One year on: Rating Christian McCaffrey

[CatTower]

2017: 4/10; just looked pretty 1 dimensional and ineffective in the run game.  Was basically Cam's scapegoat.

2018: 3/10; If he's the feature back, I think we're going to be in big trouble with the departure of Norwell, R. Kalil's iffy status, and M. Kalil being a practice dummy.  

[Paa Langfart]

A solid B across the board.

[ecu88]

As a RB, he was about 8===D

As a WR, he was 8=======D

On a whole, 8=====D

[davos]

I'll give him a James Spader 1992 on the Rob Lowe scale.  

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

would have been amazing value as a 4th round or later pick/10

[iamhubby1]

    He had over a 1,000 all purpose yards last year. I would say that merits about a 7/10.

 

    With Norv around, I expect that number to increase. Giving him a shot at around and 8/10.

 

    Man, I can't wait to see what Norv can do with this kid!!!!!!!!!

[Mikey815]

27 minutes ago, CatTower said:

2017: 4/10; just looked pretty 1 dimensional and ineffective in the run game.  Was basically Cam's scapegoat.

2018: 3/10; If he's the feature back, I think we're going to be in big trouble with the departure of Norwell, R. Kalil's iffy status, and M. Kalil being a practice dummy.  

We need to bolster our run blocking or nobody will be successful. With decent blocking and about 15 carries per game I think cmc can get 80 receptions and a 1000 yards rushing. Maybe 1700 yards from scrimmage 

[TheSpecialJuan]

OVERRATED

[Mikey815]

3 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

OVERRATED

Without cmc as an outlet last year cam would have been doomed with nobody to get first downs

[uncfan888]

Sucks that this guy has now gone to making dumb threads

[panther4life]

Not going to try and place a grade on him but here’s how I feel so far. 

He was a huge part of our offense last year. He’s such an easy dumpoff option for Cam and is great at getting  yards after the catch. 

I am not impressed by his between the tackles running so far. He sure seemed to be able to absorb Shulas playbook quickly and could play multiple roles in it. I expect more of the same with Norv.

I’m more optimistic about him now than I was when we drafted him, however I do see a need to pair him with a more traditional back who can also catch as well. 

 

[panthers55]

CMC isn't a between the tackles runner and shouldn't get all the carries. He is more valuable to us as a slot receiver, check down guy and someone who can take a pitch and get around the corner. Running him up the middle was a waste of time particularly when Kalil was out. He needs to be a feature back but not to ground and pound. He is more of a juke and jam kind of guy.

[Kevin Greene]

2 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

CMC isn't a between the tackles runner and shouldn't get all the carries. He is more valuable to us as a slot receiver, check down guy and someone who can take a pitch and get around the corner. Running him up the middle was a waste of time particularly when Kalil was out. He needs to be a feature back but not to ground and pound. He is more of a juke and jam kind of guy.

I also think he is capable of contributing much more on Special Teams than he showed his rookie year.

[Doyle]

I wonder how far he would have fallen if we hadn’t selected him.  Could we have traded down 5-10 slots and still drafted him?   I still feel like he was a 2nd rounder as far as value.