SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For all the stars the San Francisco 49ers might have been missing, they still had Christian McCaffrey.

That proved to be the difference against the Atlanta Falcons.

McCaffrey ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns and had his 200-yard game from scrimmage in six years as the short-handed 49ers finally delivered a strong ground game to beat Atlanta 20-10 on Sunday night.

“That should be our plan every time,” left tackle Trent Williams said about feeding McCaffrey. “He's one of the better players on our team, so putting the ball in his hands as much as possible works out good for us.”

The usually run-focused 49ers (5-2) had struggled to generate much on the ground all season before getting back to their old style against the Falcons (3-3) with help from the return of t

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