Analysis: Is Christian McCaffrey The Real Deal?

[csx]

Analysis: We don't know. 

[Jon Snow]

3 minutes ago, Pantha-kun said:

Stewart looks a lot trimmer. Wonder if that'll affect his power game or not.

I wouldn't call his game a power back but rather a hard to get a hold of and bring down kind of back if that makes sense?  His stiff arm is brutal and he bounces off tackelrs like a pinball much better than he does trying to run over them.  I like his style though.  Reminds me of a back that played for Seattle back in the day.  No it wasn't Marshawn.

[Hogmolliesmaht]

There is no doubt in my mind that Shula knows how to use CMC. Keep in mind that knowing how to use him means he WILL be running between the tackles because CMC is as good at that as he is anything else.

[Saca312]

1 minute ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

There is no doubt in my mind that Shula knows how to use CMC. Keep in mind that knowing how to use him means he WILL be running between the tackles because CMC is as good at that as he is anything else.

Christian McCaffrey thrives in outside zone formations, and I think we ran that more than we ever have in the past. That was a positive sign we're pointing in the right direction.

[Hogmolliesmaht]

1 minute ago, Saca312 said:

Christian McCaffrey thrives in outside zone formations, and I think we ran that more than we ever have in the past. That was a positive sign we're pointing in the right direction.

His best run of the night was up the gut with Dickson leading him through the hole though. In fact, if the DB wouldn't have gone after  Dickson's knees and knocked his feet back into CMC, that probably would have been a long TD run.

[csx]

Schwartz said he saw us run outside zone and that was something he said we have not used. I can't remember the exact wording but he might have said he had never known us to use it.

[mikeholiday]

3 hours ago, Saca312 said:

To give context, Christian McCaffrey had 7 carries for 33 yards, or 4.7 yards per attempt. Leonard Fournette had 9 carries for 31 yards, or 3.4 yards per attempt.

Think on that for a moment.

Come on. Do I even have to mention sample sizes. Not to mention you seem like a film guy and should know how such stats can lie. 

[Saca312]

55 minutes ago, csx said:

Schwartz said he saw us run outside zone and that was something he said we have not used. I can't remember the exact wording but he might have said he had never known us to use it.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I hope not, God TRD was a horrible poster

[falconidae]

On 8/11/2017 at 9:33 AM, Saca312 said:

To give context, Christian McCaffrey had 7 carries for 33 yards, or 4.7 yards per attempt. Leonard Fournette had 9 carries for 31 yards, or 3.4 yards per attempt.

Think on that for a moment.

Would part of the context be that Fournette had 3 straight carries that only netted 8 yards, but that it was 1st and goal from the 8 and he scored a TD on the 3rd carry?

[Saca312]

5 minutes ago, falconidae said:

Would part of the context be that Fournette had 3 straight carries that only netted 8 yards, but that it was 1st and goal from the 8 and he scored a TD on the 3rd carry?

Well contextually, the Jaguars employed a power downhill scheme on every one of his carries. That's something Cam can't run effectively, but since the Jags don't have a good QB either way it works for Fournette. 

Either way, the Jags o-line opened up good holes for him and are one of the few teams who are flexible enough to build their gameplan around Fournette.

[falconidae]

22 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

Well contextually, the Jaguars employed a power downhill scheme on every one of his carries. That's something Cam can't run effectively, but since the Jags don't have a good QB either way it works for Fournette. 

Either way, the Jags o-line opened up good holes for him and are one of the few teams who are flexible enough to build their gameplan around Fournette.

Noticed you didn't answer the question.

[panthers55]

Shula is going to make McCaffrey offensive rookie of the year just like he made Cam rookie of the year and in 2015 MVP. He doesn't hold anyone back. Cam is third among all quarterbacks in Total TDs through his first 6 seasons trailing only Marino and Peyton Manning. Pretty good company considering he was injured much of 2014 and a good portion of 2016. The whole Shula crap is simply that. In 2016 our defense was 29th yet our offense was still 17th in scoring with Cam hurt and our offensive line decimated. If you look at our rankings for the past 2 years our offensive rankings have been higher than our defensive ranking with arguably poorer personnel.

[Saca312]

@panthers55 Shula was not our OC in 2011 or 2012.