PFF: McCaffrey has been unstoppable

[The Quest for Six]

Whichever team wins the running game battle wins this game...

 

[bottleKids]

Tony Pollard is just as good as CMAC. The 49ers better hope they can stop him too.

Really?

 

[quickccc]

and with the Niners, McCafe can be and is being used as an All Purpose back - he doesn't have to be burden down as a bell cow pounder and
having to carry the team load.

He is being used on stretch run plays on cut backs and off tackle edge,..not to mentioned moved around and lined up in a various of formations and sets.
What LB is gonna be able to match up with him, Speedy, elusive and a natural receiver outta the backfield.

- Several here keep talking of " Carries" with Pollard. - But it should be more about ' Touches" ....

- And to add, teams have to be pre-occupied with the likes of Beebo, as best a receiver and runner - and then there is TE George Kittle we have to worry about as well.

- And that's just player personnel - with the way Shanahan imploys so much misdirection and personnel -scheming, including getting his RBs into openings.. i could only
imagine if Tony Pollard was in THAT offense under that offensive coach.

 

[pitt33]

Dallas safeties will have to ball out Sunday night.

Should be a heck of a game

 

[HonoluluCowboy]

49ers have a better defense.

I see Parsons playing more LB this week than Monday night. The team MUST contain the run to have a chance at winning.

Agreed , we need to stop the run to have any chance . Hankins and LVE have to play a great game . We need Micah to be in Purdy's face all day

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

It will hard to stop their offense if we can't at least contain him.....

the best thing to do is to control the clock. have long drives. no 3 and outs....McCaffrey on the sideline is ineffective for the niners.

 

[EST_1986]

Tony Pollard is just as good as CMAC. The 49ers better hope they can stop him too.

not even close and I'm a huge Pollard fan

 

[MaineBoy]

Tony Pollard is just as good as CMAC. The 49ers better hope they can stop him too.

That’s just not true. Homerism.

 

[DanA]

Pollard is probably just as good maybe even better running the ball as McCaffrey but when it comes to route running and respective receiving threat they are a world apart. McCaffrey is like Pollard and Beasley rolled into one player.

 

[speedkilz88]

I think I added Pollards same amount of games played and got:


Tony Pollard
176 touches
1,148 total yards
10 TD

 

[speedkilz88]

Pollard is probably just as good maybe even better running the ball as McCaffrey but when it comes to route running and respective receiving threat they are a world apart. McCaffrey is like Pollard and Beasley rolled into one player.

Pollard actually averages more per catch.

 

[Playmaker3128]

49ers have a better defense.

I see Parsons playing more LB this week than Monday night. The team MUST contain the run to have a chance at winning.

Absolute necessity. Only rush parsons on 3rd and long. Put parsons at lb with lve…stick Hankins in the middle. Contain everything.

Make purdy throw….. if he beats you so be it.

 

[CowboysExchange]

Unfortunately Pollard is not as great a player as McCaff, .. for one thing, Pollard under Kellen Moore has never been developed nor exploited the
way McCaff is and has been.

- Christian is out right deadly in the pass game and Shanahan definitely knows how to scheme RBs in the pass game ..
That's just an area that is simply not Kellen's forte.

- Shanahan is a sheer master of moving personnel around in both the run game (ala Deebo) ..and pass game (ala McCaffrey)

- Pollard was used in a muiltude of roles at Memphis, but we've very rarely seen any creativity with Pollard in the pass game.
Two of those rarities that come to is our past Vikes game where Pollard just jet right past a LB on a wheel route for a downfield TD homerun .

- The other is the outta of the slot formation vs Detroit Lions some years ago, for a wide open homerun TD.

- If Kellen was anything adept at scheming Pollard even in quick middle screens, and misdirection flairs - Pollard would be that much more utterly
scary dangerous to opposing defenses.

I can give you 18 million reason$ what's holding this team back from making those play calls ha ha ha

 

[DanA]

Pollard actually averages more per catch.

I don’t think there’s much debate here. I know Pollard got that one 68 yard TD that no doubt gives him pretty favorable yards per catch stats but that doesn’t change much for me, you only need to watch them for 5 minutes to see the difference.

 

[DanA]

Whichever team wins the running game battle wins this game...

That doesn’t bode well for us. Fortunately, I don’t think this is true.

 

[gimmesix]

Tony Pollard is just as good as CMAC. The 49ers better hope they can stop him too.

But our run defense isn't just as good as San Fran's.

 

[speedkilz88]

I don’t think there’s much debate here. I know Pollard got that one 68 yard TD that no doubt gives him pretty favorable yards per catch stats but that doesn’t change much for me, you only need to watch them for 5 minutes to see the difference.

One? Pollard had two over 40+ this season.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It is all about gap discipline and contain. You cannot chase and let the play come to you. Luckily, the coaches have last year's game tape to throw in and demonstrate the consequences of failure. If they come locked in we can really smother their attack.

Let's end Purdy's Cinderella story.

 

[Hadenough]

Cowboys will have their hands full but it all starts with containing the qb.

Actually the one guy that really hurt Dallas last time was Deebo Samuel.

 

[MRV52]

Wilson come on down, one good crack to injury prone McCaffry lol.