HENDERSON, Nev. — San Francisco 49ers running backs coach Bobby Turner was talking about what makes Christian McCaffrey special, and it’s a long list.
The talent, the professionalism, the determination. Then he got to the biggest compliment of all.
“He sees himself as a future Hall of Famer,” Turner said.
Is he a future Hall of Famer?
“Yes,” Turner said without hesitation. “Yes.”
Turner can speak to that. One of the running backs he coached during his nearly three NFL decades was Terrell Davis, a Hall of Famer.
McCaffrey is putting himself not just in the Hall of Fame conversation but also in the debate about the best running backs ever — not that he’s worried about that yet, with Super Bowl LVIII coming up.