NFL Executive Drops Two-Word Warning on Christian McCaffrey
Despite elite production, league insiders worry San Francisco's star back is slowing down. Discover why managing his heavy workload is now vital to sustaining his championship-caliber dominance.
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Yes and no.
I also say that we forgot, Kyle Juszczyk in the running back room, so that means that- Yes one of those guys has to be cut for 44 as well too.
Mm-hmm.
Which, you know, I'm kinda over it at this point.
but it's fine.
You know, a Grant, Grant put up a, a nice little, post and he said, "Do, who would you rather have on the team, number 11 or number 44?"
And it was overwhelmingly 44.
And I just wanna know if you guys need your head checked, you know, because I- Right don't need the fullback over, you know, I don't care what kind of head case the guy is, you can still say he's a great football player, because he is.
But r- neither here nor there.
I, yes and no.
you know, obviously the Mike Evans thing, you know, is, is a good thing, and he took less money, you know, in your face for the people that thought the electrical substation was gonna stop people from joining this team.
And, you know, the Ricky Pearsall thing, I think that's the perfect spot for him.
I think when he is the number two, he is one of the best number twos in the NFL, the upper echelon.
And I'll, and I'll stand on that because the issue with Ricky Pearsall isn't talent, and that's the frustrating part.
Um- Yeah after that, you know, the Christian Kirk thing, it does feel like he's destined to be a slot guy.
I'm interested to see what they do with DeAndre Stribling.
I'm really, really interested with the last three.
And the 49ers usually keep six receivers.
So DeMarcus Robinson, Jordan Watkins, Jacob Cowan.
Okay, I believe Jacob Cowan isn't going anywhere.
I do think the 49ers really like Jacob Cowan.
Yeah.
Now, this leaves Jordan Watkins and DeMarcus Robinson.
DeMarcus Robinson's certainly a cut candidate.
But my question is: how did you find yourself in this position, Jordan Watkins, where you are battling DeMarcus Robinson and you can't even get any snaps or anything like that?
Like, what is it about your play that this team Like for instance, Jo- John Lynch at the Combine, "We love Jacob Cowan, we think that he's gonna be great.
Well, Jordan Watkins has a lot of things that he needs to catch up on."
Like, the tone and the shift in those tones makes me believe, Jordan Watkins, you're on the clock, man.
And this is only your second year.
I just wanna know what's going so wrong with this young man that you are fighting DeMarcus Robinson for a spot.
And Andrew, I gotta be honest, man, given Kyle Shanahan's track record of who I trust, who's in the circle, right now I still have to give that edge to DeMarcus Robinson because of the- Yeah reliability and, and how Kyle Shanahan doesn't wanna mess around with somebody he can't trust.
So Jordan Watkins, sorry buddy, this isn't me saying this, you're on the clock.
This is the team telling you this.
So it's interesting.
It is deep, but it has a lot of unknowns, and a lot of it has to do with health.
But the back end is like, are we ever gonna see Jordan Watkins?
Why did you waste a draft pick on him?
do they really like Jacob Cowan, who I think is a phenomenal route runner, just can't get on the field.
Are you even gonna use those guys?
So, yes and no, this is the, the deepest, position because there's so many questions when it comes to it, and a lot of it is injury related
