Despite the devastating loss of George Kittle to an Achilles tear during the second quarter of their Wild Card matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles this past Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers maintained their composure and had just enough to take down the defending Super Bowl champs, ultimately taking a 23-19 victory to set up a Divisional Round showdown with the Seattle Seahawks.
As it's been all season, one of the main reasons the Niners were able to secure the win was due to the dynamic play of first-team All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, who didn't have the greatest day on the ground, rushing for just 48 yards on 15 carries, but made up for it by catching six passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns, both of which came in the fourth quarter.
With the win, the 49ers are now 11-2 this season in games in which CMC goes for at least 100 total yards from scrimmage.
With his two scores against the Eagles, the first of which, of course, came on an incredible pass from wide receiver Jauan Jennings, McCaffrey ended up making several different kinds of playoff history.
Christian McCaffrey has scored a TD in every single postseason game he's ever played
For starters, McCaffrey has now scored at least one touchdown in each of the eight postseason games in which he's appeared, marking the longest such streak to start a career in NFL history.
The Stanford alum recorded a receiving score in his lone playoff game with the Carolina Panthers as a rookie during the 2017 season and now has 10 total touchdowns (six rushing, four receiving) in his seven postseason contests with San Francisco. With those 11 total scores, he's now tied for 14th on the all-time playoff touchdowns list, sitting alongside LeGarrette Blount, Steve Smith Sr., and Damien Williams.
Speaking of Williams, before Sunday, he and Buffalo Bills legend Thurman Thomas were the only two running backs in league history to tally five receiving touchdowns in the postseason. But as McCaffrey's two scores were obviously of that variety, there's now a three-way tie atop that particular list.
As mentioned, McCaffrey now has 10 total postseason touchdowns in a 49ers uniform, thus tying him with fellow running back Ricky Watters for the second-most in team history. In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, the great Jerry Rice leads the way with 19. Rice also sits atop the all-time postseason TDs list with 22, as he notched three in five playoff outings with the then-Oakland Raiders.
McCaffrey will obviously be looking to extend his streak and move up on each of these lists on Saturday night in Seattle.