Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers can’t help it.

Whenever they go to New Orleans, they end up in a shootout.

Sunday’s Week 2 matchup between the 49ers and Saints was more entertaining than it had any right to be, and the Niners have a 2-0 record that shows that guts matter a heck of a lot in the NFL.

Here are the studs and duds (in no particular order) from the Niners’ 26-21 win.

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Christian McCaffrey • RB Is he a perfect offensive football player? Sunday’s performance was good evidence to confirm that suspicion. For a large portion of the game, it was McCaffrey or nothing for the Niners. That’s apparently good enough to be a functional offense. My goodness, was he good.

Ricky Pearsall • WR Folks, the only Niners receiver who could consistently separate on Sunday was Pearsa

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