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Panther not worried about CMC's high snap count

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Interesting article from the Observer:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article221598590.html

McCaffrey doesn’t just lead the league’s top running backs in percentage of snaps played — he’s not even in the same stratosphere as the other nine. He has played 96 percent of Carolina’s snaps this season, and the running back closest to matching that is Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott, who has played 89 percent of the Cowboys’ snaps.

For Panthers fans worried about McCaffrey’s longevity at his current snap rate, this stat could get you through the night — his usage rate (touches per snaps played) of 32 percent is the second-lowest of any of the NFL’s 10 most-productive running backs.

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6 minutes ago, Johnny Rockets said:

Interesting article from the Observer:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article221598590.html

McCaffrey doesn’t just lead the league’s top running backs in percentage of snaps played — he’s not even in the same stratosphere as the other nine. He has played 96 percent of Carolina’s snaps this season, and the running back closest to matching that is Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott, who has played 89 percent of the Cowboys’ snaps.

For Panthers fans worried about McCaffrey’s longevity at his current snap rate, this stat could get you through the night — his usage rate (touches per snaps played) of 32 percent is the second-lowest of any of the NFL’s 10 most-productive running backs.

Aka CMC is a chess piece and is highly efficient when his number is called in the play. 

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10 minutes ago, countryboi said:

This is not a long term plan, most backs can handle 300 plus touches for maybe 3-4 seasons before their body just completely breaks down

Depends on the player, similar players like Curtis Martin, Tomlinson, Faulk, etc. handled it for a decade plus. And McC isn't taking nearly the beating that more traditional RBs take pounding the ball up the middle. I don't see any reason he can't be a guy who lasts into his 30s as a productive player. Maybe he even transitions to more of a receiver late in his career too...

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1 hour ago, countryboi said:

This is not a long term plan, most backs can handle 300 plus touches for maybe 3-4 seasons before their body just completely breaks down

um clearly it is b/c Rivera said they were doing this going in despite Hurney signing CJ, then cutting CJ. Also look for Torrey to come back in and eat up that roster spot on Sunday as DJ and Samuel go absent and we wonder what happened after losing 33-12.

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It shoudn't come as such a shock.  When Turner was in San Diego LT got all of the snaps except a few.  After his first contract, they let one MIchael Turner walk and he came to the Falcons.  Can anybody name the Dallas Cowboys RB behind Emmett Smith?  Norv has always fed the number one back because he is old school like that.  To me, it wasn't a surprise that CJ didn't get hardly any touches.  Norv's number two back has never gotten many touches and once he found out CMAC could take the bulk of the load, CJ became expendable.  

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9 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

It shoudn't come as such a shock.  When Turner was in San Diego LT got all of the snaps except a few.  After his first contract, they let one MIchael Turner walk and he came to the Falcons.  Can anybody name the Dallas Cowboys RB behind Emmett Smith?  Norv has always fed the number one back because he is old school like that.  To me, it wasn't a surprise that CJ didn't get hardly any touches.  Norv's number two back has never gotten many touches and once he found out CMAC could take the bulk of the load, CJ became expendable.  

Norv did have Sproles complementing LT for a time there, and for a 3-4 year stretch Sproles had nearly 10 touches per game...

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7 minutes ago, t96 said:

Norv did have Sproles complementing LT for a time there, and for a 3-4 year stretch Sproles had nearly 10 touches per game...

Yep, you're right.  I forgot about Sproles.  I remember when Ron first got here, he kept saying he wanted a Sproles type back.  

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Yup, a large % of his snaps feature him as a decoy. He's so versatile that defenses have to honor his presence on the field. 

The Steelers addressed that by forcing him to stay in and protect last week, so that could be a new blueprint for teams to deal with CMC and Norv will have to counter that.

Good news is most teams are not setup to blitz as effectively as the Steelers and with the big lead they had they could afford to continue rolling the dice by sending blitzes to hold our offense in check. 

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4 hours ago, Johnny Rockets said:

Interesting article from the Observer:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article221598590.html

McCaffrey doesn’t just lead the league’s top running backs in percentage of snaps played — he’s not even in the same stratosphere as the other nine. He has played 96 percent of Carolina’s snaps this season, and the running back closest to matching that is Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott, who has played 89 percent of the Cowboys’ snaps.

For Panthers fans worried about McCaffrey’s longevity at his current snap rate, this stat could get you through the night — his usage rate (touches per snaps played) of 32 percent is the second-lowest of any of the NFL’s 10 most-productive running backs.

Even if his touches are limited, he is still doing things like blocking.

Also, consider we rely on one guy TOO much, what happens if he is out? We aren't god of personnel and scheming like the Patriots, think it's suffice to say if CMC went down we'd be fuged.

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