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Christian McCaffrey has missed 37 games in his career. He missed 23 games when he was with the Panthers, and 14 during his tenure with the 49ers. McCaffrey has been in the NFL for a total of 136 games, and so he has missed 27.2% of the possible games he could have played in.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/49ers as Christian McCaffrey just had one of his most defining games with 49ers. On the eve of the three-year anniversary of the San Francisco 49ers trading for Christian McCaffrey, he delivered one of his best performances in red and gold.

Washington Commanders wideout Deebo Samuel has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys due to a heel injury, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

San Francisco got the win despite its star tight end putting up a goose egg in the catch column.

McCaffrey had 201 total yards from scrimmage and scored twice. A young 49ers defense allowed only one TD. There weren’t many big plays from either team but the 49ers never lost control of the game.

Christian McCaffrey has played 85.5 percent of the snaps for the offense this year. McCaffrey has been on the field for 56 more snaps than the next closest running back. It’s McCaffrey’s second-most snap share (356) in the first six weeks of his career.