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McCaffrey, in particular, ranked 37th in the NFL in EPA/rush with his 0.97 average yards before contact, coming in at 46th in the league. On outside zone runs, McCaffrey's yards-before-contact number falls to 0.63.
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McCaffrey's 0.97 YBC and 37th EPA/rush rank signal ground-game inefficiency.

McCaffrey ranked 37th in EPA/rush with 0.97 yards before contact and 46th in the league on that metric; on outside zone runs specifically, his yards-before-contact drops to 0.63, indicating the 49ers' rushing attack (ranked 16th in success rate at 42.4%) struggled to generate early-down efficiency despite McCaffrey's elite pass-game production.

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