Christian McCaffrey to miss "a few weeks"

[Monrowed]

1 minute ago, BurnNChinn said:

And Tremble, did u see him run lol.

I guess, but that seemed like more of a wrinkle to me. Maybe they run him more.

[WarHeel]

Come get that crow @electro's horse

[mbarbour21]

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Rookie Chuba Hubbard is the next man up.

 

[Bartin]

5 minutes ago, Monrowed said:

Awesome, now the Panthers just need Hubbard and Royce to try and make up 75% of what CMC can do.

I think they can do a serviceable job replacing him offensively. It's replacing CMC's blocking that worries me the most.

[Monrowed]

1 minute ago, Bartin said:

It's just a pulled hamstring lol, season ending was never on the table

Worst case was 6-8 weeks. Sounds like it's just a minor strain and they are looking at 2-3 weeks out

That was just a question for all the doom and gloom people on here that were thinking that the Panthers were done for the season. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

This has to be the "straw that broke the camel's back" in terms of managing CMC's workload while active. It's really no surprise he's having durability issues.

[therealmjl]

1 minute ago, WarHeel said:

Come get that crow @electro's horse

Loooolol

[coffee]

I'm not gonna get hopes up yet because I can easily picture them being asked "Are you thinking of putting him on IR?" and them saying "No," but meaning they aren't considering that until they get all the facts.

IR "is not the plan as of now."

 

I think I'll still hope for about a 3-4 week rest for him and a full recovery in that time.

[BrianS]

Obviously I'd prefer he not be hurt.  However, having him miss three weeks is an excellent opportunity for us to find out if Chuba can be a bona fide NFL RB.  If Chuba can look like an NFL back, it will make it even easier for us to lighten the load on CMC when he returns.

[SteveSmithTD89]

The pro of these stupid TNF games is we have 10 days till Dallas, almost like a mini bye. Means he likely misses only 2 games against Dallas and Philly with plans to have him back for Minnesota. 

The team not placing him on IR seems to indicate they also think he'll be 100% by that 3rd game. We saw last year they aren't afraid to shut him down till he's 100%.

[Scott12345]

14 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Good news...

If accurate that’s outstanding news

[Adb6368]

3 minutes ago, Bartin said:

I think they can do a serviceable job replacing him offensively. It's replacing CMC's blocking that worries me the most.

Royce freeman is known for his pass protection. Not so much his running. 

[therealmjl]

2 minutes ago, coffee said:

I'm not gonna get hopes up yet because I can easily picture them being asked "Are you thinking of putting him on IR?" and them saying "No," but meaning they aren't considering that until they get all the facts.

IR "is not the plan as of now."

 

I think I'll still hope for about a 3-4 week rest for him and a full recovery in that time.

It wouldn’t matter, even if they IR him they can activate him in 3 weeks due to new rules

[t96]

9 minutes ago, ChibCU said:

I typically hate the real early byes, but this year I wouldn't have minded it. 

In hindsight with these injuries yes but an earlier bye is even worse now with 17 game schedule