Christian McCaffrey tallied his first touchdown with the San Francisco 49ers Sunday.
As no one in the world predicted, it came on a long touchdown pass to a wide receiver.
McCaffrey took a backward pass from quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo early in the second quarter and found wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk wide-open for a 34-yard touchdown.
It's tricky!@CMC_22 TD pass to @THE2ERA 🏈
📺 #SFvsLAR on FOX pic.twitter.com/9CcXXH3XU7
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) October 30, 2022
Really, who expected this from McCaffrey when the 49ers acquired him via a trade with the Carolina Panthers on Oct. 20? Remember all the speculation about how quickly the versatile back could pick up the 49ers playbook? If they’re digging this deep into the offensive plays just 10 days later that seems a moot point now.
In case you’re wondering, CMC has completed two passes in his career, for 84 yards and two TDs.
NFL fans loved the play by CMC.
“The Panthers traded their best QB and didn’t even know it,” tweeted Will Brinson.
More than a few fans had fun at the expense of Jimmy G.
“Don’t any of you dare make jokes about how Christian McCaffrey throws a better deep ball than Jimmy Garoppolo, because the fact is that it isn’t a joke,” tweeted East Bay Chris.
The Panthers traded their best QB and didn’t even know it pic.twitter.com/gMU74fTGij
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) October 30, 2022
Don’t any of you dare make jokes about how Christian McCaffrey throws a better deep ball than Jimmy Garoppolo, because the fact is that it isn’t a joke.
— East Bay Chris (@EastBayChris) October 30, 2022
CMC is qb1
— 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣 (@mctlnxx) October 30, 2022
Most Pass TD with over 30+ Air Yards this season on 49ers
Christian McCaffrey 1
Jimmy Garoppolo 0 pic.twitter.com/gfQ7h1OkSp— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 30, 2022
Christian McCaffrey tossing TDs for my fantasy team: pic.twitter.com/Bpe2t5x8X9
— Rotoworld Football (@rotoworld_fb) October 30, 2022
Jimmy G pic.twitter.com/3xntHZKxxK
— Sean (@SeanMcIntyre403) October 30, 2022
Christian McCaffrey's first TD as a 49er is a … 34-yard PASSING touchdown.pic.twitter.com/tnQYKZU25f
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 30, 2022
Safe to say Christian McCaffrey has learned the whole playbook now?
— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) October 30, 2022
One final note: McCaffrey’s pass traveled 37.2 yards in the air, making it the longest completion by air distance by a running back in the Next Gen Stats era (since 2016).
Christian McCaffrey's 34-yard TD pass to Brandon Aiyuk traveled 37.2 yards in the air, the longest completion by air distance by a running back in the NGS era (since 2016).
It was also the first @49ers deep TD pass (20+ air yards) of the season.#SFvsLAR | #FTTB pic.twitter.com/JMUBYj78pv
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 30, 2022
