The league’s other 31 GMs will have to cross an item off of their holiday wishlist. The Panthers have no plans to trade Christian McCaffrey, according to a team source who spoke with Joseph Person of the Athletic. 
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The running back was placed on IR after suffering a season-ending injury ankle injury in Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins. It marks McCaffrey’s second stint on IR this year, and the latest in a concerning trend regarding the 25-year-old’s ability to stay on the field. He missed all but three games in 2020 due to separate ankle, shoulder, and quad injuries meaning that the Panthers will have only had him available for ten of a possible 33 games in the last two campaigns.
The eighth overall pick in the 2017 draft, McCaffrey signed a four-year, $64MM extension in April 2020. Injuries had not been a cause for concern at the time, even going back to his time at Stanford. Now, however, his contract — which runs through 2025 with sizable cap hits — could hamper the Panthers if he can’t stay healthy.
For now, the Panthers will turn to rookie Chuba Hubbard as their lead back, starting with their Week 14 matchup against the Falcons.
Who would trade for a broke down, expensive RB? I saw a meme today he has more trips to the IR this year than TD’s.
Cool meme story
Holiday wish list?! Ummm..he’s on season-ending IR and btw, the trade deadline has passed. Anyone who had him on the “holiday wishlist” has no idea what they are doing. Such an absurd thing to write.
Is this airing of grievances an indication that you celebrate the Festivus Holiday?
How is this a story? His trade value is at its absolute lowest and it is clearly untrue. If someone offered the Panthers anything remotely significant, they’d trade him in a heartbeat.
It isnt
No one wants to trade for Christian McCaffery. There, fixed your headline.
Translated: “No one will trade FOR McCaffrey and his contract.”
Colts better pay attention with Jonathan Taylor. Enjoy 2 more years plus 1 or 2 franchise tags. Then thank you, next.