SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When the San Francisco 49ers dealt a bevy of draft picks to Carolina last October for Christian McCaffrey, some skeptics asked whether they overpaid for a running back in a passing league. Nearly 12 months later, coach Kyle Shanahan can’t even imagine what life would be like without McCaffrey driving the Niners offense. “Christian’s so awesome, …
Entering Saturday’s game, it had been 790 days since C.J. “I know he’s going to go out there and play his ass off, and I hope we play good around him.” All of that did indeed happen at the end of Beathard’s long wait. “The ‘King’ is our lord and savior Jesus Christ, and my brother’s middle name was also …
