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When Christian McCaffrey landed on IR with a potentially season-ending PCL injury, it instantly turned Isaac Guerendo into one of the most important players on the San Francisco 49ers’ roster.<\/p>\n

Beginning the year as RB2 behind Jordan Mason, who also landed on IR, the round 4 pick out of Louisville turned in some good tape as a speedy change-of-pace back, including a 99-yard game against the Seattle Seahawks, but was never supposed to be more than that when the team was fully healthy.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Guerendo \u2013 and unfortunately for the 49ers \u2013 that is no longer the case, as the rookie is expected to earn his first-ever start in Week 14 against the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n

A tough task? You bet, but in the opinion of the running game coordinator, Chris Foerster, Guerendo is up for the task, as the 49ers have made it his mission to get ready for when his number gets called.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, he is more than ready. That\u2019s been the good thing. Not having to jump in right away. You guys heard that, I liked him from the beginning. The kid had that burst, that quickness and he\u2019s been able to be eased into it, not easing right now. So you still have to be careful, he hasn\u2019t played a full load in an NFL game up to this point,\u201d Foerster told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow is he going to be able carry the load for all four quarters like [RB] Christian [McCaffrey] has done in the past or not? I don\u2019t know that we\u2019ll have to see as we go. And the other guys, 32\u2019s [RB Patrick Taylor Jr.] been here for a good while. 31\u2019s done a good job. Obviously, we\u2019re excited for Isaac, and we\u2019ll see how it plays out. But it\u2019s definitely going to be a challenge for us and challenge for him because he\u2019s going to have to tote the mail for us, and he\u2019s going to have to do a lot of things over a longer period of time than he\u2019s done it up to this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

With just 42 carries to his credit as a pro, Guerendo is a relative unknown heading into Week 14. While that might feel daunting for fans, it’s ultimately good news for 49ers fans, as they might be able to get the jump on Chicago like they did with Mason in Week 1.<\/p>\n

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Asked about how Guerendo fits into the 49ers’ scheme, Foerster noted that Kyle Shanahan has a need for speed at the position, as having that \u201chome run threat\u201d in the backfield helps to open up the offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you kind of are what you are. Speed is nice. If you can get it, it\u2019s important. Being a good back and having a good feel for the running game, hitting the right lanes, doing things like that. He set all sorts of records in Washington with [Former RB] Alfred Morris and Alfred we all know is not a speed demon. So there\u2019s that balance between a good runner that understands it. It took [Miami Dolphins RB] Raheem [Mostert] a while to get going in this offense before the speed really showed up. It is nice to have that home run threat. It is nice, as you saw, when Isaac has broken some runs \u2013 the end of the Dallas game, the end of the Seattle game, where all of a sudden we talked about it, we called it the \u2018angle assassin.\u2019 You think that you\u2019re on the right angle, but with that speed you\u2019re able to get that burst and get further and more yards than most people would. So, it is nice to have speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can Guerendo turn in more big plays out of the backfield like his efforts in Seattle? Potentially so, and if he can do that consistently enough, who knows, maybe he could become the next Mostert and force Shanahan to play two backs when CMC gets healthy in the future.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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