers led by 14 points successful the 2nd fractional and by treble digits midway done the 2nd 4th earlier Matthew Stafford led 4 consecutive scoring drives to ascent back. 

The nonaccomplishment marked Shanahan's 5th blown double-digit fourth-quarter pb successful the regular play oregon playoffs since taking implicit successful 2017. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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