ADAM SCHEFTER: Panthers listening to Christian McCaffrey trade offers

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34801777/sources-panthers-listening-christian-mccaffrey-trade-offers

[Varking]

Good. We shouldn’t spend big money on RBs anymore. 

[Aussie Tank]

After this weekends game I can see us moving a couple of players 

[frankw]

CMC superfans about to be heated.

[TheSpecialJuan]

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The Panthers rebuffed at least two teams' inquiries into trading for McCaffrey last week and will continue to reject overtures that they don't consider to be significant offers, according to sources.

 

[Aussie Tank]

Just now, Varking said:

Good. We shouldn’t spend big money on RBs anymore. 

Flog them to death on their rookie deals then move on 

[TheRumGone]

Good

[Varking]

Just now, Aussie Tank said:

Flog them to death on their rookie deals then move on 

It works for the Bears. Montgomery doesn’t look the same and Herbert looks like a stud. Monty will walk at the end of the year and his replacement is there. Bears will keep drafting RBs in round 5 and rotating them. 
 

It’s like the Steelers and WRs

[TheSpecialJuan]

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One player the Panthers are open to moving, according to sources, is wide receiver Robbie Anderson, who played for former head coach Matt Rhule at Temple. The Panthers have had conversations with other teams about Anderson, and he remains a strong potential trade-deadline candidate.

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[bigdog10]

Sad, but necessary. 
 

Cam, Luke, CMC. All pro talent that we’ve completely let down as a franchise. 

[tukafan21]

Posted this the other day, seems fitting to do it again because not trading CMC should be the most obvious thing ever, and this post I didn't even bring up the massive Cap hit we'd take next year for trading him away, yet another reason that trading him would make us less attractive to any new potential HC.........

 

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.

[TheCasillas]

It’s obvious the team is listening but not selling. Sounds like we won’t sell unless it makes the team better.

[Shocker]

He would need to return a major haul IMO