SANTA CLARA. Calif. — Christian McCaffrey has long been the standard when it comes to dual-threat running backs in the NFL with his ability to run routes like a receiver on the outside as well as being able to thrive as a runner for the San Francisco 49ers.

McCaffrey has been surpassed early this season by his offseason training partner Bijan Robinson, who is off to a near record-setting start this season for Atlanta headed into the Falcons' game Sunday night against McCaffrey and the 49ers.

“He’s amazing,” McCaffrey said. “When you see it in person, you realize why he is who he is.”

The rest of the NFL is seeing what McCaffrey saw in the offseason and what the 49ers (4-2) must deal with this week. Robinson leads the NFL with 822 yards for the Falcons (3-2), the sixth most ever through

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