How 49ers' Christian McCaffrey made NFL history with performance vs. Cardinals – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

Another week of NFL football and another week of Christian McCaffrey doing things that haven’t been done in a half-century.
This time, McCaffrey became the first 49ers player since at least 1950 to register 50-plus rushing yards and 50-plus receiving yards in each of the first three weeks of the season.
McCaffrey also became the first NFL player to accomplish that feat since Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk to start the 2000 NFL season.
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The 49ers running back finished Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals with 140 all-purpose yards – 52 coming on the ground and 88 through the air.
With another 100-plus-yard all-purpose day, the 29-year-old star also tied Baltimore’s Derrick Henry with the most games by an active player with 100-or-more all-purpose yards (60).
McCaffrey also inched himself closer to Faulk in a separate category on Sunday: The most games (33) with 50-plus receiving and rushing yards, trailing Faulk’s 41.
San Francisco’s backup Mac Jones, who filled in for an injured Brock Purdy, leaned on McCaffrey, who led the team in receptions (10) and targets (15).
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McCaffrey also saw his workload increase — at least percentage wise.
In the 49ers’ Week 2 victory over the New Orleans Saints, McCaffrey played 55 of 71 total offensive snaps (77 percent), but this week he was on the field for 59 of a possible 65 plays (91 percent), according to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco.
While McCaffrey’s health was a worrisome topic heading into Week 1, he’s proven to be just fine on the field for San Francisco.
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