The 49ers have fought through a spate of early-season injuries to emerge as one of the best teams in the NFL, moving to 5-2 on the year after an impressively physical 20-10 win over the Falcons on Sunday Night Football. It marked the return of All-Pro tight end George Kittle, who had been sidelined with a right hamstring injury the previous five games. Kittle did not fill up the stat sheet as Mac Jones's two passes in his direction fell incomplete, but the San Francisco offense hummed along quite nicely as Christian McCaffrey accounted for 201 total yards while finding the end zone twice.
The 49ers are a sum of their parts and synonymous with total team football so while it was somewhat surprising to see Kittle invited onto the SNF set to discuss the win, it makes sense.
