“Get real.”
That’s how Sports Illustrated’s Grant Cohn ended his column titled “The 49ers can’t count on Jerick McKinnon.” The running back signed a $30 million contract with San Francisco in 2018, but has yet to play a regular-season game in a Niners uniform after tearing his ACL in Sept. 2018.
Let’s just say McKinnon is using Cohn’s criticism as fuel in his rehabilitation process.
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Teammate Kendrick Bourne is all about McKinnon’s appreciation for the haters.