Graham Barfield‏ @GrahamBarfield

In the 2017 class, three RBs faced 8+ defenders in box on over half of their carries: Fournette (67%), McCaffrey (64%), McNichols (57%).

 

<div>Graham Barfield‏ @GrahamBarfield

Yards Created per Attempt versus eight or more defenders in the box: McCaffrey - 5.86 Fournette - 5.48 McNichols - 4.15

 

<div>Graham Barfield‏ @GrahamBarfield  7m7 minutes ago

For reference, Dalvin Cook faced 8 or more defenders on 42% of his attempts and he created 3.82 yards/attempt on such carries.

 

 

So the advantage Fournette was supposed to have, being able to run it even when the defense knows it's coming and is prepared for it, still falls on its face compared to McCaffrey. Essentially the same number of stacked boxes faced yet a whopping .4 yards more per carry...

 

I think it could be convincingly argued that McCaffrey is > Fournette in every facet of the game.


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