McCaffrey, 49ers Defense Put Giants
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But as always, the 49ers are significantly stronger whenever Christian McCaffrey is on the field. Against the Giants, he set multiple new records, with one achievement joining him to an exclusive club and placing him among a very select group of players to represent San Francisco.
The San Francisco 49ers have been winning games despite significant injuries to key players. On Sunday, first-round pick Mykel Williams suffered a season-ending knee injury in a victory over the New York Giants.
McCaffrey ran for a three-yard score to put the 49ers up on the Giants 34-17 with 4:13 left to play and that gave him 16 career games with both a rushing and a receiving score. That broke a tie with Marshall Faulk for the most in NFL history.
Mac Jones and Christian McCaffrey keyed the 49ers (6-3) to their most points in a game this season in a 34-24 win at the New York Giants.
The 49ers fell out of first place in the NFC West last week, losing 26-15 on the road to the Houston Texans as 3-point underdogs, with a push (41) for the total. RB Christian McCaffrey, after 199 total yards of offense and 2 TDs in Week 7,