Carolina Panthers listening to commerce provides on RB Christian McCaffrey

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A number of groups have known as the Carolina Panthers a few attainable commerce for Professional Bowl operating again Christian McCaffrey, a league supply confirmed.

Though the Panthers aren’t seeking to unload McCaffrey, a number of league sources stated they’d contemplate a deal if provided a first-round choose and one other participant and not using a huge salary-cap quantity.

McCaffrey, 25, has 4 years remaining on his contract, which was prolonged final offseason, making him the highest-paid operating again in NFL historical past, with a median wage of $16 million. He has a 2022 salary-cap variety of $14,309,500 that jumps to $17.7 million the following two seasons.

The Panthers at the moment have $26,529,771 in cap house, in keeping with league knowledge.

In 2019, McCaffrey turned the third again in NFL historical past to have 1,000 yards dashing and receiving in the identical season. The opposite two had been Roger Craig and Marshall Faulk.

Since then, the eighth choose of the 2017 draft has performed in solely 10 of 33 video games because of accidents. That has restricted him to 667 yards dashing and 492 yards receiving throughout that span.

He performed in solely seven video games in 2021, lacking the ultimate 5 after struggling a left ankle harm within the first half of a Nov. 28 loss at Miami. He additionally suffered a hamstring harm throughout a Week three win at Houston that landed him on injured reserve.

McCaffrey is on monitor to be 100 % for the 2022 season.

Basic supervisor Scott Fitterer stated in January that he had “no intention in any respect” of buying and selling McCaffrey however left the door open for him for use extra as a slot receiver this season.

“There was a report again in November that we had been actively attempting to commerce him, and I advised him that was not true,” Fitterer stated after his exit interview with McCaffrey following the Panthers’ 5-12 season. “What I did inform him was, ‘Hey, pay attention, I am going to take any name. Name and make any give you need.'”

Ought to the Panthers commerce McCaffrey, the highest again on the workforce could be 2021 fourth-round choose Chuba Hubbard. The previous Oklahoma State star rushed for 612 yards and 5 touchdowns and had 26 catches for 174 yards and a landing as a rookie.