Christian McCaffrey #4 in the NFL in yards after contact

[Saca312]

Well hello and welcome to the “ur anti-mccafffrey narrative is debunked again” here looking this week at his production after first contact.

Oh well down goes the drain for all the “mccaffrey can’t break a tackle” folks. Just like the game last week debunked the “mccaffrey can’t run between the tackles” people.

Guess he is a good runningback.

EDIT: Seems people are misconceiving this as me shading people from last year.

I thought it was obvious that I was putting this up for a certain someone still pushing the narrative McCaffrey isn't the best after contact on this website. I'm not talking about last year.

[saints4lifeagain]

PFF actually has it at 129 Y/CO.

[Hoenheim]

Come on dude, it was true last year. He got ragged dolled a bunch last season and got brought down by a lot of arm tackles that poo was frustrating. 

I give CMC credit for putting on more muscle in the offseason and improving his power game .  I was honestly surprised to see him running so violently this season. Even though of course it was encouraging seeing those offseason pics that were showing him obviously appearing much more ripped.

Really hoping he continues the trend for the rest of the season. Hes going to have one bad ass highlight tape after the season is over if he keeps trucking fools every game. 

[saints4lifeagain]

19 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Come on dude, it was true last year. He got ragged dolled a bunch last season and got brought down by a lot of arm tackles that poo was frustrating. 

I give CMC credit for putting on more muscle in the offseason and improving his power game .  I was honestly surprised to see him running so violently this season. Even though of course it was encouraging seeing those offseason pics that were showing him obviously appearing much more ripped.

Really hoping he continues the trend for the rest of the season. Hes going to have one bad ass highlight tape after the season is over if he keeps trucking fools every game. 

Pretty much. Him adding bulk and fixing a hole in his game from last year doesn't make those assessments wrong. He's already forced half the missed tackled he forced all of last year in 3 games.

[KB_fan]

After 11 games last season, PFF wrote an article detailing concern about his Yards after contact, his elusiveness and broken tackles.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-is-a-shift-in-scheme-keeping-mccaffrey-grounded

This year he has erased concern about all 3.

Here are avoided tackle leaders after week 3

He's up there too in broken tackles, but I don't have the numbers.

 

[uncfan888]

@KaseKlosed=) 

[Khyber53]

He's just what we needed.

[GoobyPls]

I guess one game makes a career nowadays. He was horrible at running between the tackles last season, make all the excuses you want but its true. 

[Manther]

1 hour ago, Saca312 said:

Well hello and welcome to the “ur anti-mccafffrey narrative is debunked again” here looking this week at his production after first contact.

Oh well down goes the drain for all the “mccaffrey can’t break a tackle” folks. Just like the game last week debunked the “mccaffrey can’t run between the tackles” people.

Guess he is a good runningback.

This can't be.  He's just a scatback not a power runner. 

[IceWhiteice]

He been running people over lately.

[ladypanther]

16 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

I guess one game makes a career nowadays. He was horrible at running between the tackles last season, make all the excuses you want but its true. t

No one could have run between the tackles with last years team. There was not a sliver of daylight.  Plays were predictable and opponents  stacked the box.  Christian has become a better player + the Panthers have a better OC.

[rayzor]

But he doesn't fit my increasingly narrow definition to fit my narrative! #fakeRB

[PanthersBigD]

I'm glad he's improved. That's what you expect out of a good football player. The toldyaso's in here are hilarious. He couldn't break tackles this year, but still looked great at the end of last year. I love that he spent the offseason turning his weakness into a strength. That's what's supposed to happen. 

[t96]

1 hour ago, GoobyPls said:

I guess one game makes a career nowadays. He was horrible at running between the tackles last season, make all the excuses you want but its true. 

Early in the year he was but he second half of the year he looked much much better and averaged nearly 5ypc on the ground despite getting not very many carries and no ability to build some rhythm. And it's not just 1 game this year, he looked great running it weeks 1 and 2. He doesn't need 28 carries to look good running the ball up the middle. Through 3 game this year he has easily looked like a top 5 between the tackles runner, with unmatched vision and patience and clearly top 5 tackle breaking ability. Then add in his receiving....