The 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football to improve to 5-2 in a game that saw Mac Jones go 17/26 for 152 passing yards.
Christian McCaffrey led the way on the ground with 129 rushing yards on 24 carries & 2 rushing touchdowns, along with 72 receiving yards on 7 catches, while Brian Robinson Jr. had 36 rushing yards on 9 carries.
Receiving wise Jauan Jennings had 31 receiving yards on 4 catches, followed my Skyy Moore with 15 receiving yards on 1 catch, Kendrick Bourne with 14 receiving yards on 2 catches, Luke Farrell with 11 receiving yards on 1 catch, and Kyle Juszyczk with 10 receiving yards on 1 catch.
Defensively Tatum Bethune led the way with 10 tackles, followed by Malik Mustapha with 6 tackles, while Darrell Luter Jr., Ji’Ayir Brown, & Bryce Huff each had 5 tackles.
Dee Winters, Jason Pinnock, Deommodore Lenoir, Sam Okuayinonu, & Mykel Williams each had 3 tackles.
Sack wise the 49ers had 2, 1 each by Huff & Okuayinonu.
TFL wise the 49ers had 4 total, 1 each for Bethune, Huff, Winters, & Okuayinonu.
PBU wise the 49ers had 2, 1 each for Chase Lucas & Lenoir.
Special teams wise Eddy Piñeiro went 2/2 on field goals with a long from 55-yards, along with going 2/2 on extra points, while Thomas Morstead had 3 punts for 143-yards with 1 inside the 20-yard line, and Skyy Moore had 2 kick returns for 53-yards and 1 punt return for 8-yards.
Overall the 49ers defense stepped up big time without their top 2 players in Fred Warner & Nick Bosa, but they stepped up, & took down the Falcons offense, and Christian McCaffrey sure looks like one of, if not the best running back in the NFL right now, next up for the 49ers is a trip to the Houston Texans next Sunday at 10am pacific/1pm eastern on FOX, and with that said, as always, thank you for reading, you can follow me on X/Twitter @49erscap & on Blue Sky App @49erscap.bsky.social
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