Christian McCaffrey preparing for what could be a grand finale

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But Turner doesn’t expect to have to do anything out of the ordinary to help McCaffrey join the 1,000-1,000 club. After all, McCaffrey averages 7.3 receptions per game and 62.2 receiving yards. In Week 12 against the Saints, CMC totaled 9 receptions for 69 yards.


“What’d he have last game? 119?” Turner said, referencing McCaffrey’s performance against the Colts. “We’ll try to get him the ball any way we can. As you guys have seen, you never know how it’s going to come up, but obviously, that’s a big accomplishment.”


With all the talk of breaking records and joining clubs, though, there’s one person who hasn’t chimed in: McCaffrey.


“It’s one of those things where, obviously, there’s a record out there that people are talking about, but at the end of the day, I’m just preparing to try and win a football game,” McCaffrey said.


McCaffrey may not like talking about himself or his accomplishments, but that doesn’t keep him from recognizing the significance of the club he could join on Sunday – especially for a kid who grew up watching Craig and Faulk.


“I may be too young to have watched him (Craig) play live, but I’ve seen multiple clips of him, seen a whole bunch of different highlights,” McCaffrey said. “When you watch the way he runs, obviously he did a lot in the pass game too, but such a physical runner, a guy that refused to be brought down by the first guy, so I have an unbelievable amount of respect for him.”


With Faulk, McCaffrey is able to take things to the next level – using similar plays to elevate his own game.


“Nowadays it’s fun, because we can pull up plays that they’ve ran that we’ll have in the game plan,” McCaffrey said. “I can see how he (Faulk) did it, where he put his eyes, why he did certain things, so you watch with a little bit more of a specific intent.”


McCaffrey knows that when the time comes on Sunday, the sideline will be buzzing as he inches closer and closer to history, but he’ll be doing his best to stay focused.


“You just tune it out, go with the flow,” McCaffrey said. “Enjoy the ride and whatever happens, happens. The biggest thing is focusing on the preparation before that so when the game comes you don’t have to think about anything, you just get in the zone.”