McCaffrey named NFC’s offensive player of week after 49ers’ win over Falcons

SANTA CLARA Christian McCaffrey is the NFC s offensive participant of the week a prize that George Kittle sought for his ers teammate prior to Sunday s - win over Atlanta McCaffrey churned out scrimmage yards his first -yard output since joining the ers three years ago He ran times for a season-high yards and two touchdowns while also leading the ers receivers with seven catches for yards Although Kittle went without a catch for the first time in his career games he mentioned after Sunday s competition how his goal was to deliver McCaffrey his third player-of-the-week honor the others came in Week in and Week in My goal this week was CMC Contestant of the Week Kittle stated postgame And if I called that it might be the best guess of all time That was my goal because Atlanta has a really good defense It was McCaffrey s th career battle with multiple rushing touchdowns the last coming on Thanksgiving at Seattle and the fourth time he has topped yards from scrimmage in his career the first three were with Carolina before being traded to the ers in Related Articles Frank Gore s Hall of Fame bid advances to next round Pro Bowl moves to Bay Area ahead of Super Bowl LX Defense planning for Bay Area hosting Super Bowl and World Cup weighs grim specter of terrorism Seifert who helped the ers win four Super Bowls among final coaches for Pro Football Hall of Fame class ers mailbag NFL bargain deadline looms with DE need Frank Gore was the last er to have two touchdowns and scrimmage yards way back in September McCaffrey now has rushing yards and receiving yards on the season joining Marshall Faulk as the only players to surpass yards in both areas in the first seven weeks of any season Also honored this week were Green Bay Packers linebacker Micah Parsons defense and Carolina Panthers punter Sam Martin special teams