Will Kyle Shanahan ACTUALLY Rest Christian McCaffrey in 2026?

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Will Christian McCaffrey finally get a reliable backfield partner to lighten his historic workload? Kyle Shanahan and Jed York offer fresh insight from the owners meetings, sparking debates about the San Francisco 49ers’ draft strategy and offseason plans. The conversation unpacks Shanahan’s repeated promises to reduce McCaffrey’s touches, examines the coaching staff’s trust in RB depth like Jordan James and Brian Robinson, and weighs whether a second-round running back or late free agent signing could truly shift the offense.

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0:00.0	More insight on the San Francisco 49ers from head coach Kyle Shanahan and CEO Jed York from the owner's meetings.
0:08.1	Christian McCaffrey, will we get a running mate finally in 2026 on today's locked on 49ers?
0:15.5	You are locked on 49ers.
0:17.9	Your daily San Francisco 49ers podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network,
0:23.8	your team every day.
0:26.7	Welcome to Locked on 49ers, Brian Peacock and Eric Crocker.
0:30.0	Thanks to everybody for tuning in and making us your first listen of the day.
0:33.0	And thanks for making Lockdown the number one sports podcast network.
0:36.7	We've got a lot more to get into today.
0:38.2	We heard from John Lynch, 49ers GM, at the owner's meetings yesterday.
0:43.3	Today, Kyle Shanahan met with reporters.
0:45.9	Jed York had a little sidebar with reporters as well.
0:48.8	So a lot to learn from the 49ers brass and what they think about this offseason and how things might look going
0:55.7	forward more hits on what could happen, more hints on what could happen in the NFL
0:59.6	draft as well. So, Kruk, this is one, stop me if you've heard this one before, right?
1:07.4	Kyle Shanahan, for probably the third straight off season
1:14.2	In fact, I've got some receipts on that
1:15.4	I'll bring up in a second
1:16.3	Said about Christian McCaffrey
1:18.8	And a player that had a career high
1:22.1	413 touches
1:23.7	And turns 30 years old
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