Playoff Rushing Leader: McCaffrey Leads Odds, Cook a Contender
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00:00 All right, now to the rushing yards leaders this postseason.
00:06 Again, Christian McCaffrey has yet to play in a game and has a goose egg, but is the
00:10 short favorite over $3 in front of everybody else on this board, plus $1.55.
00:18 And like you agreed with the odds makers with Jared Goff, maybe leading the playoffs in
00:22 most passing yards, I agree with the odds makers here.
00:25 I think Christian McCaffrey is that guy.
00:28 I think he gets it going against Green Bay tomorrow night with a big performance, maybe
00:32 even getting to the century mark to really pace this leaderboard.
00:36 Yeah, and it should be easy, right?
00:38 Because the best handicap are always like, well, how's the only way Ben, he doesn't win
00:42 this.
00:43 Oh, if he gets injured, well, that's the same case for everybody.
00:45 And then that's the only thing you have to go against.
00:46 Not like, oh, Green Bay can slow him down.
00:48 And or if they get to the NFC championship game, Detroit's going to slow him down.
00:51 Like, no, you expect him to get the ball 20 plus times this weekend, the NFC championship
00:56 game and the Super Bowl.
00:58 So he should have a lot of yards to run with.
01:00 And why, if San Francisco is advancing and winning, Ben, what does that mean?
01:03 They're up in the fourth quarter, which means extra carries from McCaffrey.
01:06 But I got to tell you, Isaiah Pacheco, sure, you're going to lean towards him and say,
01:10 well, if Kansas City continues to win and he's already won for what, 89 yards, he might
01:14 get four games, which would be enough to overtake McCaffrey.
01:17 But the reason why it's not even a higher price than that is they're not even favored
01:20 to win this game this week, which brings me to the next guy in line at the same price
01:24 as Pacheco.
01:25 It's plus 480 on James Cook.
01:26 You take a look at his numbers here, 79 yards rushing through that first game.
01:30 He's the lead dog in that backfield.
01:32 If you think they're going to have a close game on Sunday, he's probably going to get
01:36 at least 15 carries out of the backfield.
01:38 If they win, you go to Baltimore, you know that game's going to be close.
01:41 We'll get another 15 carries there.
01:43 And if they get to the Super Bowl, it's probably going to be another close game with the 49ers.
01:47 We'll get another 15 carries.
01:49 If I look optimistically at the board and just say, let's take McCaffrey out, it's James
01:53 Cook at plus 480 for me, Ben.
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