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RUMOR: Panthers are trying to trade Christian McCaffrey to the Buffalo Bills & Robbie Anderson to the Green Bay Packers

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I swear, I really don't understand why people can't seem to figure out how to properly evaluate CMC's future.

Short of Buffalo giving us Cook and 2 Firsts, I'm not even talking to them, dead serious, and here's why.........

With any competent coaching staff, CMC's days as an every down RUNNING BACK are already over, he should and will be relegated to around 10-15 carries a game, max.  He should and will be used in more of a Deebo type of player, he will line up at least 50% of the snaps in a game as a Slot WR, running routes on most plays, taking handoffs on jet sweeps sometimes, and running that as a decoy at other times.

It will keep the wear and tear off his body to allow him to play full seasons while still allowing him a lot of touches each game, and he is already a Pro Bowl caliber Slot WR.  Yes, he is very effective getting 20-25 carries in a game and just wearing down a defense, but it's also what is causing his injury problems, a competent staff will understand this and change how he's used.

When he becomes that role, his contract will look perfectly fine as essentially he's then a top paid WR and we fill in the other 50% of the snaps at RB with players on cheap and/or rookie deals for that team.

There is no good reason that team shouldn't be the Panthers, period.

To a competent HC candidate, who understands how CMC should properly be utilized to maximize his output and decrease injury risk, he is a FAR more attractive piece to recruit a good HC than any fair trade a team is going to offer us.  Even one first by a team in contention, which would fall in the late 20's if not 30's, would be a far less useful piece in said coaching search than the idea of having one of the game's most talented players.

If we trade him, we'll get to see that team get to use CMC for the next 10 years and be possibly the most dangerous weapon in the game during that time.  RB's wash up by 30 because of what it does to their bodies and they don't have CMC's receiving abilities, there is no reason he can't play well into his 30's as he transitions into a full time WR later in his career.

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12 minutes ago, pantherclaw said:

Cmc is the best offensive weapon the Panthers have.  If they genuinely want to win games, he won't be traded. 

CMC would also have to agree with a redo of his contract to facilitate any trade. 

Wrong and wrong. They don’t win now…with him. And please explain how he has to redo his contract to be traded? 

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4 minutes ago, poundaway said:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10051937-nfl-rumors-panthers-seen-as-willing-to-eat-salary-in-mccaffrey-anderson-trades

NFL Rumors: Panthers Seen as Willing to 'Eat Salary' in McCaffrey, Anderson Trades

How are the Panthers supposed to “eat” salary for two players with the league minimum base salaries? The dead money is gone. “Eating” salary would be like the Browns did with Baker, or Panthers did with Teddy. 

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