SANTA CLARA – Christian McCaffrey is the NFC’s offensive player of the week, a prize that George Kittle sought for his 49ers teammate prior to Sunday’s 20-10 win over Atlanta.

McCaffrey churned out 201 scrimmage yards, his first 200-yard output since joining the 49ers three years ago.

He ran 24 times for a season-high 129 yards and two touchdowns while also leading the 49ers’ receivers with seven catches for 72 yards.

Although Kittle went without a catch for the first time in his 127 career games, he mentioned after Sunday’s game how his goal was to deliver McCaffrey his third player-of-the-week honor; the others came in Week 8 in 2022 and Week 4 in 2023.

“My goal this week was CMC Player of the Week,” Kittle said postgame. “And if I called that, it might be the best guess of all time.

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