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Ron Rivera envisions 200 carries for Christian McCaffrey


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Panthers coach Ron Rivera told ESPN.com he wouldn’t be surprised if McCaffrey reached 200 carries this season. That matches what Rivera said in June, when he said he’s looking forward to seeing McCaffrey run between the tackles more, as he did in college.

McCaffrey is looking bigger and stronger (and sexier) this offseason, which might help him carry a bigger load. Although C.J. Anderson has arrived and will take over some of the running workload, McCaffrey is likely to be the starting running back.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/

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I'm all for it, more touches will only help, plus this guys pass catching ability makes him such a versatile threat. Also, CMC has bulked up and added 5 to 10 pounds of muscle to his frame which should help him fight off tackles even better.

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Running between the tackles is fine but there has a got to be holes to run through. Our run blocking has got to be better in order for Christian to be effective as he's not a guy thats going to break a lot of tackles. 

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1 minute ago, Lemory said:

Running between the tackles is fine but there has a got to be holes to run through. Our run blocking has got to be better in order for Christian to be effective as he's not a guy thats going to break a lot of tackles. 

If the game slows down for him in year 2 like it did for Bell, then his vision and patience will take over and he won’t need to break tackles like Marshawn Lynch...

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14 minutes ago, stbugs said:

I don’t know why this is such a big deal. I love having CMC and CJ this year. I don’t care who does what slightly better. All I know is that as much as I appreciate Stewart, he was done and he was 100% one dimensional. We have two running backs who are solid receivers, one who’s an amazing receiver. We have two running backs who are solid runners. I don’t think I can stress enough how much harder that makes it’s on the defense. As our lead RB the last 3 years including the SB run, Stewart has averaged 10 receptions a year. Yep, 10. CMC had 80 last year and CJ prorated (he missed 9 games in 2016) is over 30 per year.

Throw in a healthy Olsen and a bevy of WRs and we’ve got a much better match up with defenses than we did with Stewart. 

I care because I have CMC in a keeper league. 

give that boy more touches dammit. 

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24 minutes ago, stbugs said:

I don’t know why this is such a big deal. I love having CMC and CJ this year. I don’t care who does what slightly better. All I know is that as much as I appreciate Stewart, he was done and he was 100% one dimensional. We have two running backs who are solid receivers, one who’s an amazing receiver. We have two running backs who are solid runners. I don’t think I can stress enough how much harder that makes it’s on the defense. As our lead RB the last 3 years including the SB run, Stewart has averaged 10 receptions a year. Yep, 10. CMC had 80 last year and CJ prorated (he missed 9 games in 2016) is over 30 per year.

Throw in a healthy Olsen and a bevy of WRs and we’ve got a much better match up with defenses than we did with Stewart. 

I don’t care as long as the best player gets the touches. And I just think that will be McC even between the tackles. He was a top 10 pick for a reason and not because he can catch screen passes and dump offs and run routes from the slot... He showed vision, patience and agility between the tackles in college like no player except for LeVeon Bell... I want to see that translate to the pros this year and think it will.

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  People really need to stop comparing CMC to Le’veon Bell. In what possible way should there be a comparison to a RB who Was 242 lbs coming out of college and transformed his body by losing 25 lbs. and is still 15-20 lbs heavier than CMC?

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31 minutes ago, Toomers said:

  People really need to stop comparing CMC to Le’veon Bell. In what possible way should there be a comparison to a RB who Was 242 lbs coming out of college and transformed his body by losing 25 lbs. and is still 15-20 lbs heavier than CMC?

Your math skills suck. But I think the comparison lies in their style. They're both patient -wait for the hole- hesitation style runners.

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36 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

running CMC up the middle last year didn't work.

Lose Norwell and run up the middle even more?

Well, now that we don't have Shula and his playbook for dummies, hopefully we don't run the ball every first down and second down and don't see 8 in the box 95% of the time.

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