Christian McCaffrey controversy: NFL clears 49ers of any wrongdoing when it comes to reporting star RB’s damage
The San Francisco 49ers won’t face any penalties, financial or in any other case, for his or her damage reporting surrounding Christian McCaffrey’s standing for the “Monday Evening Soccer” season opener towards the New York Jets, the NFL introduced Friday.
“We’ve appeared into the 49ers’ reporting of the enjoying standing of Christian McCaffrey for the staff’s Monday evening sport towards the New York Jets. We’ve discovered no proof of a violation of the league’s Damage Report Coverage on this matter,” the league stated in an announcement.
McCaffrey was initially anticipated to play, however was listed as questionable for the sport. He ended up being surprisingly dominated out and changed by third-year undrafted free agent Jordan Mason, who ran 28 occasions for 147 yards and a landing towards New York. Following the sport, Mason advised ESPN that he came upon he’d be enjoying, “Friday, Friday evening, one thing like that.”
Head coach Kyle Shanahan disputed that notion in his post-game press convention, telling reporters that he had advised Mason that he “needed to be prepared a bunch” and that he knew Mason must play “rather a lot.” For his half, Mason was “mad” that he prompted an argument over the state of affairs, and stated that issues like this have been why he would not like to speak to the media.
With the Niners cleared of wrongdoing — and with McCaffrey out for Week 2 and probably dealing with a visit to injured reserve — Mason could also be in line for extra work, each on the sphere and with the media.