Christian McCaffrey is 29, played only four games last season because of injuries and had a league-leading 339 touches in 2023 and has 1,871 touches in his eight seasons. Yet, the 49ers aren’t worried about any of that as they formulate a plan for how to use McCaffrey and Brian Robinson this season.

“You take everything into account, but I don’t try to think in absolutes,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Thursday on Bay Area radio station KNBR, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “I try not to think of just numbers on paper. I know numbers go with percentages and everything—and that’s why you listen and pay attention to a lot of analytics—but you also go with your own eyes and your experience of that.

“I like to watch how a guy moves and how he is out there, and I see Christian looking the s

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