"At the snap, McCaffrey quickly ate up the 9-yard cushion Melton provided. By the time McCaffrey stopped abruptly at the 23, he had discarded Melton with a little bit of contact and worked back to the 24 as quarterback Brock Purdy had already let it fly. McCaffrey stopped, gathered and elevated to make a difficult grab as Melton arrived right after the ball. McCaffrey reeled it in for a first down."
""I don't know any other running backs who can do that," Purdy said. "We have one of a kind.""
With just under seven minutes left in a Week 11 victory against the Arizona Cardinals, Christian McCaffrey sprinted wide left and lined up two yards off the line of scrimmage in pre-snap motion. The motion isolated him against cornerback Max Melton and created a running back-versus-cornerback matchup on third-and-15 with the Niners leading by 19. At the snap McCaffrey ate the nine-yard cushion, shed Melton with contact, adjusted to the throw and secured a difficult 15-yard catch for a first down. Two plays later he scored on a 4-yard plunge to seal the win. The 49ers entered the matchup 7-4 while the Carolina Panthers were 6-5.
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