Christian McCaffrey: Making MVP Case by Shattering Records

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00:03 Your case for Christian McCaffrey to win not the offensive player of the year,

00:09 but the NFL MVP, not a quarterback DRS, a running back as the most valuable player?

00:16 Look, let's talk about the 49ers as a team.

00:18 I just talked to you about Jalen Hurts and what that schedule and upcoming means for him.

00:22 If we look at the 49ers, they're going to have a massive game at Philadelphia, yes.

00:25 They're going to have a massive game this Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys.

00:29 But outside of that, it's a manageable schedule.

00:31 And the reason I bring that up is if you're not playing great teams week to week to week

00:35 to lean on your quarterback like Jalen Hurts is going to have to be,

00:37 you're going to lean on your backfield.

00:39 And also my next point here, if the San Francisco 49ers end up in the NFC

00:43 being the number one overall seed, even if they lose to the Philadelphia Eagles,

00:47 there's a chance the Eagles might lose two or three more games because of said schedule

00:50 that I just got brought up.

00:52 But hear this out.

00:53 If he runs for 1,500 plus yards this year and catches at least 500 yards worth of balls,

01:00 which means 2,000 yards combined, and he leads the NFL in total touchdowns,

01:05 and he breaks the all-time record for games with a touchdown in a row held by

01:09 LaDainian Tomlinson, which is 18, and he breaks, let's just say,

01:13 the San Francisco 49ers record for touchdowns in a season.

01:16 So you're telling me the best football player on the best team,

01:20 breaking records left and right, is not the MVP?

01:23 I'm going to have a problem with that because it's going to take for me a quarterback

01:27 throwing 55-plus touchdown passes, less than like six or seven interceptions,

01:33 and his team being the best team in football because why?

01:36 They needed that quarterback to play that well just so they could be the said

01:39 number one overall seed, whether it's the AFC or the NFC.

01:42 That's my game here.

01:44 Now, granted, it's a running back position.

01:46 Things change throughout the season.

01:47 You're not going to have great seed, great games every single week.

01:49 You're going to get banged up as you're getting into football 20-plus touches a game.

01:53 So it might be a little bit of a pipe dream right now, but I'm just saying,

01:56 if the injuries aren't there and McCaffrey breaks all these records

02:00 and the 49ers are who we thought they are, he's got to be my MVP 25-1.

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