NFC West Showdown: 49ers Integrate McCaffrey vs. Tampa

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00:00All right, we're back with you right here on Pro Football Today, where we were just

00:05talking about the NFC West and the race with really all four teams still very much so in

00:12the mix.

00:13It is, though, a fascinating situation with the San Francisco 49ers now getting back Christian

00:19McCaffrey.

00:20I remember back when I was still optimistic that this Niners team was going to be able

00:25to find a way with good old Brock Purdy.

00:29No McCaffrey in the way, MV Purdy had himself a real chance to do good things.

00:36And then they lost to the Arizona Cardinals, but then they beat Seattle.

00:40And then he played the worst game of his career against Kansas City.

00:44And the more you watch it, you can tell they do miss Christian McCaffrey, who is a guy

00:51that is very tough to replicate specifically in the receiving game.

00:56They didn't even throw the ball to Jordan Mason.

00:58Isaac Arendo got a few attempts last week, but he's not CMC.

01:05And what I think is so incredible in McCaffrey's first game of the season, where we're thinking

01:10the workload could be limited, they're playing a Tampa team that we know has throughout the

01:14year has been stout against the run.

01:18touchdown, rushing, receiving numbers, just, just 99 and a half.

01:24It's 100.

01:25It's 100.

01:26Welcome back, McCaffrey, last year's offensive player of the year, Donnie.

01:31The books are expecting to do it all.

01:33Yes.

01:34And I do expect them to put him right back into the fire, which means that ball on the

01:37goal line is not going to Jordan Mason.

01:39It's not going to Kittle on the outside.

01:41It's not going to Debo Samuel on a toss sweep.

01:43It's going to go directly to Christian McCaffrey.

01:45If he is anywhere near what he was previous, he's going to get those opportunities show

01:49and he's going to cash in on those.

01:51Now, granted, you know, the way I do it, I slow play it sometimes.

01:54If you're coming back from an injury, I can't just jump on the bandwagon.

01:57But all expectations are this guy should be firing on all cylinders.

02:00He should.

02:01But again, the injuries that he had with the Achilles tendonitis and not one but both legs.

02:07That's always a cautionary concern, right?

02:09So for me, if I'm backing Christian McCaffrey in this game, I took the receiving yards because,

02:15again, you don't want them to go up to the line of scrimmage, get hit, take those pounding

02:19early on.

02:20They will slowly acclimate him into the offense.

02:22So I did Altum Kev up to 40 plus at plus money.

02:27I believe it's like plus 178 in the receiving game.

02:30Let's let's see him catch the football and then I'll know that he's really back.

02:34I'll take a shot on that regard.

02:36Not the Russians.

02:37For me with McCaffrey, I, you know, we've talked about Tampa's defense at a primetime

02:42spot on Monday.

02:43They've they've just given up a ton of passing touchdowns.

02:47Exactly what happened again.

02:48My home's through for three.

02:50But we know Brock can throw touchdowns to CMC.

02:53The more as we get closer, I am actually starting to think McCaffrey is just going to come back

03:00and get 20 carries and seven targets because that's who they are.

03:06I don't expect this to be an easy game for them today.

03:08No, Tampa doesn't is not going to lay down for anyone.

03:10I think the Bucs have seen that.

03:11I think if the Bucs can get healthy out of the by next week, they're going to still give

03:16the Falcons a little bit of a run within that division.

03:20We'll see if the timing does kind of break their way here.

03:24So I am expecting kind of full CMC.

03:27I think the questions are, are we getting good numbers on McCaffrey minus 200 a score?

03:34It's more.

03:35It's better odds in Saquon Barkley, who we talk about with his his numbers within the

03:40offensive player of the year race.

03:41It's around a Derrick Henry Price, who is the offensive player of the year favorite.

03:46Again, a ninety nine and a half rush receiving.

03:50How many running backs have more more asks of them than that today?

03:54Saquon Camara, who's like wide receiver one to Lacey for New Orleans.

03:59So that he's plus 240 to score to like Debo's ten to one.

04:04The gap on McCaffrey and everyone else is just it's so difficult.

04:10It's so it's so tough to bet.

04:12What about the Tampa side, then, because I know that you've been trying to kind of clip

04:16some value on this Bucs roster through the past few weeks, taking the Tampa side with

04:22the spread plus six and a half to line open early in the week before McCaffrey.

04:26It was five and a half.

04:27We're seeing six and a half, potentially sevens in this in this matchup.

04:31I'll still take the points with Tampa, I will say under the total, because, again, I don't

04:36know if he's going to be just as productive, missing so much time and you can rely on them

04:42that much.

04:43Now, Tampa Bay is giving up a lot.

04:45They're coming off a Monday night game.

04:47They lost the game, you know, heartbreakingly in overtime.

04:50They utilized both Bucky Irvin and Rashad White in the rushing attack and the receiving

04:55game.

04:56That's their best option.

04:57We're not seeing secondary wide receivers.

05:00No Sterling Shepard listed.

05:01No Trey Palmer.

05:02I'm only seeing Jalen McMillan, twenty seven and a half and Kate Aughton.

05:07But Kate Aughton just can't be the only option.

05:10It has to be those running backs coming out of the backfield with the screen game.

05:13I lean to the younger, though, I think this is a you're getting a benefit with the fifty

05:18and a half because McCaffrey came back into this lineup an extra one, two points.

05:23I'm going to sell it.

05:24Give me Tampa Bay in the under.

05:25By the way, we do this a lot.

05:27That line opened up at five and a half and goes to six and a half.

05:29I don't really buy that, to be honest, which then tells me to look at why San Francisco

05:33is so heavily favored in this game.

05:35Yes, we understand Christian McCaffrey is coming back.

05:37Yes, we saw a primetime football game go to overtime.

05:39So you think the Bucs would be a little bit more tired.

05:41But I honestly have many more question marks still with the San Francisco 49ers, six and

05:46a half at home in Santa Clara.

05:47All right.

05:48I'm buying into that.

05:49Six and a half on the road.

05:50Granted, I don't know if I'm going to take either side, but this line just absolutely

05:54screams San Francisco to me.

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