'My mentality is to play' - McCaffrey hoping to make Niners return in Week 2 - video Dailymotion

Christian McCaffrey missed the San Francisco 49ers' season opener against the New York Jets through injury

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00:01My mentality is I'm playing this week.

00:03That's where I'm at.

00:04That's how I am every week.

00:05You know, I'm not lying.

00:06I think as soon as a player says, you know,

00:09maybe I'll play, maybe I won't,

00:11that's not a good mentality to go into a week with,

00:13you know, when you're kind of on the fence.

00:15So for me, I'm ready to go.

00:17You know, I prepare every week to play.

00:19My mindset every week is I'm going to play.

00:21You know, there's been weeks where I'll go the full week,

00:25you know, not even feeling good enough to do the walkthrough.

00:27And then I wake up and the body's capable

00:29of a lot of cool things.

00:30And, you know, mentally, I'm always prepared to play

00:34and then woke up and it was a group decision,

00:37a very tough one.

00:38I hate not playing.

00:40But look at it as a chess move and, you know,

00:43something that hopefully we can benefit from

00:45the rest of the season.