Don't expect the San Francisco 49ers to take their foot off the gas in their usage of running back Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey returned in Week 10 after missing the first nine weeks to work through Achilles tendinitis.

The season debut of Christian McCaffrey helped make the San Francisco 49ers offense look more like it did a year ago than it did in an up-and-down first half of the season.

The threat of McCaffrey receiving the ball regularly allowed the 49ers to get their other weapons into open space. It was a huge 33-yard catch and run from George Kittle that serv