Christian McCaffrey reveals bizarre cracker compliment he got in Australia

This time, it came in the form of a compliment.49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey revealed a funny “Welcome to Australia” moment he encountered this week in the lead-up to Thursday’s 27-7 win over the Rams in Melbourne that centered around a derogatory term in The States that carries quite a different meaning in The Outback.“I was getting a haircut a few days ago and one of the barbers looks at me and says, ‘Looks cracker,'” McCaffrey said as teammate George Kittle chuckled after the blowout win.“I said, ‘Sorry, what did you say?’ I didn’t know what it meant, I guess that means it looks good.

But that was funny.“He said it again, I said, ‘Dude, I hear that every Sunday.’ That was good, we had a good moment.I enjoy all the slang.”For those not versed in Australian slang, McCaffrey is indeed correct that “cracker” is another way to describe something in a positive way in that culture.Charles Stuart University has a guide of “Aussie Slang” that describes “cracker” as meaning “great,” with the example: “What a cracker of a day.”The word has a different meaning among Americans, often used in a negative way to describe white people, which explains McCaffrey’s surprise at hearing the term.That story seemingly will stick with McCaffrey from this unique journey to Australia in which the 49ers downed the Rams in the NFL’s first game on the continent.McCaffrey, 30, began his 10th season Thursday night with a ho-hum performance by his standards, tallying 88 total yards on 15 combined touches.After a limited preseason due to “tightness,” there had been some questions about how the team would employ him in this first game considering his injury history.Backup Kaelon Black actually had more carries with 14 attempts to McCaffrey’s 10, although the elder statesmen finished with 68 yards to the rookie’s 65.McCaffrey also hauled in five catches for 20 yards.49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said McCaffrey dealt with some c...