Originally posted by jcs:
Originally posted by Atrain:
Originally posted by Sask49erFan:CMC still as fast as 2 years ago ,This line was the 7 worst in the NFL in yards before contact. CMC led the league in broken tackles because they never could get him in the open field to see his speed when you always have to break tackles. Kyle and Lynch said during days in training camp that CMC looked as fast as he ever has here in San Francisco.
Originally posted by jcs:
Originally posted by Kolohe:
Originally posted by mitpdub:
From the article on the front page Brendel is a potential cut casualty because he's paid more than he's worth and is ranked 31 out of 40 centers. I guess that's nicer than saying 31st (with only 32teams).
Hes in his 30s too. Although he's been reliable he shouldn't be leading our Oline.
Shanahan really needs to move on from him if he wants his offense to get better. He creates zero running lanes for CMC up the middle which makes us think CMC lost a step. Smfh
CMC has lost a step
Sadly he has. He's a soon to be 30 year old that has been ran into the ground.
Check the numbers. You can also look at next gen stats, he never broke 17.3 mph on any of his 300 touches this year...2023 he had touches in the 20 mph zone and could break out long runs consistently vs this past season his long was 20 yards until around week 15, his avg was also pretty bad at around 3.6 ypc until the back end of the season but still he finished under 4 ypc which is considered the avg for starting rbs. He's still a very talented back but he's clearly well into the backend of his career. For comparison Jahmyr Gibbs at 23 and one of the leagues fastest rbs had multiple runs going over 22 mph this past season, he was a 4.36 rb when drafted.
Also maybe cmc had to break a lot of los tackles this year because he can't hit a hole as he used to. He's also no Frank the Tank who could find and fit into tiny cracks in the dline well into his 30s. I wonder if CMC can evolve his game to match his change in speed.
We imo however desperately need more speed to be the most successful in Kyle's zone run game.
Frank Gore was Great and is a Hall of Famer but you talk speed Gore never could break a 4.6 forty when he entered the league.Yet Gore at age 31 his last year with us still broke a 1,000 yards and was probably running in the 4.7 range . So CMC probably still can run in the 4.5 range and be highly productive with better play from the line and some deep threat receivers who can have the defense key on them instead of CMC.
