Mike Martz Gushes Over McCaffrey, ‘Closest Thing I’ve Seen To Marshall’ Faulk

Mike Martz — the male who as soon as coached Marshall Faulk — informs TMZ Sports Christian McCaffrey looks EXACTLY like the Rams Hall of Famer … stating the brand-new 49ers star is so excellent, he now anticipates SF to win the NFC West.

The previous head coach of Faulk’s St. Louis Rams broke everything down for us simply a day after McCaffrey had a historical video game versus L.A. … and it’s safe to state he was blown away by what he saw.

Martz informed us he could not assist however see tones of Faulk when he viewed the 26-year-old sculpt up the Rams for 3 TDs — one hurrying, one death and one getting — and states he believes the Niners are going to be the group to beat in their department moving forward since of the tailback.

“He’s the closest thing that I’ve seen to Marshall for quite some time,” the 71-year-old stated. “He’s not Marshall, but he has those Marshall-esque type things within him.”

The Niners picked up McCaffrey from Carolina for a bunch of draft choices — and he’s not done anything however produce in 2 video games up until now.

And, Martz states he just anticipates things to improve for the running back and his brand-new group … as soon as Deebo Samuel makes his return from injury.

“What you could do with them is unlimited,” Martz stated.