Christian McCaffrey Wants To Prove He's The Best In The League
Grant Cohn explains what he thinks Christian McCaffrey's best attribute is - his mentality and the way he processes the game.
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00:00 Let's go to McCaffrey's for a second.
00:02 I mean, you've obviously had a chance to see him up close and personal a lot
00:06 when he's at his absolute best.
00:09 What do you think that looks like?
00:10 Well, he can do everything, but in terms of his mentality,
00:16 he reminds me of Frank Gore, like the chip on his shoulder, like
00:20 I'm the best and people still don't give me the credit I deserve.
00:24 Like I should be all pro every year.
00:25 I should have been the number one pick in the like that kind of stuff.
00:28 Sure. And it's fun to watch. Like he runs really hard.
00:30 He looks like a scat back.
00:32 Like he looks like Reggie Bush from back in the day, but he's not.
00:35 He he he runs between the tackles.
00:38 He finishes runs. He's physical. He's violent.
00:40 Does everything. He's quick.
00:43 I'm about to sneeze.
00:45 Blessed.
00:48 He's a joy to watch.
00:51 You think of him as like, man, you know, he can run outside,
00:54 he can catch passes, but
00:56 he wants to prove that he's the toughest bell cow in the league.
01:00 And so he's leading the league in touches.
01:02 And like a little topic around the Niners is, well, you know, five and oh, but
01:08 you're really overusing Christian McCaffrey.
01:11 And maybe you should maybe you should save him for the playoffs
01:15 because God forbid you get him hurt.
01:16 Now it's like getting 25 touches a game.
01:18 And I think that's a fair thing to say, because it's like,
01:21 why would coaches willingly do that?
01:23 But the deal is that Christian McCaffrey won't come off the field.
01:26 They'll be like, hey, Christian, you're out.
01:29 And he'll be like, no.
01:30 Like Elijah Mitchell, Jordan Mason, try to come on the field, be like.
01:32 And he's like, so he's at that level where he can sort of like.
01:37 Do whatever he wants, which is fine, but he's
01:41 not a whole lot of jeopardizing the Niners.
01:44 No, like not not many.
01:45 And he's kind of jeopardizing the Niners season for his own personal.
01:49 Goals. But hopefully, hopefully he can keep it.
01:53 He had a season a few years ago where he had like four or something touches.
01:56 So it can be done.
01:57 Yeah, he's a tough guy. I.
01:59 I, I just can't quite identify
02:03 with all of that, like I'm so good that I'm going to tell my coaches like,
02:09 yeah, actually, I'm not coming out.
02:10 I know you want to know you want to.
02:13 I'm not telling my I'm good.
02:15 Dude, it's October, man.
02:16 Come on. Trust your coaches. Respect your coaches. Yeah. Yeah.