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Hats off to McCaffrey for a great, great season.  He's probably the most dangerous player Stanford has had in open space since Glyn Milburn or maybe longer.  I just question the Voldemort credentials of any RB who comes out on short yardage plays.  Not just goal line, but 3rd/4th and 1 as well.  The deficiency was not much of a problem for Stanford this year because Wright was able to handle the short yardage duties, but if we're just looking at the value of one player to the team, short yardage appears to be an important gap in McCaffrey's skill set.  One yard runs don't make too many highlight reels, but if I could trade McCaffrey's punt/kick return skills for Wright-like short yardage skills, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I disagree on all counts.  First, I don't know that McCaffrey doesn't have the short yardage skills you're talking about.  Second, when you have an exceptional player like Wright who does (or also) have those skills, why not use him?  One of the things that make McCaffrey so amazing is that he hasn't accumulated his numbers on a one-horse team (looking at you, Alabama.)  he pretty much was last Saturday but not all season.  While we do have a trancendent star we have many talented players and the staff puts them in positions to be successful.  When McCaffrey breaks one to the 1 or 2 the only reason to keep him in there is if you have no one else who can do the job or you are looking to pad his stats.  We don't play that way and I'm glad.  Did you knock Luck because he didn't throw 60 passes/game and amass 4,000 yard seasons?  Yes, he would have looked better.  Maybe actually won the damn Voldemort.  But the team would have suffered.  Not good.

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Hats off to McCaffrey for a great, great season.  He's probably the most dangerous player Stanford has had in open space since Glyn Milburn or maybe longer.  I just question the Voldemort credentials of any RB who comes out on short yardage plays.  Not just goal line, but 3rd/4th and 1 as well.  The deficiency was not much of a problem for Stanford this year because Wright was able to handle the short yardage duties, but if we're just looking at the value of one player to the team, short yardage appears to be an important gap in McCaffrey's skill set.  One yard runs don't make too many highlight reels, but if I could trade McCaffrey's punt/kick return skills for Wright-like short yardage skills, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I disagree on all counts.  First, I don't know that McCaffrey doesn't have the short yardage skills you're talking about.  Second, when you have an exceptional player like Wright who does (or also) have those skills, why not use him?  One of the things that make McCaffrey so amazing is that he hasn't accumulated his numbers on a one-horse team (looking at you, Alabama.)  he pretty much was last Saturday but not all season.  While we do have a trancendent star we have many talented players and the staff puts them in positions to be successful.  When McCaffrey breaks one to the 1 or 2 the only reason to keep him in there is if you have no one else who can do the job or you are looking to pad his stats.  We don't play that way and I'm glad.  Did you knock Luck because he didn't throw 60 passes/game and amass 4,000 yard seasons?  Yes, he would have looked better.  Maybe actually won the damn Voldemort.  But the team would have suffered.  Not good.