Christian McCaffrey says NFC Championship Game was ‘stolen’ from San Francisco 49ers
As members of the San Francisco 49ers continue to parade through radio row at the Super Bowl this week, the players’ saltiness about the NFC championship game loss to the Philadelphia Eagles appears to grow.Â
“It’s really tough,” McCaffrey told Kay Adams on the “Up Adams” show. “You don’t want to make excuses obviously. It just sucks because we wish we had a healthy quarterback for a full game. Â
“It’s a really good team that we played. But it feels like something got stolen from you.”Â
In the first quarter of an eventual 31-7 defeat, quarterback Brock Purdy – who started the season as the team’s third-stringer – suffered a torn UCL after a sack fumble.Â
Josh Johnson, a journeyman veteran, was inserted at quarterback. He suffered a concussion and was ruled out, forcing Purdy to return while being unable to throw the ball.Â
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