While it’s certainly a positive that the reigning Offensive Player of the Year is back in their lineup, the club now has to navigate managing his injury. Part of that will likely be limited practice work and plenty of appearances for McCaffrey on the practice participation report as a result.

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.

In some ways, Christian McCaffrey's return to the San Francisco 49ers' lineup on Sunday was nothing new. Through his first seven NFL seasons, McCaffrey has seen and done nearly everything a player can experience,