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I went back and watched a lot of tape on McCaffrey

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I know a ton of people have compared him to Woodhead, Sproles, Dion lewis, etc. However, when I looked through everything, something had caught my eye about him, something that felt extremely similar to someone who had come out a couple of years ago. After I finished my tape session of McCaffrey, I popped on some Michigan state tape from a couple of years back, and one or two Pittsburgh games from last year, McCaffrey reminds me so much of Lev Bell (Mostly from his recent years in Pittsburgh given his increased speed and lighter frame). You watch some of the Stanford games, the patience, receiving, and cutting ability of Christian is incredibly comparable to Bell, it kind of sticks out. So if you were hesitant about the pick still, which I know some people are, I would ask you to watch some games of Lev Bell and compare it to the Stanford tape of this year, you might be surprised by our new running back.
 

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I've felt the same way when watching him.  He has nice cuts, but what sticks out to me is his patience and burst.  I still love Fournette, but I do think McCaffery is going to be way better in the read option than Fournette ever could be.

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2 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

I like to picture McCaffrey in a tuxedo T-shirt because it says I want to be formal, but I'm here to party.

I like to picture him with like giant eagle wings, singing lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd...

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good observation, it's not a coincidence either:

“I love watching Le'Veon Bell,” McCaffrey told King recently. “I think he has a great mix of doing everything as a running back. He is a very good complete back. His patience, setting up his blocks so well, hitting the hole fast, breaking tackles, making people miss … That’s the kind of stuff, when I look at his game and look at my game, what I really try to emulate is the aspect of patience, and not just running full-speed downhill. Let your blocks develop before you hit that hole, try to get in the best position of getting one on one with the safety in the open field, make him miss, and then turn on the jets from there.”

 

“That’s my guy!” Bell said. “That means everything in the world to me. He’s a really special runner. I try to break some things down with him. He sent me a lot of his clips, to see what he could have done, what maybe I would have done on the same play—you know, to critique him a little bit. I think in this off-season I’ll meet up with him and work with him.

“He is a special player. You don’t see too many players who play the running back position who not only can run the ball and pass-protect, but who can catch the ball and who can run routes like a receiver. He’s very lean, very quick, great hands, can run any route … That caught me off guard when I first started watching him at the end of his sophomore year. He ran every route in the route tree.”

http://pit.247sports.com/Bolt/LeVeon-Bell-to-work-with-Stanford-RB-Christian-McCaffrey--49775907

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