San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey appeared to nonetheless be seething over how the staff’s NFC Championship loss to the Philadelphia Eagles performed out.
McCaffrey scored the staff’s lone landing within the 31-7 loss two weeks in the past. The defeat despatched the 49ers house for the second consecutive 12 months as they have been on the point of a Tremendous Bowl look. However being down two quarterbacks within the recreation and forcing Brock Purdy to play and being unable to throw nonetheless hasn’t sit properly with the operating again.
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NFC operating again Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers reacts as he takes the sphere throughout an NFL Professional Bowl soccer recreation at Allegiant Stadium on February 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Owens/Getty Photos)
“It’s robust to win a soccer recreation within the NFL and not using a quarterback, not to mention the NFC Championship Sport,” McCaffrey advised “PFT Dwell” on Wednesday. “I want they’d modified the rule the place you’re allowed to hold three. … I believe they need to change that. It’s not good for us, clearly. It’s not good for followers watching to not have a quarterback. I hope there’s one thing they do with that shifting ahead so as to keep within the combat.”
The NFL modified the principles to solely require two quarterbacks on recreation days however the sticky scenario arose within the NFC Championship when Purdy suffered a torn UCL in his throwing elbow and his backup, veteran quarterback Josh Johnson, suffered a concussion later within the recreation.
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Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers carries the ball for a landing in the course of the second quarter of the NFC Championship NFL soccer recreation towards the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Monetary Subject on January 29, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Photos)
Purdy got here again in however threw no passes.
In a separate interview with FanDuel’s Kay Adams, he mentioned he felt just like the title was “stolen” from the staff.
“You do not wish to make excuses, nevertheless it simply sucks, as a result of we want we had a wholesome quarterback for a full recreation and simply form of see how the sport would have panned out,” he mentioned. “It is a actually good staff that we performed, nevertheless it looks like one thing acquired stolen from you. Simply want it could have performed out in a different way.”
When requested on the NFL Community who he was rooting for in Tremendous Bowl LVII, the operating again added one other blunt quip.
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“I hope each groups lose.”
Christian McCaffrey #23 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates with teammates after scoring a landing in the course of the second quarter of the NFC Championship NFL soccer recreation towards the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Monetary Subject on January 29, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Photos)
Tremendous Bowl LVII will happen on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET. The sport will be seen on FOX.
