The season debut of Christian McCaffrey helped make the San Francisco 49ers offense look more like it did a year ago than it did in an up-and-down first half of the season.

Christian McCaffrey wasn't eased back into action when he made his return to the field on Sunday afternoon against the Buccaneers

Indeed, simply having McCaffrey back on the field helped the 49ers offense begin to get back to its roots. Much like other teams that have played the 49ers this season, the Bucs played more man coverage than usual, dropping from their preferred zone coverage rate of 75.7% average to 60% against San Francisco.