49ers’ McCaffrey battled frustration before big game vs. Falcons: ‘I’m my biggest critic’ (paywall) “He’s just so efficient, he does everything right,” Falcons linebacker Kaden Elliss said Sunday. “It’s not like McCaffrey’s really dancing out there, but he reads everything perfectly. He’s so precise with his run game, his catch game. He’s a great player. You love going up against the great ones, and he got the best of us today.”
Before doing so, however, McCaffrey occasionally flashed his frustration as the bell cow of a rushing attack that arrived Sunday ranked 30th in the NFL. Last week, when he was asked about getting tripped up on a 4-yard run that could have been a huge gain in a loss at Tampa Bay on Oct. 12, McCaffrey offered a clipped response without looking at his questioner.
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