Christian McCaffrey in pass protection

[Jeremy Igo]

Today was the first day to observe Christian McCaffrey in pass protection drills. Lined up 1 on 1 versus a Linebacker of safey, CMC's job was to keep them away from the "quarterback". 

 

He didn't do so well against the linebackers. Out muscled my Mayo and just out played by Cash. 

 

McCaffrey did far better against the safety McCray, someone more his size. 

 

This is a starting point for McCaffrey. The goal will not be to improve on this as camp continues on into the preseason. He won't reach his full potential as far as playing time until the coaching staff is confident in his pass blocking. 

 

 

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Thanks for the videos. CMC's versatility will still get him a lot of reps though. He just won't be the workhorse RB until they can trust him to pass block.

[vorbis]

he's lunging and not keeping his head up. i noticed this in highlight cutups of him after the draft.

he will get punished in pass pro until he keeps his shoulders over his hips, with his eye level up, trusting the leverage of his base rather than the force generated by pushing forward.

no reason to think that someone with his track record can't improve technique on something like this, and at an accelerated pace.

[hepcat]

And commence lining him at at WR more and more

[PhillyB]

if your OC is consistently using christian mccaffrey in pass pro your OC might be mike shula

[Hogmolliesmaht]

1 minute ago, PhillyB said:

if your OC is consistently using christian mccaffrey in pass pro your OC might be mike shula

Who has suggested that's going to happen?

[PhillyB]

1 minute ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

Who has suggested that's going to happen?

my steve smith source

[Saca312]

Yep. This has been an issue his college career. Not keeping his head up and lunging.

Hope to see that improve later. He's shown he can do it, but need more consistency from him.

[Hogmolliesmaht]

3 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

my steve smith source

lol...I rest my case.

[caatfan]

I wonder how much he had to pass block at Stanford. Not much I hope. At any rate, I wouldn't design too many long pass plays with the kid as a pass protector.

[PhillyB]

1 minute ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

lol...I rest my case.

not really, i was just looking for an opening to bag on shula

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Just now, PhillyB said:

not really, i was just looking for an opening to bag on shula

Yeah, I kind of figured that, lol.

 

In all seriousness though, I won't be mad if CMC is never a "workhorse" back. His job is to create mismatches and make plays, regardless of where he lines up.

[Saca312]

Just now, caatfan said:

I wonder how much he had to pass block at Stanford. Not much I hope. At any rate, I wouldn't design too many long pass plays with the kid as a pass protector.

He actually did quite a few times. He whiffed a few due to putting his head low but showed flashes of handling it well.

On the one seen above, Watch as McCaffrey rolls his hips, sits down, and pushes up the Washington DT to a standing position. Good technique all around. You want to see more of this.

If he keeps his head up, he generally does well and wins. However, he does need a lot of work to get used to countering moves and such.

 

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

should have taken fournette. god damn gettleman