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From Madden 20 NFL video game:
McCaffrey, a speedy running back out of Stanford, was third in the NFL last year in Yards from Scrimmage with 1098 yards rushing and 867 yards receiving.
It’s not surprising he has NFL speed.
His father Ed McCaffrey caught 55 touchdown passes as a wide receiver, mostly in Denver. Before, at Stanford, Ed McCaffrey helped end Senator Cory Booker’s football career by being so much faster that Booker was cut from the team for his senior season.
And his maternal grandfather Dave Sime won the silver medal in the 100 meter dash at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
But it was a good learning moment for Christian, as his mom pointed out:
Sorry you had to find out this way. @87ed may not be your real dad. 😂 https://t.co/5pY9WUs12e
— Lisa McCaffrey (@LisaMcCaffrey6) August 24, 2019
Is there any way in which white people aren’t just … cooler?
No wonder these other folks are so pissed.
I know coaching can help some people run faster. I even saw an example of a track coach increase the speed of news reporter by instructing him to push down to increase his vertical distance off the ground between each stride but there are limits to this which is why West Africans dominate sprinting.
There’s no great mystery to this, though there once was. Film photography was famously used to show that a galloping horse had all four hooves off the ground to reach its maximum speed, being airborne obviously increased speed.
What is curious to me is that, if McCaffery’s height at 5′ 11″ is correct, to be so fleet of foot would require extraordinary leg strength to increase his stride.
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What ever happened to John Teeters?
He failed to use SPF 50 this Summer.
Notice Lisa doesn’t get the blue check. Next stop: deplatformed! That’ll teach her to be snarky. Especially about race! Which doesn’t even exist.
This is a woman who believes race is biological!
SI has him ranked 5th best NFL running back.
Isn’t 5’11”/207 lbs kinda small?
Is this post (and the comments) a form of modern art, like Finnegans Wake? Can someone please explain what is going on.
"can someone please explain what is going on"
For the best explanation, read the notorious "Night-town" episode of Ulysses.
There's no great mystery to this, though there once was. Film photography was famously used to show that a galloping horse had all four hooves off the ground to reach its maximum speed, being airborne obviously increased speed.
What is curious to me is that, if McCaffery's height at 5' 11" is correct, to be so fleet of foot would require extraordinary leg strength to increase his stride.
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Top Olympic 100m dash men come in a variety of heights. Usain Bolt showed, once again, that a great big man beats a great little man, but black speedsters don’t conform all that much to the old stereotype of white sprinters like McCaffrey’s grandfather Dave Sime and his rival Billie Joe Morrow of long and lean.
I just had to burn my Thomas Mann when I lurned from “the Times” that Toni Morrison was the greatest novelist of the 20th century.
He’s more of a speed back than a power back.
Lamar Jackson, QB of the Baltimore Ravens, also got the same treatment (except he was turned into a white dude)…which led to this laugher:
I’m having a hard time believing that John Madden uses the word “Archetypes.”
Being an NFL running back is a good way to have a short career, not get paid real well, and afterwards have trouble walking for the rest of your life. Ask Earl Campbell.
I predict we will see more “early” retirements like Luck and Gronk. Make enough money and then GTFO before you are crippled.
In Madden, is McCaffery’s touchdown celebration Mammy?
Finnegans Wake is Modern art, not modern art. But yeah, I can sympathize.
“can someone please explain what is going on”
For the best explanation, read the notorious “Night-town” episode of Ulysses.
Once in a long while…. ROTFL
You must be far from the Madden crowd.
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Bobby Joe, not Billie. You must have been listening to Green Day.
I predict we will see more "early" retirements like Luck and Gronk. Make enough money and then GTFO before you are crippled.
I hope you are right.
OT (sorry) but I finally broke down and let myself be hauled away to see QT’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”. Despite a lot of very dreary badly-done sequences, it was totally worth it just for Brad Pitt’s beautiful deadpan showdowns with Bruce Lee, and then the Manson Family. Greatest deadpan line in a decade: “No, it was a lot dumber than that.” Second greatest: “Yeah, I got one (meaning a flamethrower) in my garage.”
Good Points: the “Evil Hamlet” bit, Brad Pitt visits blind Bruce Dern, Bruce Lee’s hilariously pompous monologue, DiCaprio slurping frozen margaritas while yelling at the Manson Family in his driveway, the whole Three Stooges-style counterattack against Tex and friends.
Bad Points: the entire first 45 minutes, Sharon Tate Goes To The Movies, the embarrassing Al Pacino moment, the dreadful Playboy Mansion bit, Damien Lewis’s terrible Steve McQueen impersonation, tiresome parody of The Great Escape, and the dreadfully intrusive soundtrack at every single moment.
Was that really a Hatori Hanzo sword? Meh, not really.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/12/30/not-malice/
Joe Montana SportsTalk Football or GTFO.
Christian McCaffrey is a white football player–and is transformed into a black player in the most popular pro football video game.
There's no great mystery to this, though there once was. Film photography was famously used to show that a galloping horse had all four hooves off the ground to reach its maximum speed, being airborne obviously increased speed.
What is curious to me is that, if McCaffery's height at 5' 11" is correct, to be so fleet of foot would require extraordinary leg strength to increase his stride.
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No…it’s the Jamaican Yams…..not genetics…..
What ever happened to John Teeters?
Matthew Boling conforms to a similar body type of David Sime and Bobby Morrow, he is 6′ 2″ and 154 lbs. Following up his Texas high school success, he won four golds this summer in the Pan American Games U20 Athletics Championship ( The international term for track and field ). He won the 100m, 200m, and ran anchor leg for the 4X100 team’s gold and the second leg on the 4X400m team’s gold, which were both U20 records.
Without a doubt Bolt is a roid cheater….Bolt be going Tranny….just like Bruce Jenner…..And Powell and Blake also…..Maybe Don Quarrie was clean…..
OMG, you mean that’s not a hoax and there really IS such a thing as a white RB starter in the NFL who’s actually pretty good?
Someone tell Bill Bellichick to get NE to sign him when he goes to free agency.
I predict we will see more "early" retirements like Luck and Gronk. Make enough money and then GTFO before you are crippled.
Luck’s Father….Oliver Luck was a piece shit Libertarian US Congressman who voted for the H1B…L1B Visa Program and all around increases in Nonwhite Legal Immigration….
Not a problem, it’s more important to hit the hole fast enough when it opens so you don’t end up having to push someone out the way to gain yardage. There’ve been lots of great running backs about that size.
Cardinals rookie WR Andy Isabella, who is 5’9”, ran a 4.31s 40 yard dash at the combine for third fastest and had won the Ohio high school state title for the 100m. He finished his college work early with a degree in mathematics.
I used to see Madden wandering the streets every few weeks when I was young. He was always drunk.
Yeah, it’s total unadulterated bullshit. I love how these guys opine very expertly about, I don’t know, size and ancestry and, whatever else I can’t quite suss out (just like you, both of us unable to find an actual gist of a thread of a thrust because there is no there there), as if they have one iota of a clue.
Yes, McCaffrey has suitable size for the type of game he plays.
Glad to hear it’s not just me! I have literally no idea what’s going on here.
I assume you mean Bobby Joe Morrow, who raced at Abilene Christian and won three gold medals in the 1956 Olympics.
Back when Ed McCaffrey began his pro career with the Giants, he was the fastest player on the team, running a 4.3 40. However, he was still white. He used to joke about people referring to him as “the slow, white guy.”
Part of the reason for the dirth of honkey rb’s is the higher player IQ and the greed of the sports agent. The two forces at work means any other playing position than rb is the probable outcome.
A. The agent knows the guy can play for 7+ years IF the guy avoids rb…otherwise 3 years avg.
B. The white guy player has more future oriented brainpower and is more open to rational sports agent arguments for avoiding the rb position which has the shortest lifespan in the nfl…
So this kid is an anomaly both physically and mentally. Not saying he’s stupid but all of the data concerning the rb position has been laid out for him and he still chooses to play it.
There hasn’t been a DURABLE white rb in the NFL in forever. Riggins? If I were the agent I would have the guy meet with a few retired rb’s now in their 50s.
Head full of rocks? Hands made of stone? I don’t think it’s such a great cultural victory to have him at rb. The rb position is a dumb position.
Mike Alstott was the last one. before him, Merill Hoge.
there's other guys who could do it, but they aren't allowed to play much. Zach Zenner is the guy who i think could carry 15 times a game every game, but he'll never be allowed to play. the few guys who are allowed to run the ball today, aren't as durable, and that matters as you point out. Rex Burkhead is injured every year. then again, half the african players are injured every year - it's a normal part of the position. Le'Veon Bell never made it thru an entire season, despite being one of the best players at the position. Todd Gurley was limited thru the playoffs, and that affected the team.
the weeding out process for toughness, from high school, to FBS, to NFL, is a never discussed, but that's one of the most important parts of football ability. west africans are tougher than everybody else and handle the collisions better. people don't talk about that part much. they have thicker bones, and smaller, less intelligent brains that aren't affected as much by concussions. they come back faster from concussion protocol because of this. concussion protocol is about you returning to your baseline brain function. the smarter you are, the longer it takes you to get back to where you should be on the test. they aren't immune to brain hits and their brains get turned to mush just like everybody else, but they experience it less while it's happening, that seems to be clear.
I predict we will see more "early" retirements like Luck and Gronk. Make enough money and then GTFO before you are crippled.
Chris Borland may be the ultimate example of this. He played one season — very successfully — for the 49ers, then retired due to concerns about the long-term effects of brain trauma. Unfortunately for the 49ers, he started researching traumatic encephalopathy in the off-season.
I’m surprised everyone is being so blase about cuckolding jokes. Christian was conceived when his dad first got to Denver, so people on Twitter are making cracks that his real father is Shannon Sharpe.
Anyway, they were never teammates, but Jason Sehorn was the last white CB in the NFL.
Ed broke his leg in the first game ever played in the Broncos’ current stadium. This game fell through the cracks and was completely forgotten about. Why? Because it was played Monday, September 10, 2001. They were playing the Giants that night, which probably saved some lives as I’m sure some fans went to work late the next day.
She’s not just “snarky” about race, savor her whole snarky tweet:
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This is a woman who believes race is biological!
I predict we will see more "early" retirements like Luck and Gronk. Make enough money and then GTFO before you are crippled.
The star WR Calvin Johnson, aka Megatron, also retired at 30 in 2016 as well.
A. The agent knows the guy can play for 7+ years IF the guy avoids rb...otherwise 3 years avg.
B. The white guy player has more future oriented brainpower and is more open to rational sports agent arguments for avoiding the rb position which has the shortest lifespan in the nfl...
So this kid is an anomaly both physically and mentally. Not saying he's stupid but all of the data concerning the rb position has been laid out for him and he still chooses to play it.
There hasn't been a DURABLE white rb in the NFL in forever. Riggins? If I were the agent I would have the guy meet with a few retired rb's now in their 50s.
Head full of rocks? Hands made of stone? I don't think it's such a great cultural victory to have him at rb. The rb position is a dumb position.
I guess you don’t count the great Italian Franco Harris…
Why can’t there be legal penalties for adulturous women? In medieval times it made sense for a man to take care of his wife’s kid. Now, it’s just collusion between liberals and bible thumpers. It’s just really theft. People are in jail right now for far less.
I have been known to.
We’re looking for the Trump supporters who assaulted Jussie and bleached him and noosed him.
LOL, if the greatest minds in the room can’t find “the gist of the thread of the thrust,” there must really be no hope for the schlubs who understand why it’s funny!
In classical Athens, the penalty for adultery was death for the adulterer and social death for the adulteress. Nowadays, for a woman to have an affair is like winning the jackpot: you get the house, the kids, alimony, and a sizable chunk of the cuckolded husband’s asset as a reward. And she can keep boffing her beau, even invite him in her marital home. The incentive is there. It wouldn’t surprise me if 90% of women today were unfaithful. I’d do it too if I were a woman. But for a man to be adulterous is plain suicide. Oh, the joys of heteropatriarchy!
How bout in a Jamaican-Yams-Balco-free race?
Slightly off topic:The son of the homosexual Carl Lewis sure don’t resemble Carl at all…..very little information on the mother…..very wierd
I predict we will see more "early" retirements like Luck and Gronk. Make enough money and then GTFO before you are crippled.
There was a guy on the Colts’ practice squad who retired after a few years. He probably won’t have as cushy of a retirement as some of the guys who got paid the big bucks for years on end, but he’s better off than a lot of people. I think he said he was going to travel around the US in an RV for a while and chill out.
Barry Sanders also retired early, although in both those cases they had specific complaints about the Detroit Lions as an organization.
And the Lions were nowhere near being a Super Bowl contender, which also played a role in Sanders leaving the game.
Someone tell Bill Bellichick to get NE to sign him when he goes to free agency.
The Patriots already have two white guys in their running back corps. I think adding another would violate NFL rules!
Good Points: the "Evil Hamlet" bit, Brad Pitt visits blind Bruce Dern, Bruce Lee's hilariously pompous monologue, DiCaprio slurping frozen margaritas while yelling at the Manson Family in his driveway, the whole Three Stooges-style counterattack against Tex and friends.
Bad Points: the entire first 45 minutes, Sharon Tate Goes To The Movies, the embarrassing Al Pacino moment, the dreadful Playboy Mansion bit, Damien Lewis's terrible Steve McQueen impersonation, tiresome parody of The Great Escape, and the dreadfully intrusive soundtrack at every single moment.
Was that really a Hatori Hanzo sword? Meh, not really.
Hanlon’s (or Heinlein’s) Razor:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/12/30/not-malice/
Ed McCaffrey was a weird dude. He wore children’s shoulder pads, and almost no other pads. To shed weight, he even wore shoes that were too small; he cut an x in the end so he could get his toes in.
“That’s why Ed and I got together–so we could breed fast white guys.”. -Lisa McCaffrey, when Christian was two years old
I don’t think Barry Sanders “retired early.” He had played 10 seasons and averaged 4.3 yards per carry in 1998, low for him. Sanders would have been 31 in 1999 had he played an 11th year.
And the Lions were nowhere near being a Super Bowl contender, which also played a role in Sanders leaving the game.
A. The agent knows the guy can play for 7+ years IF the guy avoids rb...otherwise 3 years avg.
B. The white guy player has more future oriented brainpower and is more open to rational sports agent arguments for avoiding the rb position which has the shortest lifespan in the nfl...
So this kid is an anomaly both physically and mentally. Not saying he's stupid but all of the data concerning the rb position has been laid out for him and he still chooses to play it.
There hasn't been a DURABLE white rb in the NFL in forever. Riggins? If I were the agent I would have the guy meet with a few retired rb's now in their 50s.
Head full of rocks? Hands made of stone? I don't think it's such a great cultural victory to have him at rb. The rb position is a dumb position.
“There hasn’t been a DURABLE white rb in the NFL in forever.”
Mike Alstott was the last one. before him, Merill Hoge.
there’s other guys who could do it, but they aren’t allowed to play much. Zach Zenner is the guy who i think could carry 15 times a game every game, but he’ll never be allowed to play. the few guys who are allowed to run the ball today, aren’t as durable, and that matters as you point out. Rex Burkhead is injured every year. then again, half the african players are injured every year – it’s a normal part of the position. Le’Veon Bell never made it thru an entire season, despite being one of the best players at the position. Todd Gurley was limited thru the playoffs, and that affected the team.
the weeding out process for toughness, from high school, to FBS, to NFL, is a never discussed, but that’s one of the most important parts of football ability. west africans are tougher than everybody else and handle the collisions better. people don’t talk about that part much. they have thicker bones, and smaller, less intelligent brains that aren’t affected as much by concussions. they come back faster from concussion protocol because of this. concussion protocol is about you returning to your baseline brain function. the smarter you are, the longer it takes you to get back to where you should be on the test. they aren’t immune to brain hits and their brains get turned to mush just like everybody else, but they experience it less while it’s happening, that seems to be clear.
The guys who are less physically gifted but who make the team and earn playing time anyway are the toughest. Put another way, toughness is the ability to suffer pain and physical adversity and keep on going. The most gifted players (usually black) are mostly dealing out the punishment, not taking it.
In my personal experience playing high school football and college rugby (admittedly not the same as NFL), blacks relish dishing out punishment but have less tolerance than whites for taking some of their own medicine. It may just be less of a team orientation than a lack of toughness, but I’ve noticed a similar pattern in viewing MMA.
Judging by his doppelgangers, Franco might have been Jewish (Gabe Kaplan) or Saudi (Prince Salman).
"can someone please explain what is going on"
For the best explanation, read the notorious "Night-town" episode of Ulysses.
Deep.
The Patriots have consistently had more white players and starting white players than any other team in the league, this goes back to the beginning of Belichick’s tenure in New England. Since they have been to 4 out of the last 5 Super Bowls and won 3 of them you would think the rest of the league would take notice. The Colts during the Manning era where similar in having more white players than the league average as well, but I don’t think they have since he left.
Plus the big 6 ft+ defensive lineman have to lean down a bit to tackle you. It’s great until you get hit going across the middle.
"That's why Ed and I got together--so we could breed fast white guys.". -Lisa McCaffrey, when Christian was two years old
Did Mrs. McCaffrey run track or something? She looks sporty in the family pic.
Mrs. McCaffrey played soccer in college.
Did he jump off the Tallahatchie bridge?
Mike Alstott was the last one. before him, Merill Hoge.
there's other guys who could do it, but they aren't allowed to play much. Zach Zenner is the guy who i think could carry 15 times a game every game, but he'll never be allowed to play. the few guys who are allowed to run the ball today, aren't as durable, and that matters as you point out. Rex Burkhead is injured every year. then again, half the african players are injured every year - it's a normal part of the position. Le'Veon Bell never made it thru an entire season, despite being one of the best players at the position. Todd Gurley was limited thru the playoffs, and that affected the team.
the weeding out process for toughness, from high school, to FBS, to NFL, is a never discussed, but that's one of the most important parts of football ability. west africans are tougher than everybody else and handle the collisions better. people don't talk about that part much. they have thicker bones, and smaller, less intelligent brains that aren't affected as much by concussions. they come back faster from concussion protocol because of this. concussion protocol is about you returning to your baseline brain function. the smarter you are, the longer it takes you to get back to where you should be on the test. they aren't immune to brain hits and their brains get turned to mush just like everybody else, but they experience it less while it's happening, that seems to be clear.
I strongly disagree that black football players are tougher than white (or other race) football players. West African blacks (as a group, individual cases vary) have the best traits to excel in football, with notable exceptions being QB, kicker, and punter. When you are the most gifted, you don’t have to be the toughest to succeed.
The guys who are less physically gifted but who make the team and earn playing time anyway are the toughest. Put another way, toughness is the ability to suffer pain and physical adversity and keep on going. The most gifted players (usually black) are mostly dealing out the punishment, not taking it.
In my personal experience playing high school football and college rugby (admittedly not the same as NFL), blacks relish dishing out punishment but have less tolerance than whites for taking some of their own medicine. It may just be less of a team orientation than a lack of toughness, but I’ve noticed a similar pattern in viewing MMA.
"That's why Ed and I got together--so we could breed fast white guys.". -Lisa McCaffrey, when Christian was two years old
I don’t think you understand what “weird” means. Or “commitment”.
The guys who are less physically gifted but who make the team and earn playing time anyway are the toughest. Put another way, toughness is the ability to suffer pain and physical adversity and keep on going. The most gifted players (usually black) are mostly dealing out the punishment, not taking it.
In my personal experience playing high school football and college rugby (admittedly not the same as NFL), blacks relish dishing out punishment but have less tolerance than whites for taking some of their own medicine. It may just be less of a team orientation than a lack of toughness, but I’ve noticed a similar pattern in viewing MMA.
Telling facts.
"That's why Ed and I got together--so we could breed fast white guys.". -Lisa McCaffrey, when Christian was two years old
Also, as stated multiple times on this blog, including in the OP, Mrs. McCaffrey’s father won the silver medal in the 100m dash in Rome 60.
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