Carolina Panthers’ Christian McCaffrey was sent Thursday night’s package to the San Francisco 49ers to pick second, third and fourth rounds in 2023 and pick fifth in 2024, ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported.
All of the Panthers, except announce McCaffrey’s passing by thanking him on Twitter.
Last week, it was reported that the Panthers, who have had a bad start to the 2022 season, are ready to deal with their best player after firing their head coach Matt Rhule, and moving on. disgruntled Robbie Anderson to the Arizona Cardinals.
At 1-5, the Panthers have been brutal so far this year. After Sunday’s loss to Los Angeles, Rams McCaffery said, “All I want to do is win.” With the deal, McCaffrey returned to the Bay Area, where he starred at Stanford, and joined the San Francisco 49ers that were trailing 3-3, but atop the NFC West with the Rams and Seattle Seahawks.
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Since being drafted by the Panthers with the 8th pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, McCaffrey has been one of the most effective full-backs in the NFL, both running the ball and catching the pass. In 2019, in his third season, he crossed 1,000 yards (1,035) and received (1,005), becoming only the third player in NFL history to do so. But injuries have hampered his career since then, leaving him to play just three games in 2020 and seven in 2021. So far this season, McCaffrey has played in all six of the Panthers, and According to ESPN, he played 85% of the team’s games.
The Panthers will turn to Chuba Hubbard and D’Onta Foreman to handle urgent missions. Hubbard, in his sophomore year at Oklahoma State, played 23 games, running 646 yards on 178 attempts. Foreman was taken in the third round of the 2017 draft by the Houston Texans. In five seasons with the Texans, Titans and Panthers, he dashed 1,024 yards on 252 runs, scoring a total of 5 TDs.
McCaffrey’s arrival in San Fran to help tackle a running game sent receiver Deebo Samuel into the backyard and uniting him with the coach who almost discussed him in 2017 in Kyle Shanhan. The McCaffrey-Shanahan family has a deep bond as Christian’s father Ed McCaffrey played the receiver for Kyle’s father Mike Shanahan with the Denver Broncos in the 1990s, winning the Super Bowls in the 1997 and 1998 seasons. The Niners face the 4-2 Kansas City Chiefs at home at 4:25 p.m. EST.
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