Around The League 2019

2020 status: Under contract ($5.5 million cap hit)

The Panthers will obviously pick up McCaffrey's fifth-year option for 2021, which helps increase their negotiating leverage as they try to come to terms on a long-term deal. History tells us, though, that he and the Panthers will likely sign a new deal next offseason. The two contract comps McCaffrey's camp will bring up in negotiations are Elliott and Gurley, both of whom signed extensions before their fourth seasons in the league began.

Given how McCaffrey has played this season, he has a credible claim to top Elliott's contract and become the highest-paid running back in football. The Cowboys typically give out longer deals than any other team in the league, mostly to help them restructure their cap, but the Panthers don't usually hand out anything longer than five years. McCaffrey won't have the largest overall value, but the key number to look for is $50 million in new money. He will likely get there through the first three new years of his contract, topping Elliott (at $48 million) and Gurley ($47.1 million).

Of course, the Rams might very well not have signed Gurley if they had waited a year, and the Rams star is the closest comp to McCaffrey. Should the Panthers wait? Probably not. McCaffrey is likely to get only more expensive as he gets closer to free agency, and he doesn't appear to have the same sort of knee concerns that Gurley did when the Georgia star signed his deal. Barring injury, my guess is that McCaffrey signs a five-year, $85 million extension sometime next summer. Given two years of top-level production and no injury history to speak of, I don't see a strong argument to let McCaffrey play out his deal and move on.

 

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Packers feel like a team that gets crushed by a lower seed in January

 

Big time Paper Tiger.


It's frustrating to be so far behind in the wildcard. The two home teams are going to suck.

 

San Francisco is legit

 

The 49ers are a goddamn machine. This game should tell you all you need to know. It also helps many understand how Carolina got killed in Santa Clara.

 

You can’t always get a 2014. It is highly frustrating. But that’s how it works out this year. I could still see Minnesota taking a shit

 

100 yards passing from Rodgers. Yeah, I think you can just burn the tape from the 49ers game. That's a buzz saw* that every team has to walk into.








*they'll still get Cucked By Pete