Six months post-PCL injury, Kyle Shanahan provides major update on San Francisco 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey

The head coach of San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahan is waiting for the new National Football League (NFL) season to begin as his team has undergone a major overhaul. Many key players have departed from the franchise as the team is ready to make another title run with recently-extended Brock Purdy under center.

Kyle Shanahan's provides update on Christian McCaffrey

But, one of the key players who stayed back with the team was the star running back Christian McCaffrey, who will be making his return to the field six months after sustaining PCL injury that took him out of the action on 2024. As his return nears, Kyle Shanahan provided with a major update on him.

While talking to the reporters on Thursday during the OTAs, Shanahan called the 2023 Offensive Player of the Year 'healthy as can be'.

Christian is as ready as any player I’ve ever been around... We’ve got to kind of protect him from himself, but Christian has a good idea of what he needs to do right now. He’s doing a lot less than he normally would do, but I know he is excited on how healthy he feels and the fact that he can get out there.

Not just this, tight end George Kittle also spoke on Christian McCaffrey's return and said,

He’s still really good at football, so that’s exciting. One year removed from being Offensive Player of the Year. Still very good at football, looks great. ... Having Christian out there is awesome.

Kyle Shanahan on Mitch Wishnowsky's departure from the San Francisco 49ers

One of the key players that departed the San Francisco 49ers was six-year punter Mitch Wishnowsky. He was released as the team choose to stay with the experienced and former Super Bowl champion Thomas Morstead. During the same media duties on Thursday, Kyle Shanahan was asked about the decision.

According to Kyle, it was not easy to let go of their relationship that saw them have two Super Bowl appearances. However, it was the decision of the organization.

I love Mitch. He's one of my favorite guys I've been around... The guys love him. But when you just look into contract situations, how last year went, the fact that Morstead became available, [special teams coordinator] Brant [Boyer] being so familiar with him... it ended up making it a decision that wasn't easy but we felt all confident it was best for our team.

At the time of the release, Wishnowsky was set to start his second half of a four year deal worth a whopping $13 million that he signed back in 2022. He was also coming off a league worst 36.3 net punting average. On top of it, he was also dealing with back and knee issues.