San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is a strong favorite for the Comeback Player of the Year award.

If the 49ers win Sunday in Houston, they’ll match their overall win total from last season and they’ll be alone atop the NFC West at 6-2.

Christian McCaffrey has his first 100-yard rushing game since 2023, helping the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 20-10 on Sunday night.

San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey dominated the Atlanta Falcons' defense while the NFC South team's offense had no answers.

The problem has been kickoffs. Pineiro followed his third-quarter field goal with a line-drive kickoff the Falcons returned 45 yards to the 49ers’ 48-yard line. The play gave Atlanta momentum, and the Falcons converted it into a 10-yard catch-and-run touchdown to Robinson to close San Francisco’s lead to 13-10.

Bleacher Report contributor Brad Gagnon recently named every NFL team's most disappointing player so far this season, and his pick for the San Francisco 49ers may surprise fans—running back Christian McCaffrey.

To watch Christian McCaffrey gallop through defenses, plow over defenders and make grown men whiff in space, you wouldn’t know that the 49ers running back was coming off a season-ending injury in 2024.

The shorthanded 49ers rode McCaffrey, who accounted for 201 yards rushing and receiving, to a big victory over Atlanta Sunday night.