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Christian McCaffrey 2025 Season Highlights
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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Christian McCaffrey 2025 Season Highlights", an episode of NFL published January 18, 2026 (25 min, about 3,637 words). It mentions 3 people, works and ideas, including Arizona State, Atlanta Falcons, Arizona State University.
What this episode is about
The highlights from Christian McCaffrey's 2025 season showcase his explosive plays and crucial contributions to the San Francisco 49ers' offense, including dynamic runs and a pivotal touchdown reception from quarterback Mac Jones. As McCaffrey continues to excel on the field, his performance reflects the team's strong offensive strategy and adaptability throughout the season.
Key takeaways
- In a 7-7 game, McCaffrey's speed feels like a cannon launch—fast and explosive.
- Purdy's pocket mobility shows how a quarterback can thrive when given time—it's a game changer.
- With McCaffrey's versatility, he's more than a runner; he’s the Swiss Army knife of the Niners' offense.
- Mac Jones' touchdown toss to McCaffrey is a reminder: precision beats power in pressure situations.
- Injuries might shuffle the lineup, but the 49ers' core remains strong, proving depth is key to success.
Who speaks in this episode?
What is discussed, and when
- – 5:00: Arizona State
- – 10:00: Atlanta Falcons
Notable quotes from "Christian McCaffrey 2025 Season Highlights"
SOL HIGH SCHOOL AND THREE YEARS AT ARIZONA STATE BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO FLORIDA. CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY BREAKS THROUGH. DOWN INSIDE THE 25 OF ARIZONA, AND JAKE TONGES WITH A NICE BLOCK ALONG THE EDGE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. Mark: THERE ARE SOME KEY.
about Arizona State · atOUT PERFECTLY. Cris: GOING TO HAVE A MESS IN HERE FOR THE ATLANTA FALCONS. THREE GUYS BASICALLY SORT OF RAN INTO EACH OTHER. THEY GOT HIM BLOCKED UP, TRIED TO DROP BACK OUT…
about Atlanta Falcons · at
Who and what is mentioned in this episode?
Companies & orgs
- Atlanta Falcons — Company · 1 mention · first at
Places & events
- Arizona State — Place · Setting · 1 mention · first at
Mentioned in the context of a player's background and gameplay. - Arizona State University — Place · 1 mention
Full transcript with timestamps
30 YEARS LATER, HALL OF FAMER. 7-7 GAME. NINERS GO BACK TO WORK. HERE'S McCAFFREY. WAITS FOR A BLOCK TO DEVELOP. SKIRTS TO THE OUTSIDE, AND GETS 11 ON THE THIRST FIRST PLAY OF THE DRIVE. WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE KICKOFF RETURNS, I'M SURE WITH THAT NEW RULE.
Joe: 49ERS PERFECT BALANCE IN THAT FIRST HALF, GOING TO START THE SECOND WITH A TOSS TO McCAFFREY. AND CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY PINBALLED AHEAD TO MIDFIELD. HE'S ALREADY FAST, AND THEN YOU SHOOT HIM OUT OF A CANNON THERE, AND HE GETS 26.
Greg: SO THINK BACK TO THE FIRST HALF. WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN PURDY HITS THE BACK OF HIS DROP HE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS A LOT BETTER. SEE HOW HE CAN MOVE UP IN THE POCKET? IT BUYS HIM TIME. IT ALLOWS THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
Joe: HE LEFT THE GAME BY THE WAY. JENNINGS IS OUT. KITTLE IS OUT WITH A HAMSTRING ISSUE. CONTINUES TO FEED McCAFFREY. A BIG HOLE FOR CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY'S LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY. INTO SEAHAWKS TERRITORY, A PICK UP OF 14.
Greg: THIS LOOKS LIKE THE 49ERS. LOOK. WATCH JUSZCZYK DO A NICE JOB JUST SECURING THE ED IT INSIDE THE 2.
Kevin: AND HERE IT COMES. MAC JONES IN A CLEAN POCKET, FLOATS IT FOR McCAFFREY, MAKES THE CATCH, TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO! PICTURE-PERFECT THROW FROM MAC JONES TO CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY TO MARCHES THIS TEAM DOWN ON A TWO-MINUTE DRILL AND CAPS IT WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS.
Daryl: AND LOOK AT THE THROW. THAT IS NOT AN EASY THROW. TAYLOR IS LATE GETTING OUT THERE. HE HAS TO GET IT UP OVER THE TOP AND DOWN FOR CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY TO GET HIS FEET INBOUNDS. THAT IS WELL EXECUTED BY MAC JONES. SOL HIGH SCHOOL AND THREE YEARS AT ARIZONA STATE BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO FLORIDA. CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY BREAKS THROUGH. DOWN INSIDE THE 25 OF ARIZONA, AND JAKE TONGES WITH A NICE BLOCK ALONG THE EDGE FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
Mark: THERE ARE SOME KEY BLOCKS HERE. ONE'S THERE, BUT ANOTHER BIG ONE ON THE EDGE. WATCH VALDES-SCANTLING. BOOM, THERE'S TONGES. COVERING UP COLOR 25 SECONDS LEFT FOR MAC JONES, THE BACKUP FOR THE INJURED BROCK PURDY. TRYING TO LEAD A GAME WINNING DRIVE. AND HE DUMPS IT OFF FOR CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY WITH ROOM TO RUN. HERE COMES McCAFFREY. AND IT'S INSIDE THE RED ZONE. 15 SECONDS LEFT. THEY ARE IN POSITION TO ONE THE LEFT.
WATCH THE LITTLE SCREEN ROUTE RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE TO McCAFFREY. YOU GOT TO GET GUYS OUT UNFRONT. LOOK AT BIG BRENDEL LEADING THE CHARGE. EVEN PUNI BOUNCING BACK FROM GETTING THE HOLDING CALL IN THE END ZONE, GIVING ARIZONA A SAFETY. AND THEY GO BACK TO OLD RELIABLE, NUMBER 23. McCAFFREY IS THE BACK. PURDY SHOVEL, McCAFFREY NAVIGATING TO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A FAST FLOW
THIS TIME THEY USE HIM AS A PASS PROTECTOR NEXT TO THE QUARTERBACK. Adam: IN FOR PASS PROTECTION AS HE SAW WHICH LEAVES McCAFFREY ON THE PERIMETER. JOHNSON TRIED TO RUN HIM OUT AND WELL PAST THE 40. A BIG PICKUP ON THIRD AND SHORT GETTING 29 TO McCAFFREY.
Mark: SHOWS THE CHIP LOOK ON THE EDGE AND THEN HE WILL OUTFLANK, LOOKS AT HIM, GOES BACK TO HIM THAT'S ONE OF THE PROGRESSIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE AND BACK TO ONE. SO GOODBYE PURDY DANCING BEFORE HE CUT THAT BALL LOOSE. WHAT A WORKHORSE. AND 10 DAYS OFF. PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN AND A LOT MORE AND 47-YARD LINE. MCCAFFREY, FIRST DOWN SAN FRANCISCO.
YOU GET THE BALLS IN THE HANDS OF 23. YOU GET THE BALLS IN THE HANDS OF 23. WATCH HOW FAST THEY CAN PENETRATE. THAT IS A SCREEN AND CONNOR, BUT HE RECOGNIZED AND GOT THE BALL IN THE HANDS OF THE 23. AND NOW HE IS IN SPACE AND WE KNOW WHAT MCCAFFREY CAN DO WITH THE BALL.
32 RECEPTIONS. AL: THIRD DOWN AND 5. THE MOTION MAN. JONES LOOKS, THROWS TO THE LEFT SIDE. THAT'S HALTED BY MCCAFFREY. HUGE FIRST DOWN. THE CLOCK NOW A SECOND UNDER FIVE MINUTES. 16-YARD GAIN. KIRK: WITH THAT MOTION -- YOU SEE THE GUY RUNNING WITH THE MOTION MAN? HE ENDS UP ON MCCAFFREY. SLIGHT HESITATION THERE
AL: JONES IS THROWING FOR 308 YARDS, TWO TOUCHDOWNS. SWINGS TO THE RIGHT SIDE. MCCAFFREY, NICE MOVE TO THE INSIDE. A BIG GAIN AS HE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE 35 YARD LINE. KIRK: NOW WATCH DEMARCUS ROBINSON DIAL-UP NATE LAMBETH. HE IS NOT EVEN WORRIED ABOUT THE CORNER. HE WANTS TO MAKE THE CORNER HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE A TACKLE. HE IS GOING TO LEAVE CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY AT THE CORNER. WHAT A GREAT DECISION.
Tony: IF HE IS OFFSIDE, HE IS TOO. Jim: NO RUSH TOUCHDOWNS. THEY ARE READY TO END THAT. McCAFFREY, TOUCHDOWN SAN FRANCISCO.
Tony: YOU HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF BRINGING UP CERTAIN STATS WHEN YOU HAVE A FEELING THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE.
Jim: JUST FEELING. BIG TIME BLOCK BY TRENT WILLIAMS. TAKE A LOOK. Tony: THAT'S 10-SECOND RUN OFF. THERE IT IS.
Jim: TO 66 SECONDS. TIM McCAFFREY. SPINS AWAY SOMEHOW AND GETS IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE 38.
Tony: IS SIMPLE PLAYER. THROW IT TO YOUR BEST PLAYER. FEELING FRESH. Cris: AVERAGING 3.1 YARDS PER CARRY. HE'S NEVER BEEN CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN BETTER THAN THAT.
Mike: AND GETS BETTER HERE. THAT'S 15, A FIRST DOWN. AROUND THE 25 YARD LINE. JESSIE BATES TACKLING McCAFFREY.
Cris: SO THEY HAVE BASICALLY ABANDONED THIS ZONE RUNNING SCHEME, AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND JUST TRY AND CAVE EVERYTHING DOWN INSIDE, SAYING HE'S NEVER DEALT WITH SOMETHING THAT LINGERS THIS LONG.
Mike: THE FRUSTRATION AFTER SIGNING THE HUGE DEAL IN THE OFF-SEASON. McCAFFREY THE PITCH ON LEFT DOWN. HE'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF YARDAGE AND THE FIRST YARD LINE. MOVING THE BALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD TONIGHT. THEY'RE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE, 26, 27 WHEN IT COMES TO SCORING.
Mike: McCAFFREY INTO FALCON TERRITORY AT THE 49 YARD LINE AND A FIRST DOWN AFTER A GAIN OF 13. CHRISTIAN'S GOT IT ROLLING TONIGHT.
Cris: LET'S GET GEORGE KITTLE INVOLVED HERE A LITTLE BIT. THE SECOND HALF. THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. IT IS THIRD AND FOUR FOR MAC JONES. HAS SOME TIME, ESCAPES TO HIS LEFT. LOOKING AND THROWING TO McCAFFREY WHO GOES TO THE 1 YARD LINE! FIRST AND GOAL AS McCAFFREY COMES FREE, AND JONES PLAYED IT OUT PERFECTLY. OUT PERFECTLY.
Cris: GOING TO HAVE A MESS IN HERE FOR THE ATLANTA FALCONS. THREE GUYS BASICALLY SORT OF RAN INTO EACH OTHER. THEY GOT HIM BLOCKED UP, TRIED TO DROP BACK OUT, BUT IT GAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MAC JONES TO GET OUTSIDE AND TRENT WILLIAMS TO THROW ONE MORE BLOCK DOWN TO THE 1.
Mike: DEABLO FOR THEM. BERTRAND GOES AFTER THE QUARTERBACK AND THERE'S McCAFFREY.
Cris: WE DON'T SEE MAC JONES SCRAMBLING AROUND A LOT, BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE DOES IT BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON, AND THAT TIME THEY MADE A MISTAKE ON THE INJURY IN HIS LEFT KNEE AS WELL HAS PROVEN HOW TOUGH HE IS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. OBLIQUE INJURY ALSO FOR JONES. THE FALCONS CALLED A TIME-OUT. FIRST AND GOAL, INTO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO!
Cris: A LITTLE BLOCK COMING AT YOU AS THE GUARD PULLS OUT FRANCISCO. Cris: NOT NEARLY AS MUCH PLAY-ACTION IN THIS OFFENSE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN KITTLE AS A PART OF THE PASSING GAME YET. WE WONDER NOW IF HE COMES INTO PLAY.
Mike: McCAFFREY INSIDE, FIRST DOWN. DOWN BY WATTS. HE GETS TO 14 YARD LINE. Cris: WATCH THIS. THE PLAY WAS SUPPOSED TO GO LEFT BUT McCAFFREY WITH SUCH GREAT VISION ACTUALLY WENT OPPOSITE THE DESIGN OF THE PLAY AND TWO DEEP SAFETIES, ZONE WITH A THREE-MAN RUSH AND TRY AND COVER IT UP HERE.
Mike: WHERE'S KITTLE? WHERE'S McCAFFREY? JONES THE THROW. FIRST AND GOAL, SAN FRANCISCO! INSIDE THE 5. KADEN ELLISS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE. WATCH HIM RIGHT HERE. HE'S GOING TO LOOK INTO THE INSIDE AND THEN FIND McCAFFREY RIGHT TO THE OUTSIDE OF ELLISS. THAT'S THE KEY MOMENT. YOU HAVE INSIDE, OUTSIDE. HE GOT HIM TO MOVE TOWARDS THE TIGHT END POSITION THERE IN GEORGE KITTLE AND DRILLED ONE IN THERE TO McCAFFREY. REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK PLAY. RIGHT THERE, ELLISS. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND MAC KEPT SORT OF STARING BACKS DAY. WE'VE JUST DETERMINED THAT.
THE BEST RUNNING BACK HERE PROBABLY McCAFFREY TO CLOSE IT OUT. AND HERE HE IS ON THE RUN INSIDE, PUSHING THE PILE TO THE GOAL LINE, IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN! HAVE A DAY, HAVE A NIGHT, CMC. TD.
Cris: MATT HENNESSY FROM THE CENTER POSITION JUST REFUSED TO LET THIS ONE GO. THAT IS A PULL.
Mike: TENNESSEE IS PUSHING 61. COLBY, THE SEVENTH ROUND ROOKIE GUARD PULLING AS HENNESSY, WHO TO SEE THE NUMBER OF INJURIES AND MOVING PIECES ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL TONIGHT AGAINST A GOOD OFFENSE.
Mike: AND McCAFFREY ADDS TO HIS BIG NIGHT. A TWO-POINT CONVERSION WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO SPARE. THEY NEED TO GET OUT AROUND THE 43.
Kevin: A QUICK TOSS OVER THE MIDDLE, NICE MOVE, STEPS THROUGH THE TACKLE, TRYING TO BREAK THE STINGLEY TACKLE, WHO JUST GOT HIM AROUND THE ANKLES, AND DOWN AT THE 41. A PICK UP OF 27 AFTER TWO BROKEN TACKLES BY MCCAFFREY.
Daryl: THEY'VE DONE A HECK OF A JOB ON CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY HERE TODAY, BUT HE'S JUST TOO GOOD TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL THE ENTIRE GAME. AGAIN, IT'S THAT LITTLE CHECK DOWN. IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD TAKE A FOUR YARD CATCH AND TURN BACK TO THE BALL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE INTERCEPTED. KEVIN: ANOTHER BLOCK IN THERE BY HENNESSEY, AND HE'S DOWN TO THE 10, AND BROUGHT DOWN BY DANE BELTON, A 17-YARD RUN. THEY'LL SAY HIS KNEE HIT AT THE 12. TRENT: JUSZCZYK IS GOING TO GET IN SPACE, GOING TO BE THE ONE TO KICK IT OUT. THAT ALLOWS MCCAFFREY TO GET INSIDE. GOOD JOB STEPPING UP TO THE WITH FOUR SECONDARY PLAYERS INJURED TODAY, JUST ON THIS LINEUP CARD. KEVIN: WILLIAMS WITH MCCAFFREY, TOUCHDOWN. AND EACH QUARTERBACK WITH A TOUCHDOWN PASS ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MEADOWLANDS. TRENT: KEEP AN EYE ON MCCAFFREY COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD HERE.
THE GIANTS RUN A LOT OF MAN COVERAGE. AND THAT TIME HE JUST GOT LOST AS HE SNUCK OUT THROUGH THE BACK HAD HAD. A COUPLE OF TIGHT ENDS, FIRST 10. THEY GOT A BLOCK IN THERE ON BURNS. THAT OPENED THE DOOR, AND LOOK AT HIM PUSH THE PILE. OUT TO THE 44-YARD LINE. THAT IS CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY. IT'S A 12-YARD GAIN, ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO LINE. 20TH FOR NEW YORK, THIRD AND 17. MCCAFFREY. GLOCK, DOWN -- BLOCK. DOWN TO THE 39. THEY WILL SAVE DOWN TO THE 36TH. KEVIN: SECOND DOWN AND 9. TO MCCAFFREY FROM DANIEL JONES. OH, HE'S GOT ROOM TO ROAM. INTO THE SECONDARY, GOT BY BELTON, AND HE COMES BACK AND COMBINES ON THE STOP.
CATCH AND RUN, THE 20 OF THE GIANTS, 39-YARD CATCH AND RUN BY CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY WITH THE HOBBLING CORY BLACK TO THE SIDELINE. TRENT: TWO GUYS WILL COVER KITTLE, AND NOBODY CARRIES MCCAFFREY COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. JUST A COMMUNICATION ISSUE HERE. TWO
HE'S DEALING WITH THAT TOE. HE'S MISSED HIS SEVENTH GAME TODAY. KEVIN: THIRD AND GOAL, MCCAFFREY. THE BLOCK IN THERE, TOUCHDOWN. ANOTHER ONE. SECOND TODAY FOR MCCAFFREY. TED: ONE ON THE GROUND AND ONE THROUGH THE AIR. KEVIN: YEP. 16TH CAREER GAME OF ONE OR MORE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS, AND ONE OR MORE RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS. NOW THE MOST ALL THE TIME. HE'S GOT 16 GAMES LIKE THIS, AND HE BROKE THE TIE WITH MARSHALL FAUL HE SAID I SURE REQUEST, HE IS BALLING.
Kevin: HOLDING SAN FRANCISCO TO 2.8 A CARRY. THEY WILL THROW IT INSTEAD AND McCAFFREY, THAT WORKS, McCAFFREY FIRST DOWN INTO RAMS TERRITORY. DOWN TO THE 44. BELIEVE IT OR NOT COMING INTO TODAY CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY IS SECOND IN THE NFL IN RECEPTIONS. THAT'S WHY.
Tom: CATCHING THE BALL, RUNNING THE BALL. THEY USE HIM SO MUCH. THIS IS A SCREENPLAY, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT BUT HE HAS TWO BLOCKERS OUT FROM THE 1 YARD LINE.
Kevin: OFFICIALLY A 98-YARD RETURN FROM THE 1. McCAFFREY, A JUMP CUT AND IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. AND IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE THE 49ers HAVE THE LEAD.
Daryl: LIKE YOU AFTER THAT JACKSONVILLE GAME. Kevin: HERE McCAFFREY. NICE MOVE. FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF A CREASE AND HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN.
Daryl: HE HAS A CERTAIN PLAY STYLE. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PLAY THE RIGHT TO THAT REAL ESTATE AND WAS THAT LUKE FARRELL INITIATING THE CONTACT OR DID MAX MELTON JUMP INTO HIS WAY?
Kevin: HERE IS PURDY. McCAFFREY ALL ALONE. HE'LL WALK IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN! Daryl: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN A MATCHUP DOWN HERE, AND THIS IS A GREAT JOB AGAIN. WATCH HERE. WATCH THE RELEASE AND THE SHOVE. AND THEN ON CODY SIMON, HE TRIES FRONT OF HIM. AND A DRAW PLAY TO McCAFFREY. AND McCAFFREY SIFTING THROUGH THAT CARDINAL DEFENSE AND A FIRST DOWN. NUDGING THE FOOTBALL TO THE ARIZONA 49. PICK UP OF 12.
Daryl: YEAH A REALLY NICE JOB BY LUKE FARRELL. YOU HELP OUT AND THEN CLIMB. IT'S JUST THAT'S WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG HOLE THAT'S THERE. YOU HAVE GEORGE KITTLE ON THE OUTSID GUY THAT'S BEEN HEALTHY. THE BIG GUNS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, IT'S CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY WHO WAS ALWAYS THERE.
Kevin: LOOKING FOR McCAFFREY ON THE SCREEN. THREE BLOCKERS IN FRONT FOR McCAFFREY. AND A FIRST DOWN. FOR CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY. I LOVE THAT PHRASE. HE'S GOT TO ATTACK PRACTICE AND IT HAS TO BE AGGRESSIVE. TO YOUR POINT, THAT FOOT IN THE TURF AND HOW HE TURNS THAT FOOTBALL LOOSE AND HE IS NOT THINKING ABOUT THE TOE ANYMORE. HE IS THINKING ABOUT THE THROW.
Kevin: AND HE IS THINKING ABOUT, MY GOSH, I COULD GET BACK AND HAVE CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY TO RUN BEHIND KYLE JUSZCZYK.
Kevin: FIRST AND GOAL. TOSS PLAY. McCAFFREY. BLOCKERS IN FRONT. BREAKS A TACKLE. TOUCHDOWN CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY! THE CHERRY ON TOP FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers.
Daryl: IT'S A BIG STATEMENT RIGHT THERE. AND IT JUST SHOWS YO PLAY NUMBER 13 ON THIS DRIVE. TOSS TO McCAFFREY. GETS BLOCKING, AND A TOUCHDOWN! FROM 12 YARDS OUT HE GETS TOUCHDOWN NUMBER SEVEN ON THE GROUND THIS SEASON.
Troy: THE PERIMETER RUN GAME ON THIS POSSESSION THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. JUSZCZYK LEADS THE WAY. THEY ALSO GOT A NICE BLOCK ON THE OUTSIDE BY WIDE RECEIVER BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ, WAS IT? WANTED TO BREAK FREE. AND I GUESS DID. HERE'S McCAFFREY WITH THE FIRST DOWN. BALL COMES OUT BUT HE WAS DOWN. MIKE JACKSON MISSED A TACKLE. WHEN YOU LOSE CORNERS IT ALSO AFFECTS THE RUN DEFENSE. IT'S A PIECE OF IT. AND YOU TALK ABOUT RUN FITS AND ALL THAT. THIRD AND GOAL, MCCAFFERY. TOUCHDOWN! GOT IN THERE. ALL SET UP ON A 66-YARD PUNT RETURN BY SKYY MOORE. A ONE-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FOR CHRISTIAN MCCAFFERY. AND THEY CASH IN ON WHAT WAS A TERRIFIC RETURN BY MOORE. TRENT: WELL, IT'S A DOUBLE-TEAM RIGHT IN THE FRONT. BRENDEL GETS UP ON THE LINEBACKER AND MCCAFFERY GOES RIGHT UP HIS BACK SIDE TO GET INTO THE END HOW GOOD A PLAYER HE'S BECOMING.
OF COURSE JEFFERY SIMMONS, CEDRIC GRAY THE RUN STOPPER. Adam: CAN THEY DO IT AGAIN OR IS IT McCAFFREY? IT'S McCAFFREY. A PENALTY MARKER THROWN ON THE PLAY AS WELL AS CMC TAKES IT IN. AND SWEAT ARE OVER ON THIS SIDE.
Referee: OFF SIDES, DEFENSE NUMBER 53. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? THEY'RE GOING TO RUN TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Adam: HA, HA, HA. Drew: GOOD JOB BY THIS NINERS FRONT. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE LEANING ON THIS, YOU KNOW, KYLE
Joe: SECOND AND GOAL. PURDY. HE'S GOT HIS GUY. AND GUESS WHO? ADMONISH. McCAFFREY.
Joe: CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE PASSING GAME. Troy: THIS IS THE ROUTE. GERMAINE PRATT, THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER, AS CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY, HIS EYES ARE IN THE WRONG SPOT. HE IS LOOKING ALL OVER THE FIELD. DOESN'T PICK UP McCAFFREY UNTIL HE GETS UP ON HIM. JUST AN EASY COMPLETION FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. THERE IS A LOOK AT McCAFFREY WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. BUT IT IS A MISMATCH. REALLY FOR ANY LINEBACKER, TRYING TO RUN AND COVER AFTER COVERING ON THAT KICK. OUT TO THE 31 WENT SKYY MOORE, AND NOW CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY OFF TO A GOOD START.
BROUGHT DOWN BY NICK CROSS, BUT NOT BEFORE HE GOT 12. IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT THIRD DOWN SCRAMBLE BY HIM THAT GAVE SHANAHAN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION.
Joe: McCAFFREY. INSIDE THE 30. JUSZCZYK LEADING THE WAY AGAIN, AND A RUN OF 18 YARDS FOR CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY.
Troy: THIS IS SOME OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR FROM KYLE SHANAHAN AND JUSZCZYK. HE COMES BACK HERE AND THEN HE IS THE LEAD BLOCKER. HE STARTS IN ONE POSITION. THIS ISN'T EASY TO DO. WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WITH HIM.
Joe: McCAFFREY GOT IT, AND THEN SOME. McCAFFREY DOWN INSIDE THE 25S AND OUT OF BOUNDS NEAR THE 21. TRENT WILLIAMS AND KYLE JUSZCZYK PAVE THE WAY, AND McCAFFREY GETS OF THE SEASON. HE'S HAD ONE 20-YARD RUN, 20 YARDS EXACTLY. AND TONIGHT HE JUST SET A NEW PERSONAL RECORD ON THE SEASON AT 24 YARDS.
Joe: BIG TRENT WILLIAMS WAS OUT THERE AND JUST ENVELOPING COLTS DEFENDERS. HELPED GET CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY TOUCHDOWN TO ME.
Joe: AND THEY SNAP IT INSTEAD ON THIRD DOWN AND GOAL. WIDE OPEN, McCAFFREY GETS IT INSTEAD. KITTLE WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES. AS OPPOSED TO THE SEASON HE SET THE RECORD WITH CAROLINA. THE RUNNING YARDS. OVER HERE. McCAFFREY'S FIRST DOWN. SIDELINE. McCAFFREY, LONGEST RUN OF THE YEAR. DOWN AT THE 23 YARD LINE. BY FAR HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE DOWN AT THE 23 YARD LINE. BY FAR HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE SEASON, 43 YARDS.
Cris: WATCH THIS MOVE INSIDE THE HOLE TO GET BACK OUTSIDE. HE'S ON HIS WAY, AND YOU SAW THE WIDE RECEIVERS BLOCKING DOWN THE FIELD. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE 49ers GET IT GOING. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. KEY BLOCKS DOWN THE FIELD. GUYS WORKING, AND McCAFFREY, GOODNESS GRACIOUS. IF HE GETS RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, NO TELLING WHAT THIS OFFENSE COULD BE.
Mike: BACK INTO THAT PLAY, GAP AND EASY THROWING LANE FOR BROCK PURDY. Mike: McCAFFREY. MOVING INSIDE. McCAFFREY, BREAKING FOR 16 YARDS TO THE 5. FIRST AND GOAL, 49ers, AND CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY ALREADY 77 YARDS.
Cris: SO IT'S REALLY JUST AN INSIDE ZONE, RIGHT? WATCH THIS KICKOUT BLOCK ON THE BACKSIDE. JUST PART OF THE ORDINARY COURSE SECONDARY, THAT IS KEVIN BYARD, ABLE TO JUST GET THAT EXTRA SIX, SEVEN YARDS OR MORE.
Mike: FIRST AND GOAL. JUSZCYZYK IN MOTION. LEADING THE WAY FOR McCAFFREY TO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO. CMC TD.
Cris: SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET KEPT THE BEARS OUT OF CERTAIN DEFENSES THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HELP IN THE RUN GAME.
Mike: SAW THE BEARS WITH THREE ACROSS THE BACK WITH NO TIME-OUTS. FROM MIDFIELD AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GET DOWN AND SPIKE IT. THREE SECONDS LEFT. AND TWO, AND ONE, AND NO. WE'LL HIT HALFTIME. McCAFFREY ADDS TO THE RUSHING TURNS SIDEWAYS. EASY TO SEE.
Mike: HE TAKES THE BALL, SAN FRANCISCO 44. 3:14 TO GO. McCAFFREY COMES RIGHT BACK TO HIM. McCAFFREY OUTSIDE. HERE GOES CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY. INSIDE THE 40 TO THE 38 YARD FIRST DOWN.
Cris: MIKE, WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN DOING ALL NIGHT? THIS BOOTLEG IS DESTROYING THEM. YOU COME BACK AROUND THAT WAY AND THEN YOU THROW THEM DOWN AND YOU HAVE ALL YOUR LINEMEN SET OUT THERE TO MAKE THOSE BLOCKS AND THERE YOU GO. WITH McCAFFREY DOWN THE FIELD, DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO EXERT HIMSELF THAT MUCH TO GET HIMSELF FIRST AND 10 FROM THE EAGLES 29 TO START THIS FOURTH QUARTER. MOORE AGAIN. GOING DEEP, MCCAFFREY! TOUCHDOWN 49ERS. THERE IS A FLAG. WAIT. HOLD ON. LET'S SEE WHAT THE FLAG IS. DELIVERS AGAIN.
TOM: SO MUCH DECEPTION. HE ENDS UP BEING THE PASTOR. GIVING IT TO MOORE AND THE JETS SWEEP. I DON'T KNOW WHY BLANKENSHIP COMES OUT OF COVERAGE. HE FEELS MCCAFFREY BUT HE GOES TO APPROACH THE RUNNING BACK, OR EXCUSE ME, JENNINGS. WHO ELSE? CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY DOING IT ALL. GREAT SHOT OF THAT. SHOWS YOU HOW TIGHT IT IS.
KEVIN: THIRD AND GOAL. PURDY, PRESSURE. TOUCHDOWN, SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS MCCAFFREY! EXTRA POINT. BACK TO THE TOUCHDOWN.
TOM: SO CREATIVE. MCCAFFREY COMING ACROSS. YOU WILL BE THE PRIMARY RECEIVER. LATE TO THE PARTY. WIND 57'S EYES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIELD. HE STEPS INTO THE BUCKET TO EVADE SMITH AND IT KIND OF BRINGS PURDY'S EYES BACK TO THE PARTY WHERE MCCAFFREY IS. AND THIS GUY JUST CATCHES EVERYTHING. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. FIRED COVERING THAT ROUTE. 49ers IN A WORLD O THEY NEED SOMETHING TO SETTLE IT DOWN. PURDY. PRESSURE, THEY SET UP A SCREEN. McCAFFREY HAS A GOOD BLOCK AND A GOOD MOVE, FIRST DOWN.
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Who speaks in "Christian McCaffrey 2025 Season Highlights"?
Christian McCaffrey, Joe (Guest), Greg (Guest), Kevin (Host), Daryl (Guest), Cris (Guest), Mike (Guest), Tom (Guest).
What is "Christian McCaffrey 2025 Season Highlights" about?
The highlights from Christian McCaffrey's 2025 season showcase his explosive plays and crucial contributions to the San Francisco 49ers' offense, including dynamic runs and a pivotal touchdown reception from quarterback Mac Jones. As McCaffrey continues to excel on the field, his performance reflects the team's strong offensive strategy and adaptability throughout the season.
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3 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Arizona State, Atlanta Falcons, Arizona State University. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.
How long is "Christian McCaffrey 2025 Season Highlights"?
The episode runs 25 min; the transcript is about 3,637 words in 74 timestamped sections.
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