"SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- After another physical, grind-it-out win against the Los Angeles Rams last week, San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey stood at a podium with a big grin on his face. For a fifth straight week, the Niners' run game had struggled to get going and again failed to post a rushing touchdown. McCaffrey's smile was rooted in one eye-opening statistic: The 2025 Niners are the second team in the past 90 years to not score a rushing touchdown in the opening five weeks and still start 4-1 or better."
""The win is the most important thing and we don't care how we have it," McCaffrey said. "I think everybody and their mother wants the run game to get going a little bit more -- myself included -- but we've just got to keep chipping away and keep working at it and get guys back and just keep pushing and staying with it." Through the first five weeks, McCaffrey is 23rd in the NFL in rushing yards per game (56.4), 40th in yards per carry (3.1), 36th in yards before contact per rush (1.52) and 33rd in yards after contact per rush (1.58). Only 5.5% of his 91 rushes have gone for 10-plus yards, which ranks 113th in the league."
San Francisco began the 2025 season 4-1 even though the team failed to record a rushing touchdown in its first five games. The Niners became only the second team in the past 90 years to start 4-1 after not scoring a rushing touchdown in the opening five weeks. Christian McCaffrey's rushing metrics have dipped notably: 23rd in rushing yards per game (56.4), 40th in yards per carry (3.1), 36th in yards before contact (1.52) and 33rd in yards after contact (1.58). Only 5.5% of his 91 rushes have gone for 10-plus yards. McCaffrey emphasized prioritizing wins and continuing to work to revive the run game.
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