The San Francisco 49ers struck gold when they traded for Christian McCaffrey during the 2022 NFL Trade Deadline. McCaffrey finished the 2022 season with 1,139 yards on 244 attempts and eight touchdowns during the regular season and rushed for 238 yards on 40 attempts and two touchdowns in three playoff games. He made it to his second Pro Bowl.
McCaffrey had an even better 2023 campaign, rushing for 1,459 yards on 272 attempts and 14 touchdowns during the regular season and rushing for 268 yards on 59 attempts and four touchdowns in three playoff games. He made it to his third Pro Bowl, second first-team All-Pro, and first Offensive Player of the Year honors.
The San Francisco 49ers elite running back entered the offseason with two years left on his deal
McCaffrey entered the 2024 offseason with two years left on his four-year, $64 million contract extension he signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2020.
He was set to have a base salary of $11.8 million, $0 guaranteed, and a cap hit of $14,144,000 for 2024, and a base salary of $12 million, $0 guaranteed, and a cap hit of $14,344,000 for 2025.
He signed a massive extension.
Christian McCaffrey signed a massive extension
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the 49ers signed McCaffrey to a two-year, $38 million extension.
“Reigning Offensive Player of the Year Christian McCaffrey once again has reset the RB market, signing a two-year extension with the 49ers, averaging $19 million per year, per sources.
“McCaffrey will receive an additional $8 million over what he was scheduled to make in the first two years while adding $24 million in guarantees. The deal was negotiated and confirmed by WME Football.”
Their GM praised McCaffrey.
John Lynch praised Christian McCaffrey
“He’s been a godsend,” general manager John Lynch said on 95.7 The Game’s The Morning Roast. “I’ll tell you, everything you see on the field, you think you know a player, and then it’s always you have a little bit of a different reality when you see him up close, when they’re on your team.
“He’s just as good as we ever thought he was on the field or better. I think the intelligence that he plays with is really just elite; his skill, his versatility, all that. But I just think the commitment to being that player is probably what you don’t know from afar.”
Christian McCaffrey will be under contract through 2027
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