What Happens When Christian McCaffrey Faces A Normal NFL Linebacker?

[PandaPancake]

1 hour ago, Snake said:

Also shows you how good Cmac is as well. Probably one or two Lbs in the league that can cover him. 

And they're all on our team.

[Jeremy Igo]

Yes, the drill is to the advantage of the offensive player. 

 

But it should be a hell of a lot closer of a play than what CMC is putting on guys regularly. 

[dpm0409]

1 hour ago, panthers55 said:

If you played football or linebacker specifically you would also know that while these drills favor the offensive player given you have no help and there is no pressure on the quarterback to throw it right away, you also only have one assignment which is defend the pass. You know who it is going to be thrown to, you don't have to worry about a run and you can focus on the break and maybe even start backpedaling early. The fact he was beaten so badly is a testament to how shifty CMC is given the defender could easily figure out what was coming 

 

21 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Yes, the drill is to the advantage of the offensive player. 

 

But it should be a hell of a lot closer of a play than what CMC is putting on guys regularly. 

[Hogmolliesmaht]

I'm not sure too many corners can cover CMac one on one.

[Woodie]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

But it should be a hell of a lot closer of a play than what CMC is putting on guys regularly. 

This is the reason for all the excitement.  And it's not an anomaly.  We are seeing CMC regularly do whatever he wants against some of the top LB's in the league...as a rookie.  So there absolutely is reason to have high expectations for him. 

[UpstatePanther]

It may favor the offensive player @KaseKlosed but Woodyard looked like a fugging turtle on that play. CMC had him shook before he knew what the fug he was doing. 

I swear to God I'm not going to be able to stand up in BoA for the raging boner I'll have at all our offensive talent on every damn play lol

[Joe the Show]

Isn't woodyard the guy who tried to fight Cam for dancing?  He is gonna have a bad time when CMC breaks into the 'dougie' after scoring on Saturday.

P.S. is the Dougie still a dance?  And if so, could someone teach me how?

[Snake]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Yes, the drill is to the advantage of the offensive player. 

 

But it should be a hell of a lot closer of a play than what CMC is putting on guys regularly. 

I would bet no team uses any thing other than a SS to cover him. He is way to fast for Lbs. 

[ncsfinest21]

They will force teams to use zone coverage with CMC in there. 1 on 1 CMC will roast linebackers while DBs backs are turned.

[Sam Mills Fan]

The hype is so overwhelming with McCaffrey. If he can even meet a small chunk of the hype this fan base has for him, he's going to be amazing.

[top dawg]

I think that Tim Weaver of USA Today had the most meaningful take on this:

Of course these kinds of drills tend to favor the offensive player by definition. However, the insane level of separation that McCaffrey is getting over and over again is going to translate well in a real game.

[shaqattaq]

4 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Good lord, that's what I assume it'd look like if I was trying to cover an NFL RB. At no point was he even close to covering CMC.

I think he was playing zone during 1-on-1's.

[clarkwt135]

Get a safety covering CMC then send the Byrdgang deep and see what happens. A BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

[Hoenheim]

1 hour ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

The hype is so overwhelming with McCaffrey. If he can even meet a small chunk of the hype this fan base has for him, he's going to be amazing.

the sad thing is we're not going to see him on full display until Sept 10th. They're probably making it a point to not throw him a bunch of passes or use him much at WR in pre-season so we're not tipping off the 49ers what were going to do on day 1.