Post was not sent - check your email addresses! With check down Teddy coming to town McCaffrey will maintain his 8-10 catches per game. Not a member? Since McCaffrey is still only 23 years old, he’ll have a chance at another new deal at some point before he turns 29. Additionally, McCaffrey will be locked into another $8.1 million next March, earning a total of $22 million in 2020 with only a $7.8 million cap hit. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. 3. The contract keeps McCaffrey under contract through the 2025 season. The 23-year-old tallied 2,392 total yards with 19 touchdowns in 16 games last season. To me, the key is how young he is. 2021-25 workout bonuses: $200,000 per year. And the deal does indeed make McCaffrey the … Does he deserve to be the NFL’s highest-paid running back? McCaffrey racked up 2,392 yards from scrimmage last season - while scoring 19 touchdowns. Graham Mertz threw five touchdown passes to match the Wisconsin record as UW cruised past Illinois. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 4. Last paragraph is key. 2021 base salary: $8.0375 million, $7.7375 million of which is fully guaranteed at signing. What do you think about Christian McCaffrey’s contract extension with the Panthers? The Panthers are not just paying a running back but an offensive weapon. 5. Yes Christian McCaffery deserves everyone of those 64 million dollars worth of penny's and some if you would ask me. The Jets' Le'Veon Bell is close behind at $14.1 million per year. https://100percentbest.com/christian-mccaffrey-salary-net-worth-2020 McCaffrey confirmed to ESPN's Adam Schefter that he signed an extension with the Panthers. pbdisciple says: Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below and connect with other Panthers fans! Last paragraph is key. Realistically, if revenue drops everyone will have to take cuts or it won’t be possible to field a team. It could be like 1995 when you had Carolina and Jax as expansion teams and the dawn of the cap era squeezed a gazillion quality vets into fa and to go get big money to play on those teams at the time. The $8.1 million becomes fully guaranteed on the fifth day of the 2021 (not 2022) league year. You have to wonder why Miami just spent 237 million in one free agent market if the market could flood with vets, lowering fa prices due to the cuts off of low revenue for the 2020 season. Also, be sure to like us on Facebook & Twitter: Twitter - @SI_Panthers and Jack Duffy at @JackDuffyTPL. Whats to say that he wouldn’t sit out a playoff game if he was still on a rookie contract? I hope it turns about to be a great deal for both sides and he isn’t hurt in the next 3 years. He is a “centerpiece you can build your offense around” according to Panthers head coach Matt Rhule. All Rights Reserved. 8 pick in 2017. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. Ezekiel Elliot was previously the NFL’s highest-paid running back, signing a six-year, $90 million extension in 2019. Panthers are in rebuild mode. Building around a running back is insane as all other important positions players have twice the prime at least. Carolina fired coach Ron Rivera late in the season and hired Rhule this January. With plenty of other running backs closing in on new deals, McCaffrey has set a bar that may be hard to surpass, especially if the salary cap takes a hit in 2021 based on reduced revenues in 2020. ...read more. according to Panthers head coach Matt Rhule. Spotrac broke down McCaffrey’s four-year, $64 million contract where CMC was guaranteed $30 million at signing but the team has an option to opt-out after three years. The potential out after year three would only result in $8.6 million in dead cap with the contract totaling just $39.1 million out of the $64 million total. Also, McCaffrey got his new deal after only three seasons, without a holdout or any other public ugliness. Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott previously held that spot while making $15 million per season. It’s 2020…..let’s talk about this year. He is the best young pitcher in baseball. And the deal does indeed make McCaffrey the highest-paid running back in football. Look at the pickle the Chiefs are in. Smart of them to get ahead of it. The new contract between the Panthers and running back Christian McCaffrey has become official. Didn’t McCaffery sit out a bowl game in his final college season? The details of the deal, per a source with knowledge of it, follow. 2022 base salary: $8.4 million, $8.1 million of which is guaranteed for injury at signing. The Panthers drafted McCaffrey, who was in the fourth year of his rookie deal, with the No. Rhule is entirely confident that ‘CMC’ is worth the $16 million per year salary due to the fact that he is not just a running back but a threat as a wide receiver. Christian McCaffrey became the third player in NFL history with at least 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season, joining Roger Craig and Marshall Faulk. Cap hell coming in 2021 and NE with already 100 million in cap space. tylawspick6 says: The full guarantee at signing ($30 million and change) represents nearly 40 percent of the full value of the deal, which isn’t typical for tailback contracts. I recall laughing when they drafted this dude, I thought he had bust written all over him. Well-deserved. The four-year extension has $30.0625 million fully guaranteed at signing. I know the Gurley and David Johnson extensions were pretty disastrous, but with the way McCaffrey is used, I don’t think you’re going to hear much argument that he’s not worth every cent. "I want to thank [owner David] Tepper, [general manager] Marty Hurney, and Coach [Matt] Rhule for the opportunity to help lead this great franchise, and to all my teammates for their help along the way. He is the Panthers’ Christian McCaffrey, and he is on a pace to break the NFL record for combined rushing and receiving yards. Paying a top line RB only works if you have the chance to win now. He’s so explosive Though he turns those into 80-100 yards a game easy. Register now! Emma Baccillieri joins Madelyn Burke to discuss the brilliant pitching performance by Walker Buehler, and Justin Turner’s postseason success. Realistically, if revenue drops everyone will have to take cuts or it won’t be possible to field a team.