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Scott Fowler: By gambling with Christian McCaffrey’s massive contract, Panthers prove they’re not tanking

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SportsCarolinaMonthly
April 14, 2020

Panthers

Both on a symbolic and a systematic level, what the Carolina Panthers did Monday by making Christian McCaffrey the highest-paid running back in the league was right on the money.Symbolically, McCaffrey is the unquestioned face of a sputtering franchise that has lost Cam Newton, Luke Kuechly and Greg Olsen this offseason. On a team where you can’t tell most of the players without a scorecard — as well as a team that begins 2020 on an eight-game losing streak and had a notable drop-off in home attendance toward the end of last season — locking up McCaffrey through 2025 makes sense. It also sends…

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