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So this is a special one, he's a running back, I absolutely love running backs, I love everything about them, it is the position that I've always thought is the closest to the game of rugby and believe it or not the title is not a gimmick, I am a rugby player and I love rugby, I've got 25 years of experience following the game. It's all up here and when I see a certain thing on the football field, it takes me back instantly to my rugby days and that's what comes out, those times on the rugby field playing and watching, what give me the foundation of my reactions and that's why we're still doing it, three years and over a thousand videos later we're still here and I've got you guys to thank for that, so it's about time we roll the intro and crack into it. Right guys, here we have it, Christian McCaffrey in all of his glory, backed up by his fellow teammate, Robbie Anderson aka Big Rob aka Saito Rob, let's crack into it. He wants rep after rep after rep after rep, whether that be rushing or receiving. That is awesome, I tell you what for any coach out there, isn't that music to your ears, you don't have to tell them to continue a rep, you don't have to tell them to keep going into the in zone, he's going to do it and he's going to do it over and over and over and over again, he's a machine, he's clinical, he's missed a football, let's be fair. It sure is, that's an understatement if I ever did hear one. C-Mac, he was definitely still one of them guys, you could give him 10 catches out the backfield, you could give him 20 carries, like he could do everything. One of three players ever to have 1000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season, McCaffrey totaled six touchdowns in just three games in 2020. I certainly got a nose for the in zone and before we continue this video because it is only two minutes and 52 seconds long, which is a tragedy in itself. Let's have a look at his stats. Christian McCaffrey, 5 foot 11, 200 pounds, pick number eight in the first round of the 2017 draft and that draft and that draft and that pick guys will always have a special place in my heart due to the fact that it was the first NFL draft I actually paid attention to and he was one of the first running backs I'd ever seen drafted to but the first, but the first was actually pick number four on the exact same draft, there is one record that we've heard about in the video already that look is simply so impressive, we cannot skip over it and that is the 1000 rushing and 1000 receiving yards in one season, only the third player in NFL history to record over 1000 yards rushing and 1000 yards receiving in a single season. He joins Marshall Fork and Roger Craig and yeah, that's not the only record he holds. We are going to run through those, but first let's look at his stats for last year, three games played 59 attempts in three games, that's almost 20 a game, 225 total rushing yards, which is you know under 100 a game, but he's also got 149 receiving yards, so put those together and in three games, he's got almost 400 all purpose yards, five rushing touchdowns, one receiving touchdown. He's all over the place, the year before, the year before is just absolutely incredible, we've got to cover it, 1387 rushing yards, 1005 receiving yards, 15 rushing touchdowns, four receiving touchdowns and he fumbled the ball once and that my friends sums up Christian McCaffrey, he's clinical. Most receptions by a running back in a single game 15, most receptions by a running back in a single season 116, only running back to have two seasons with 100 or more receptions. First player in NFL history to record over 1000 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards in the first 10 games of a season, first rookie running back in NFL history with 70 receptions and five receiving touchdowns and look the list goes on and on and on and if Christian McCaffrey can stay healthy for this entire 2021 season, not only will I be extremely happy, but he's most likely going to continue setting records. Oh my gosh, yeah that boy CMC is different, different ain't he? Different bro, he's speed, he got so much speed. You know playing against Christian McCaffrey, that's about far the best acceleration you know I've ever played against and you know for God knowing that he has acceleration, it's tough because you don't know exactly how. Talk about his acceleration, what about the moves that set up that acceleration? The way that he creates distance is jokes, his releases, elite. How to gauge his speed of what he's doing, you don't know if you want to go at an angle or come quickly down here. They swing it out to McCaffrey, breaks a tackle and gets it first down. Man, y'all going to have to go find this clip. I'm going to run, I'm going to go find this clip when we play Tampa Bay at Tampa Bay. You got to run down the sideline, it was the left sideline. Is that Trey Turner? He's built. God damn, I've only seen him, I've only seen him sitting down giving these interviews. Haven't actually seen him on the field yet, but there he is. Trey Turner. Go find this clip when we play Tampa Bay at Tampa Bay. Look at it. Get out of my way, bruv. You got to run down the sideline, it was the left side. Oh, what a play, what a run. I love it. I was right there, step by step, play that when I talk about this. Yee, the speed of the man. I wasn't thinking and I lined up inside and he started me, started me and broke outside. It should have been as soon as he catch it, tag him, but he's so fast that I had to make up some ground and ended up getting probably about like eight yards, nine yards from a four or five yard play. He was definitely, he was still be that guy, the guy that shake back from injury, which I'm pretty confident he was, I've been saying in his videos on Instagram, looking pretty good. Yeah, he's definitely going to be a top runner when he comes back. Here's the flip to McCaffrey. And I like how we toss play too. To the right, picks up a good block, touchdown. See that's, look, I see that pass, right? And that to me looks like rugby. It is like rugby. You're only allowed to pass backwards. So what that means is that when you want to try and use your other men on the field, they have to be behind you and they have to be running at a certain angle, which allows for a backwards pass, but not only that, allows for that man outside you to be running on the burst when they catch it, which is basically a toss play, just like this. He's definitely going to be a top runner back when he comes back. Here's the flip to McCaffrey. To the right, picks up a good block, touchdown. And I hope he come back stronger from injury because the game most definitely would love to have. Yep, we're certainly missing a good one in Christian at the moment. But anyways, guys, that was another video in the books. I hope you enjoyed. In the next one, we're looking at number 43 on the list, Levante David, linebacker, also Super Bowl winner with the box. So guys, thank you for watching. Thank you for the support. If you have enjoyed it, please hit that like button. 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