Originally posted by NYniner85:
Who gives a s**t about what happened in Minn? last I saw he plays for SF and that's all I care about. people are acting like that $30 million is all guaranteed money and it's not even close to that ($11.7 total guaranteed). There are 4 RBs on their rookie deals making more guaranteed money then him currently.
I remember people wanting Christian McCaffrey last yr, that's who McKinnon is. explosive RB who can score anytime he touches the ball. Is he gonna pound it up the middle all day? Nope probably not. We had that last yr with Hyde and i'll I heard was b***hing lol.
He's a one cut OZ runner. He's a top end route runner with solid hands. He's a top end pass protector. He allows kyle to get creative with play-calling. He limits what the defense can do because it's not an obvious run or pass play when he's on the field...advantage kyle.
Get the whole he needs to rush for 1,500 yards to be successful. It's the NFL in 2018, which all about the pass. give me 1,500 ALL-PURPOSE yards and that's money well spent.
Agreed NY, plus my 0.02 on his importance to the offence over someone like Morris or Hyde.
With Morris or Hyde if we are in 21 personnel (RB, Juice, TE, 2 WR's) you can assume run, knowing that if it's PA, your LB's can deal with the RB's without them hurting them too much in the passing game.
With Mckinnon he will run away from you, that leaves you to pick your poison, put an extra DB in and we'll run down his throat, put an LB in and we'll burn you in with the pass.
This is the reason these big Safeties or super fast LB's are so coveted, but there aren't enough to go around. Mckinnon is a matchup nightmare.