INGLEWOOD — Christian McCaffrey showed he can do it all within the 49ers’ 31-14 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at SoFi Stadium, however apparently, it didn’t all go precisely as deliberate.
Early within the second quarter, Jimmy Garoppolo threw a backwards go to McCaffrey, who then threw a 34-yard bomb to Brandon Aiyuk, who was crossing to the appropriate facet of the top zone.
After the sport, Aiyuk mentioned that the play wasn’t meant to be known as that removed from the top zone, however he was prepared when coach Kyle Shanahan known as the play.
“We really simply put it in Friday,” Aiyuk mentioned. “It was really a crimson zone play, I’m probably not positive how far it was. I feel it was extra like 30. It was extra of a tighter crimson zone play, however we labored it for a day.
“Within the assembly Kyle mentioned, ‘Christian, are you able to throw?’ He mentioned, ‘Yeah.’ After which he confirmed it on the market at this time. It was an awesome ball.”
Aiyuk had a standout sport, catching all six of his targets for 81 yards and the landing from McCaffrey. The wideout was impressed by his teammate’s passing skill.
“It was good ball,” Aiyuk mentioned. “The look that we had was a bit completely different, however he put sufficient air on it for me to have the ability to flip round, and nonetheless discover it.”
Aiyuk has preferred what he has seen from his new teammate, who accomplished his tenth day with the 49ers by attaining the triple crown of soccer — receiving, passing and speeding touchdowns multi functional sport. McCaffrey’s presence on the sector has given the offense a jolt that Aiyuk believes they wanted.
Now the 49ers can go into their bye week with rising confidence earlier than starting the second half of the season.
“It’s large,” Aiyuk mentioned. ‘We talked all week how massive it was coming down right here getting even, getting a break, giving guys an opportunity to get wholesome and hit the following half.”
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McCaffrey dominating all around the discipline was a key element of the 49ers’ offense, however Aiyuk additionally shared that one other massive motive for the workforce’s success at SoFi Stadium was enjoying a cleaner sport than they did of their Week 7 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
All aspects of the sport coming collectively will result in success for the 49ers. So far as what McCaffrey is like off the sector, Aiyuk mentioned that the operating again isn’t as severe as he’s within the public eye.
“We’re beginning to get to know him a bit bit,” Aiyuk mentioned. “I had the prospect to eat dinner with him and get to know him a bit higher. Cool man, humble man, humorous man. He works laborious, runs laborious, performs laborious, so he suits in simply effective on this locker room.”
