CMC vs Davis illustrated

[Jeremy Igo]

Here is a good example of what Mike Davis offers vs what Christian McCaffrey offers as a running back. 

 

1st and 10 on the Chargers 19. 

If CMC was in at tailback here, it is a touchdown. That is a huge hole to run through leaving only a single safety to shake between him and the end zone. 

So enough with the "trade CMC" talk. It is embarrassing. 

[Harbingers]

Davis has his role, he's just... slow. I'd be 90% sure that bonnafon would have made it to the endzone on that play.

[Jeremy Igo]

1 minute ago, Harbingers said:

Davis has his role, he's just... slow. I'd be 90% sure that bonnafon would have made it to the endzone on that play.

Yeah , thats possible. 

[hepcat]

Mike Davis is a very good compliment to a back like CMC. Anyone clamoring to trade him is stupid. My thing is, if the Panthers are say, 1-5 when McCaffrey is healthy enough to come back, is it worth playing him this season? He’s already an elite player and doesn’t need snaps. He needs wear and tear preservation. 

Is it worth playing him in a down year? Especially if he’s dealing with ankle injuries that are notorious to linger?

[Jeremy Igo]

Just now, hepcat said:

 1-5 when McCaffrey is healthy enough to come back, is it worth playing him this season? He’s already an elite player and doesn’t need snaps. He needs wear and tear preservation. 

CMC isn't the type of guy that will want to sit and watch his team play. Aside from team goals, he has personal goals as well. To strip him of that may not be wise. 

[panthers55]

1 minute ago, hepcat said:

Mike Davis is a very good compliment to a back like CMC. Anyone clamoring to trade him is stupid. My thing is, if the Panthers are say, 1-5 when McCaffrey is healthy enough to come back, is it worth playing him this season? He’s already an elite player and doesn’t need snaps. He needs wear and tear preservation. 

Is it worth playing him in a down year? Especially if he’s dealing with ankle injuries that are notorious to linger?

That is really a ridiculous question. Of course you play him if he is healthy. It is an insult to him and every other player to hold out someone who is healthy because they might get hurt unless we have wrapped up the playoffs and are sitting players waiting for the playoffs.

[Jeremy Igo]

Just now, panthers55 said:

It is an insult to him and every other player to hold out someone who is healthy because they might get hurt

Absolutely. These guys fought their whole lives to get to do what they do on Sundays. You don't tell them you are sitting them just because. 

[jfra78]

4 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Mike Davis is a very good compliment to a back like CMC. Anyone clamoring to trade him is stupid. My thing is, if the Panthers are say, 1-5 when McCaffrey is healthy enough to come back, is it worth playing him this season? He’s already an elite player and doesn’t need snaps. He needs wear and tear preservation. 

Is it worth playing him in a down year? Especially if he’s dealing with ankle injuries that are notorious to linger?

No you cant sit CMC, makes too much money to not play

[stbugs]

2 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Davis has his role, he's just... slow. I'd be 90% sure that bonnafon would have made it to the endzone on that play.

Davis is slow to the hole. He had a 25 yard run because the hole was 5 times that size. He was 12-24 the rest of the time. Bonnafon had 2 carries and even I could see he was way more explosive than Davis. We scored 21 points even though the Chargers played about as bad as it gets and even then our offensive efficiency almost let them win the game on the last play.

The Davis over CMC talk is downright embarrassing. The studs make a lot more than JAGs. It will always be that way.

Amazing the amount of people wanting to get rid of CMC and I got grief from a lot of the same saying we should have cut Short. Short’s cap hit this year is equal to CMC’s cap hit this year and next year. CMC is on a 3 year $39M deal if we see any decline in 2022.

SMH, I think I could do better than Hurney but man some of these people would have Short and Davis next year instead of CMC.

[LinvilleGorge]

Davis is a good #2 RB. I still don't understand paying a #2 RB $3M in today's NFL. Everyone else is spending their money on WRs, DBs, and OTs. We're still spending all of our money on RBs and LBs like it's 1984.

[Harbingers]

6 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Davis is slow to the hole. He had a 25 yard run because the hole was 5 times that size. He was 12-24 the rest of the time. Bonnafon had 2 carries and even I could see he was way more explosive than Davis. We scored 21 points even though the Chargers played about as bad as it gets and even then our offensive efficiency almost let them win the game on the last play.

The Davis over CMC talk is downright embarrassing. The studs make a lot more than JAGs. It will always be that way.

Amazing the amount of people wanting to get rid of CMC and I got grief from a lot of the same saying we should have cut Short. Short’s cap hit this year is equal to CMC’s cap hit this year and next year. CMC is on a 3 year $39M deal if we see any decline in 2022.

SMH, I think I could do better than Hurney but man some of these people would have Short and Davis next year instead of CMC.

I really see Davis as the Greg Olsen of this generations passing game. Solid hands, slow but keeps his feet moving, good power back that should do more of the up the middle poo when CMC is lined up as WR. Unfortunately though I haven't been all that impressed with his blocking when challenged by a good DL he straight up wiffed a lot of poo vs the Bucs. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Harbingers said:

I really see Davis as the Greg Olsen of this generations passing game. Solid hands, slow but keeps his feet moving, good power back that should do more of the up the middle poo when CMC is lined up as WR. Unfortunately though I haven't been all that impressed with his blocking when challenged by a good DL he straight up wiffed a lot of poo vs the Bucs. 

You must only be thinking of late career Olsen. Prime Olsen definitely wasn't slow.

[Harbingers]

8 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Davis is a good #2 RB. I still don't understand paying a #2 RB $3M in today's NFL. Everyone else is spending their money on WRs, DBs, and OTs. We're still spending all of our money on RBs and LBs like it's 1984.

What I don't get is why we even picked Davis up in reality. Ya, he's a solid player he proved that to me Sunday(Finally got his chance) but we literally had a stable of young potential RB's for way cheaper last year.

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

You must only be thinking of late career Olsen. Prime Olsen definitely wasn't slow.

Ya. 2016->