The San Francisco 49ers have so far carried their Week 10 form into Week 11.

San Francisco, having crushed the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-3 last week, leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13-7 at the half.

The Niners had something of a slow start, but soon found their stride and are currently in position to move to 7-3, but events in the closing stages of the first half ensured this game is far from over.

The CMC streak returns, with a supporting act

After seeing his NFL-record touchdown streak end at 17 consecutive games last week, Christian McCaffrey was back in the endzone on San Francisco's second drive.

McCaffrey had 42 yards on six touchdowns on that series, but the Niners' second scoring drive saw him take an unexpected break.

Rarely spelled this season, McCaffrey gave way to Elijah Mitchell, who had 24 yards rushing to help set up a Jake Moody field goal. The Niners need to keep McCaffrey fresh for what they hope will be a deep postseason run, and Mitchell running with that level of success will help.

49ers make Baker feel the rush

The 49ers' pass rush was rejuvenated in Jacksonville as San Francisco sacked Trevor Lawrence five times, and the Niners quickly made Baker Mayfield feel their presence.

San Francisco sacked Mayfield twice in the first half, including one split by Nick Bosa and Fred Warner on which the latter forced a fumble to end a promising Tampa Bay drive.

With 49ers clearly enjoying a significant advantage on the interior of the trenches against the Bucs' O-Line, they'll hope to make their pressure tell in an even bigger way in the second half.

End of half failings

But it's a second half in which the Niners will have plenty of work to do because of how they finished the first.

After settling for a field goal after driving to the 19-yard line to go up 10-0, the 49ers had a clear chance to get the ball back when Tampa Bay faced second and 19 following an Arik Armstead sack.

Instead, they subsequently allowed a 27-yard completion to Cade Otton and the Bucs then drove to the 49ers' one-yard line, with Mayfield then finding Mike Evans for a touchdown.

San Francisco's offense looked set to put them back in clear command after a 37-yard catch and run from Brandon Aiyuk, but they again settled for a field goal having drove to the Tampa Bay 10, giving the Bucs the chance to take the lead on the first possession of the second half.

Twice being unable to punch the ball in from the red zone and giving up a huge play on second and long on defense is the antithesis of complementary football, and the 49ers now need to make sure it does not cost them.

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