The Bucs defense is on a mission. After a shaky stretch, they’re looking to play a full game against Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers this Sunday. And for Todd Bowles , Christian McCaffrey is a big problem. Before the matchup, Bowles gave his team a heads-up: they need to be ready for a player who can hurt them in more ways than one.

Talking about McCaffrey, Bowles didn’t hold back . “You want to get better at it. I haven’t seen anybody stop him. You hope to slow him down. You can limit the YAC yards after the catch. Those are the big things for him. Very tough to bring down in the open field. So, one guy probably isn’t going to do it more often than not. So you’ve got to have a lot of guys around to the ball,” he said. That focus will define this week’s game plan.

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