McCaffrey doubters

[Pup McBarky]

1 minute ago, Mikey818 said:

We are in the Roids era. Cmc used his lateral moves to avoid big hits. Bigger guys like  stewart and others are bigger targets and will get hurt more. Tiki barber was smaller than cmc and wS durable He played fairly recently as is mccoy 

I hope you're right. It's actually not the 320 lb DTs that frighten me, it's the 240 lb LB who runs just as fast as CMC...or the 220 lb safety...you can't dodge what you don't see coming. I certainly hope he's durable, but we don't really know that yet.

[Ace_Aladdin]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

We had a contingent of people last year who were fairly negative about the McCaffrey pick, and likewise about his ability to be a feature back in the NFL.

McCaffrey has certainly looked good this preseason. He's been used a lot, and the general expectation is that Norv Turner understands how to do that where our previous OC didn't.

Of course, as anybody who's watched football for a while knows, preseason can be deceiving.

So my question would be who among our number still doubts or questions that McCaffrey will be an effective running back this year. If so, why?

I'd also like to hear from anyone who was a doubter or a critic last year but is on board with the hype train now. What changed your mind?

I’ll say he will have more receiving yards than rushing.

[Mother Grabber]

9 minutes ago, Pup McBarky said:

I hope you're right. It's actually not the 320 lb DTs that frighten me, it's the 240 lb LB who runs just as fast as CMC...or the 220 lb safety...you can't dodge what you don't see coming. I certainly hope he's durable, but we don't really know that yet.

those concerns are the same for any RB.

[Mikey818]

2 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

those concerns are the same for any RB.

Yes because even a 230 pound back is smaller than those guys and more likely to get hit square 

[micnificent28]

I was his biggest critic. And I stand by my claim.. He doesn’t,well didn’t display the between the tackle running ability or size of a top 10 back. If you go through the last few years and look at the backs who went to 10 CMC looks nothing like them, and still isn’t in there league as far as running between the tackles and being an everydown back.

But saying that his versatility and ablity to line up else where on pass downs dwarfs all of them. I always felt he was a good football player, but only if u have he luxary of not needing him to be a everydown grinder up the gut. Are my douts gone? Not really this is preseason, no one is scheming and the best defenders aren’t likely to be playing much(peppers, Khalil Mack and so on). Results have been very good and I’m impressed at his play thus far.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

It's preseason. If he crushes it this upcoming season I'll admit I was wrong about the white boi. But, its fuging preseason.

[Pup McBarky]

9 minutes ago, Mother Grabber said:

those concerns are the same for any RB.

Of course, but that's irrelevant to my point. CMC hasn't proven to be durable under a heavy NFL workload. I certainly hope he is, but it's not a foregone conclusion. A durable NFL RB takes those hits repeatedly and keeps going. We'll see if that's the case with CMC. Of course, one thing that aids in this regard are the new safety rules. Hopefully CMC isn't "too young" to get those calls.

[Mr. Scot]

44 minutes ago, arbnranger said:

Haha Yep, along with Rathman, Alstot and Lorenzo Neal 

No mention of original Panther Howard Griffith?

[firefox1234]

As many people said I just thought we reached to high at #8 for him especially when you look at how well Kamara, Hunt, and Cook are doing but I’m very satisfied that we have Mccaffery...

[bigdog10]

I have my fears that we will break him. The whole 25-30 touches a game should concern everybody here. 

I have no desire to see Him take a pounding in games when we have a lead or are trying to burn clock. I’d much rather see CJ or Cap get those carries. 

[Waldo]

I certainly was a doubter. The dude has proven me wrong. His extra strength and weight is making a huge difference in his run game this year. Last year was kind of what I feared with him and I couldn't be happier that he made the changes because his total game is awesome now.

[Moo Daeng]

One of the most impressive things about Mccaffery is how much he was asked to do. As a rookie he was given a lot to do and he didnt struggle with any major mental mistakes that I was aware of.

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

As many people said I just thought we reached to high at #8 for him especially when you look at how well Kamara, Hunt, and Cook are doing but I’m very satisfied that we have Mccaffery...

The Kamara comparison got brought up pretty frequently.

[arbnranger]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

No mention of original Panther Howard Griffith?

How could I have forgotten the legendary HG?