Christian Mccaffrey Makes Nfl History With Two-td Performance Vs. Giants

Christian McCaffrey etched his sanction into nan NFL history books connected Sunday acknowledgment to his two-touchdown capacity against nan Giants.

McCaffrey opened up nan 49ers’ scoring successful nan first 4th pinch a five-yard receiving touchdown. Then, he gave San Francisco its last touchdown of nan time erstwhile he ran successful for a three-yard people inthe 49ers' 34-24 triumph complete New York.

The jack-of-all-trades moving backmost scored some a receiving and rushing touchdown successful nan aforesaid crippled for nan 16th clip successful his career, which is now an NFL record. He antecedently was tied pinch Hall of Fame moving backmost Marshall Faulk pinch 15 games. McCaffrey was honored to beryllium mentioned alongside Faulk erstwhile he recovered retired astir nan history he made.

“That’s an honor, [Faulk’s] 1 of nan champion to ever play,” McCaffrey told CBS’ Melanie Collins. “I had posters of him connected my wall increasing up, seen each item of his. So, conscionable to beryllium mentioned successful that category, it intends a batch to me.”

Here’s a look astatine nan 2 historical touchdowns.

McCaffrey had a monolithic crippled arsenic he rushed for 106 yards connected 28 carries while adding 67 receiving yards connected 5 catches. His violative capacity was nan boost nan banged-up 49ers needed connected Sunday.

Through 8 games, McCaffrey leads nan 49ers successful some rushing yards and receiving yards, and he has 3 touchdowns successful some categories. He’s decidedly adding his sanction to nan “best moving backmost successful nan league” conversations this season.

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