Carolina Panthers trade Christian McCaffrey to San Francisco 49ers: Report

Carolina Panthers’ do-it-all again Christian McCaffrey was despatched packing Thursday nightt to the San Francisco 49ers for a next-, 3rd- and fourth-round picks in 2023 and a fifth-spherical pick in 2024, initially noted by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The Panthers all but introduced McCaffrey’s departure by thanking him on Twitter.

It was noted previous week that the Panthers, who have gotten off to a dreadful start to the 2022 year, have been open up to working their ideal player after firing their head coach Matt Rhule, and shipping and delivery disgruntled receiver Robbie Anderson to the Arizona Cardinals.

At 1-5, the Panthers have been brutal so significantly this calendar year. Immediately after Sunday’s 24-10 reduction to the Los Angeles Rams McCaffery stated, “All I want to do is gain.” With the deal, McCaffrey returns to the Bay Area, the place he starred at Stanford, and joins a San Francisco 49ers crew that is 3-3, nevertheless tied atop the NFC West with the Rams and Seattle Seahawks.

Because becoming drafted by the Panthers with the 8th select of the 2017 NFL Draft, McCaffrey has been a single of the most effective backs in the NFL, each functioning the ball and as a pass catcher. In 2019, his 3rd year, he rushed surpassed 1,000 yards speeding (1,035) and acquiring (1,005), getting only the 3rd player in NFL historical past to do so. But injuries have hampered his job given that, limiting him to just 3 online games in 2020 and seven in 2021. So far this season, McCaffrey has performed in all 6 Panthers game titles, and in accordance to ESPN, has played in 85 % of the team’s snaps.

The Panthers will flip to Chuba Hubbard and D’Onta Foreman to take care of the dashing duties. Hubbard, in his next 12 months out of Oklahoma Point out, has played in 23 video games, rushing for 646 yards on 178 carries. Foreman was taken in the 3rd spherical of the 2017 draft by the Houston Texans. In five seasons with the Texans, Titans and Panthers, he’s rushed for 1,024 yards on 252 carries, scoring 5 complete TDs.

McCaffrey’s arrival in San Fran can help settle a working video game that moved receiver Deebo Samuel into the backfield and unites him with the coach who just about drafted him in 2017 in Kyle Shanhan. The McCaffrey-Shanahan family members have deep ties as Christian’s father Ed McCaffrey performed receiver for Kyle’s dad Mike Shanahan with the Denver Broncos in the 1990s, winning Super Bowls in the 1997 and 1998 seasons. The Niners confront the 4-2 Kansas Town Chiefs at property Sunday at 4:25 p.m. EST.

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