Being in the similar dialog as Jerry Rice is among the very best compliments an offensive participant can get, however surpassing him in any respect is one thing maximum avid gamers can not say they have got achieved. San Francisco 49ers operating again Christian McCaffrey is among the few who can say they overtook Rice’s spot within the record books.
McCaffrey handed Rice’s franchise record of maximum consecutive video games with a minimum of one touchdown within the 49ers’ win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Rice’s record was once 12 video games and McCaffrey simply scored in his thirteenth directly matchup.
The new record holder took excessive spot with a four-touchdown efficiency within the Niners’ 35-16 win that put San Francisco at 4-0 at the season.
The touchdown that beat the 49ers record was once a one-yard run within the fourth quarter to place the house workforce up 7-0. He scored two times in the second one quarter, an 18-yard run, a six-yard catch from quarterback Brock Purdy and had a two-yard run into the tip zone within the fourth quarter.
Rice held this identify solo from 1987 up till Week 3, when McCaffrey scored a touchdown on Thursday Night Football towards the Giants to mark his twelfth directly recreation with a rating and tie the record.
CMC’s record-tying TD got here in the second one quarter towards the New York Giants in a 30-12 win. The 4-yard rush to cap off a 73-yard force, extending the house workforce’s result in 17-3, will move down within the Niners’ historical past books.
McCaffrey has the danger to be the NFL record holder for many consecutive video games with a touchdown (since 1970).
Washington’s George Rodgers (1985), Dallas Cowboys’ Emmitt Smith (1994) and Houston Texans’ Arian Foster (2011) all have a streak of 13 video games and sit down at No. 3 at the listing in conjunction with McCaffrey. Smith beat his personal streak in 1995 with 14 video games and topping the listing are Buffalo Bills’ O.J. Simpson (1974) and Washington’s John Riggins, who each had a 15-game streak of creating it to the tip zone.
In order to tie the NFL record, McCaffrey would wish to rating touchdowns within the subsequent two video games, wanting a rating within the subsequent 3 to overcome the record.
McCaffrey is off to an out of this world begin to the season, one this is hanging him within the MVP dialog. Through 4 video games, he has 80 carries for a league-high 459 yards and 6 touchdowns. He additionally has 18 receptions for 141 yards and one touchdown within the air.
The 49ers’ 3 subsequent fighters at house towards the Cowboys, away towards the Browns and away towards the Minnesota Vikings.