CMC

[Cary Kollins]

One of the main players CMC is compared to is Lesean McCoy.

According to PFF, McCoy is fifth worst in yards after contact.

"LeSean McCoy. As ESPN pointed out, McCoy has been one of the best backs at avoiding early contact, and that helped him average 4.41 yards per carry with the Buffalo Bills in 2015. But once he was touched, he didn’t gain much yardage – his 1.47 YAC was fifth-worst.

Another thing that makes the list of best and worst backs for yards after contact in 2015 is that none of the top five or bottom five were among the top 10 rushers in the NFL. Perhaps that’s an indication that blocking is every bit as important as the running back’s ability to break a tackle."

 

To McCaffrey's credit, I have no doubts if YAContact is an area he struggles in, he will do everything in his power in the offseason to improve.

[Ace_Aladdin]

1 minute ago, Pantha-kun said:

I agree though he could really stand to gain 10 lbs and add some power to his game . Part of what makes Kareem hunt so good is that I always see him just bounce off tackles  

IMO a year under NFL conditioning will get him stronger and bigger without sacrificing speed & agility.

[caatfan]

2 minutes ago, Pantha-kun said:

I agree though he could really stand to gain 10 lbs and add some power to his game . Part of what makes Kareem hunt so good is that I always see him just bounce off tackles  

His quickness and cutting ability is what makes him special.  He's as bulked up now as he's meant to be.

[imminent rogaine]

35 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's interesting how race seems to always factor into player comparisons.

CMC has always reminded me of a smaller, lighter, shorter, faster, shiftier, less powerful, more athletic, better-catching version of Toby Gerhart

[TheRed]

Clearly we drafted a talented player. But this run game needs to get going if we're wanting to make it to the postseason and beyond. There's no sugar coating it.

[Pantha-kun]

4 minutes ago, caatfan said:

His quickness and cutting ability is what makes him special.  He's as bulked up now as he's meant to be.

That's probably not good then . Cmc is built like a WR and will just keep going down at first or 2nd contact . That mean he's going to be like a WR who occasionally in for runs like he is now. Which isn't bad per say if he continues to do well receiving , he just won't be that great of a running back 

[saints4lifeagain]

He's having an impressive rookie year. Probably the 3rd or 4th best rookie RB so far.

[Pantha-kun]

Keep in mind David johnson, leveon bell, Ezekiel Elliot are all 2 inches or less taller than McCaffrey , so it's certainly not his height but his body weight and upper body muscle mass .these other dudes have like 20lbs on McCaffrey and they are still very fast , maybe not quite as shifty but at least some level of power or ability to somehow shed tackles is critical to being a good runner of the football unless your name is Barry Sanders 

[Pantha-kun]

I don't think anyone can argue that he hasn't been a very important contributor to the team so far.  But in terms of rushing he's not been very impressive at all .

 

Admittedly some of it is him just not getting carries (iirc less then 10 every game except game 1 and only 3 carries vs the Lions ). It makes me wonder how he would do if he was getting 20+ like Zeke and Fournette. But I guess with the way we are using McCaffrey , you have to combine his rushing and receiving touches and combine those state to  compare them to rushing touches and yards of other backs . 

The coaches seem determined not to use cmc much as a runner as long as Stew is healthy 

[Mr. Scot]

The only thing I'd say about McCaffrey is with his skill set, he's probably more ideally suited to a West Coast type offense where they do zone/cut blocking and such.

That doesn't mean we can't use him, of course. We just have to do it the right way.

[dldove77]

1 hour ago, Cary Kollins said:

 

It's ridiculous we're not running no huddle all the damn time.

Maybe second half of the season we’ll see it more, as Cam gets healthier and more comfortable with the tweaks to the offense. 

I really think no huddle is when Cam is at his best. 

[Wolfcop]

He is a great runner, but it's hard to run when there is no hole to run through. It's not like Stewart is out there raking up yards.

[SuperCamDaGawd]

I been said since he was drafted that CMC is a slot receiver like Edelman. Use him the same way

[Cary Kollins]

I think we’ll see the rushing attack get going now that teams have to respect Cam as a passer.