Christian McCaffrey in pass protection

[OriginalPantherDan]

1 hour ago, Castavar said:

 CMC has a good starting point. Pass pro is the hardest thing to get down for rookie RB's not named Zeke. Besides, he shouldn't be seeing that much pass pro in games anyway, unless Shula goes full retard (which wouldn't be the first time).

[rico6]

1 hour ago, Thunderbird037 said:

Pretty sure Stewart was terrible in pass protection his first few years, and worked himself up to the top over the last couple.  I think CMC is in good hands with Jim Skipper.

Yeah, I don't recall that.

[Thunderbird037]

1 minute ago, rico6 said:

Yeah, I don't recall that.

This is from 2012: 3 Years of Pass Blocking Efficiency

And this year: https://twitter.com/PFF/status/875295840990003200

[caatfan]

17 minutes ago, Thunderbird037 said:

This is from 2012: 3 Years of Pass Blocking Efficiency

And this year: https://twitter.com/PFF/status/875295840990003200

Quite a turnaround. I'm impressed. 

[CatMan72]

2 hours ago, vorbis said:

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.

Was going to say the same thing, he's reaching for his blocks which was how Mayo beat him... he didn't get beat on size or strength he got beat on technique. Good news is he's a smart kid and this can be easily coached out of him, other good news is we plan to split him out in the slot a lot where pass pro skills are not needed. 

[Mr. Scot]

3 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

He won't reach his full potential as far as playing time until the coaching staff is confident in his pass blocking. 

I've always hated that part of our coaching strategy.

[Ace_Aladdin]

1 hour ago, Thunderbird037 said:

This is from 2012: 3 Years of Pass Blocking Efficiency

And this year: https://twitter.com/PFF/status/875295840990003200

 

1 hour ago, caatfan said:

Quite a turnaround. I'm impressed. 

 

Another nice nugget for J-Stew

 

[Ace_Aladdin]

 

[rico6]

2 hours ago, Thunderbird037 said:

This is from 2012: 3 Years of Pass Blocking Efficiency

And this year: https://twitter.com/PFF/status/875295840990003200

Noice

[Daddy_Uncle]

He's a weapon, not a pass blocker. He won't have to do much of it anyways. But its all coachable stuff and he is a hard worker and quick learner

[KSpan]

His job on Mayo wasn't great but it wasn't awful either. Cash made a hell of a move, totally exploiting CMC's poor technique, and looked very quick. 

[panthers55]

I hope McCaffrey is the checkdown and not pass blocking on most any passing play.  His useful as a weapon far exceeds his usefulness as a blocker.

[Kevin Greene]

One thing opposing defenses will know. CMC will be somewhere other than pass protection most all the time.

[Ace_Aladdin]

3 hours ago, panthers55 said:

I hope McCaffrey is the checkdown and not pass blocking on most any passing play.  His useful as a weapon far exceeds his usefulness as a blocker.

2 back formation gives you the ability to run with power or spread them out with J-Stew / McCaffrey combo

Its crazy how good Brady is at creating mismatch, Cam needs to learn how to motion/shift formations & identify pre-snap  the mismatch to target.

 

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https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-why-the-patriots-have-the-best-short-pass-game-in-the-nfl-brady-gronkowski-amendola

So how do they do it? By playing matchups. 2.2 seconds isn’t enough to scan the whole field and decipher the intricacies of the defensive scheme. Much of Brady’s decision-making comes from the pre-snap alignment of the defense. Once he receives the ball, Brady does little more than read the defenders in a small area of the field to be able to get rid of it so swiftly. Below is the setup of the first play to start the second half in the Pats’ playoff game against the Chiefs.

The press on the outside and head-up alignments elsewhere with a safety in the middle of the field strongly suggests man coverage (the Chiefs are also a very man-heavy team). Brady sees that the coverage has also isolated Rob Gronkowski on Tyvon Branch. Advantage: New England. Brady resets the formation into what we see below to capitalize on this mismatch.

Gronk splits out even wider while James White is moved from the backfield to the slot, taking linebacker Derrick Johnson with him. The Chiefs don’t audible out, so the Pats run one of the most widely used route concepts in the NFL today, the slant-flat. Gronk’s slant route is great versus man coverage. The flat route is not a man-beater, but it does the job of removing the linebacker from underneath the slant. If they were to run the same routes from their previous alignments, Johnson would have flashed right through the passing window when Brady wanted to throw and it wouldn’t have been nearly as clean a window. Instead the result is an easy 18-yard completion as Brady puts on a masterclass in quarterbacking.

 

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A superhuman vs. a cyborg.

Who wins?

In the battle of the supernatural, McCaffrey and TD work against each other in a 1v1 matchup. Cam Newton throws the dumpoff to CMC, and the match vs. these supernatural beings commences. Not an easy matchup for anyone, unless you're superhuman like McCaffrey.

Let's watch that again in slow motion:

McCaffrey calls upon his superhuman ability to distort time and space to his advantage, freezing Thomas Davis in his space. To do that to a cyborg of TD's caliber is no easy feat, but CMC makes it look like clockwork.

Man, week 1 can't come fast enough.