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I don't think McCaffrey is faster than McElhenny, who ran 9.8 in the 100-yard dash while still in high school.SixtiesFan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:09 pm I saw McElhenny play on TV for the Giants in 1963. In the Week 7 game against the Browns he played a lot, and scored on a screen pass faking several Giants out. In other games you would occasionally see flashes of his old form.
In the 1963 championship game against the Bears, McElhenny played almost all of the second half. The Giants were ahead 10-7 at halftime. McElhenny broke free with the second half kickoff but ran out of gas and was caught around midfield. The young Hugh McElhenny would have gone all the way and put the Giants up 17-7 and they would probably have won. But he was near his 35th birthday and was an old player hanging on.
FWIW McCaffrey seems faster in straight ahead speed while McElhenny had out of this world moves and fakes, along with being a good receiver. In the second half of the 1957 season and the whole 1959 season McElhenny played a wide out.
Christian McCaffrey so far this year is having a season like Marshall Faulk.
McElhenny was the best open-field runner I ever saw until Sayers came long.GameBeforeTheMoney wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:50 pm The highlights I've seen of McElhenny - he looks like Barry Sanders in the open field. I'm not sure I've been so impressed with someone in terms of their open-field ability.
I remember marveling at O.J. Simpson's ability to cutback without slowing down or stopping, at least to what the eye could pick up.rhickok1109 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:37 amMcElhenny was the best open-field runner I ever saw until Sayers came long.GameBeforeTheMoney wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:50 pm The highlights I've seen of McElhenny - he looks like Barry Sanders in the open field. I'm not sure I've been so impressed with someone in terms of their open-field ability.
He was fast, could cut in either direction on a dime, and was strong enough to break tackles. He also had incredible peripheral vision. I remember an article in some general-circulation magazine--perhaps Life or Look--that said he had been tested by an eye doctor and his peripheral vision was the maximum possible, something like 210 degrees.
I didn't say McCaffrey was faster than MCElhenny, just "seemed faster." There's no way of knowing. McElhenny didn't run the sprints in high school or at Compton JC, only the hurdles. His high school time in the high hurdles of 14.0 set an interscholastic record.rhickok1109 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:04 amI don't think McCaffrey is faster than McElhenny, who ran 9.8 in the 100-yard dash while still in high school.SixtiesFan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:09 pm I saw McElhenny play on TV for the Giants in 1963. In the Week 7 game against the Browns he played a lot, and scored on a screen pass faking several Giants out. In other games you would occasionally see flashes of his old form.
In the 1963 championship game against the Bears, McElhenny played almost all of the second half. The Giants were ahead 10-7 at halftime. McElhenny broke free with the second half kickoff but ran out of gas and was caught around midfield. The young Hugh McElhenny would have gone all the way and put the Giants up 17-7 and they would probably have won. But he was near his 35th birthday and was an old player hanging on.
FWIW McCaffrey seems faster in straight ahead speed while McElhenny had out of this world moves and fakes, along with being a good receiver. In the second half of the 1957 season and the whole 1959 season McElhenny played a wide out.
Christian McCaffrey so far this year is having a season like Marshall Faulk.