Christian McCaffrey readied to lead the Carolina Panthers right into Week 3 against the Houston Texans Thursday evening, ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith once again called for greater praise for the running back. Smith, who has actually been one of the loudest advocates of McCaffrey given that he was coming out of Stanford a couple of years earlier, reiterated that the celebrity running back is obtaining much less protection due to the fact that he's White.
The amount of times do I have to say it? ... I've stated this about Christian McCaffrey prior to, and also I'm gon na say it again. Ladies and gentlemen, it's damn near reverse discrimination. If this sibling were Black, we 'd be speaking
is taken on by New York Jets free safety and security Lamarcus Joyner during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C.( (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman) )"Running the football, capturing the football out of the backfield. We understand what he did coming out of university at Stanford.
Smith made the talk about ESPN's "First Take," and it's not the very first time he's raised the issue about McCaffrey. Smith pointed out "reverse discrimination" in 2020 when McCaffrey authorized a four-year, $64 million agreement expansion. He touted McCaffrey's ability to run as well as capture the football and also his emergence as the face of the franchise business.
In 2017, Smith said the exact same point.
"If Christian McCaffrey were Black, we 'd be raving concerning him. He is a White person playing the running back position, as well as I do not think, as a country, ... we have absolutely embraced and also valued what this brother did at Stanford. He was special. He was all they had."
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Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey presses far from New Orleans Saints outside linebacker Demario Davis during the second fifty percent of an NFL football video game Sunday,
Sept. 19, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (( AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)) McCaffrey is in his 5th period with the Panthers as well as has actually revealed an unbelievable ability, when healthy, to run and also capture despite who is under center for Carolina. His 2020 period was interrupted after 3 video games, but 2019 was his finest year yet.
In 2019, McCaffrey was an All-Pro and also a Pro Bowler for the first time, rushing for 1,387 yards and 15 touchdowns as well as capturing 116 passes for 1,005 lawns and 4 goals.
McCaffrey is poised to have one more solid year in 2021. After 2 weeks, he has actually gotten 170 yards on 45 carries with a touchdown and also 14 catches for 154 yards.
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