SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers had a productive offense under coach Kyle Shanahan for a while when the team made the big deal to acquire Christian McCaffrey from Carolina three years ago.

The addition of one of the NFL's best dual-threat backs ever elevated that offense to another level that will be on display for the Panthers (6-5) when they face the 49ers (7-4) on Monday night for the first time since that trade in 2022.

“Just seeing how our offense has evolved since getting Christian, the things that we’ve done here the last three years that we never did just because of the ability of Christian and what he can do in the pass game,” star tight end George Kittle said. “It’s pretty incredible. Just seeing the evolution of our offense has been really cool.”

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