THE BLITZ projects Christian McCaffrey to be much less involved in his offense's running game this week (47.9% projected Carry Share) than he has been this year (60.2% in games he has played).Christian McCaffrey has been among the weakest RBs in football at generating extra rushing yardage, averaging a measly 2.61 yards-after-contact this year while grading out in the 11th percentile.The San Francisco 49ers have gone up against a stacked the box on 18.6% of their plays since the start of last season, most in football. Positioning an extra defender near the line of scrimmage improves run-stopping at the cost of better passing efficiency.The San Francisco 49ers have gone no-huddle on a mere 3.4% of their play-calls outside the two-minute warning since the start of last season (6th-least in the league). This deadens the pace, leading to less volume and stat accumulation.The San Francisco 49ers have risked going for it on 4th down a lowly 15.8% of the time since the start of last season (3rd-least in the league), which generally means less offensive volume, less TD potential, and lower offensive stats across the board.
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