Originally posted by FunkyChicken:
Originally posted by Jakemall:
Not to take away from Purdy, although I know this statement does: I still have to wonder how much of this is CMC. I mean Jimmy was playing some good football at the end and CMC was just learning the playbook.
49ers may be rewriting the playbook on team building. People have an idea that you don't need RBs you can get someone undrafted or late round. The idea has truth to it. However the idea misses how transformative a HOF type RB can be for a club. CMC one of the great duel threat RBs in league history. Hard to find that undrafted. Much easier to simply trade for the known quantity.
Yeah I honestly think Christian's biggest impact has been as a receiver. You can see on tape how much attention he commands and in some instances soaks up defenders to him leaving other guys open.
Obviously as a runner he's had his moments as well but I never thought how much he'd bring to the passing game. It really made Jimmy take his game to another level before his injury. Before CMC got there you could see Jimmy get skittish in the pocket when things were breaking down. After CMC picked up the playbook skittish Jimmy was no longer to be found. He knew McCaffrey was out there as an outlet and his confidence level shot up big time.
But Brock has also done things Jimmy rarely did. I don't remember what the current numbers are but Brock in fewer games has a bunch more throwaways and I'm sure less sacks taken for sure.
