McCaffrey had 2nd lowest total of bench presses at combine.

[The Duck]

You don't think he'll get stronger? Come on. Anyway, not sure how much your chest strength affects your ability to hold on to a football.

If there's a correlation between ball security and chest strength, you'd think it would show up in the stat sheet, with the weaker guys fumbling more frequently than the stronger guys. If they're all playing at the same level, it's a fair comparison. CMC has as good or better ball security than all of the strongest backs in the college game.

I'm skeptical that the Eagles are going to have an opportunity to draft him, but if he is, he's going to be damn tempting. If he and Corey Davis are both there, you're looking at maybe the toughest draft day decision ever.

[KenfromCanada]

Well Adrien Peterson is a weightroom monster. Not sure what he bench presses but I bet it's more than 10 reps of 225 and he seems to have a fumble issue.

[IronEagle]

Well Adrien Peterson is a weightroom monster. Not sure what he bench presses but I bet it's more than 10 reps of 225 and he seems to have a fumble issue.

The thing with McCaffrey is his hand size... only 28th percentile.

But again, statistically he does not appear to be exceptionally fumble prone.

http://theeagleswire.usatoday.com/20...ian-mccaffrey/

[McCarthy12]

There is no correlation. Unless you can hide the ball under your giant pecs.

I've been seeing some stuff on Twitter indicating Davis might be the guy (nothing concrete, just typical draft speculation). I'd be ok with that. Same with Mike Williams if he falls. To me, Williams is the surest thing.

[Kelly Pat]

Corey Davis is tweetin he's allready an Eagle. Take it for what it's worth.

[Maniac]

It’s difficult to find fault in McCaffrey’s game aside from his lack of size and strength.

Nuff said. This is the NFL not the Princess 12. Solid 2nd round pick, horrible first rounder.

[Maniac]

There is no correlation. Unless you can hide the ball under your giant pecs.

Barber attributes his recovery from fumbling the ball to increased strength training in the upper body ...

Whatever.

[DEERSPINE GUY]

Nuff said. This is the NFL not the Princess 12. Solid 2nd round pick, horrible first rounder.

AND HE CAN GET INTO AN NFL WEIGHT ROOM AND GET STRONGER. I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS AN ISSUE AT ALL.

NOT THAT I WOULD TAKE HIM, I WOULDN'T. I WOULD LIKE FOREMAN AT A LOWER DRAFT PIC.
DUCK CONVINCED ME D'ONTA WILL BE THERE AT 2nd OR EVEN 3rd ROUND.

[McCarthy12]

Yeah, there's more to upper body strength than your chest. Would love to see the entire article you cite. I just did a simple Google search and read 4 articles on the subject (I didn't really need to - I was still living in the NYC area at the time and remember the whole thing clearly). In every single one he cites holding the ball high and tight and bracing for impact as the reason he stopped fumbling. That's also the advice he gives to current players and kids. Strangely, there wasn't a single mention of his bench reps. That's probably because you hold a football against your chest and not with it...

[Maniac]

That's probably because you hold a football against your chest and not with it...

And what do you use to hold the ball to your chest?

Both how you hold the ball and strength matter. College defenses - particularly Pac-12- are not representative of the NFL. Way too many red flags for 14.

Sproles would keep him off the field anyway. No first round running back - especially a gadget player.

Gimme cornerbacks and lots of them!

[McCarthy12]

I feel like a meathead debating this lol. I PICK THINGS UP AND PUT THEM DOWN.