Now that is what everyone wants from Christian McCaffrey — including McCaffrey himself. The second-year running back blasted through the line of scrimmage like a rocket for a 71-yard rushing touchdown on the second play from scrimmage for the Carolina Panthers Friday night in their 27-20 home exhibition victory over Miami. And to emphasize how different that was from McCaffrey’s rookie year, consider that on average it took him 19 carries to reach 71 rushing yards in 2017. The 71-yard burst came on an inside run, too. Is the 5-11, 205-pound McCaffrey starting to answer questions about whether he can run between the tackles consistently? Foster III [email protected] Of the Panthers’ 186 first-half yards, McCaffrey had a hand in 120 of them, or 65 percent. McCaffrey did have a third-down drop of a short Newton pass that would have gone for a first down, but he also saved Newton on another ball that was thrown behind him. Mar 10, 2015 New in KooRaRoo Media 2.5.0.0: Improved Software is more efficient, another improvement to reduced CPU usage Fixed intermittent aborted downloading of video metadata. Juegos de cranky donde esta mi agua gratis 2. Download keygen terbaru 662 views; ejay hiphop 5 reloaded. “The mistakes we made are easy changes,” McCaffrey said. “We just have to be consistent enough to change it.” On the touchdown, McCaffrey had beautiful blocking. He was led by offensive guard Greg Van Roten, who pulled from the left side to the right. Everyone else made a good block, too, and McCaffrey sped through the line, broke one arm tackle and then showed that he had the speed to outrun the entire Dolphins secondary. Said McCaffrey: “I saw a heck of a gap. The offensive line did a great job. The tight ends and Alex (Armah, the fullback) did a great job on the block. It’s just my job to hit the hole, find the crease and go. ![]() It was a great play.” It was the sort of play McCaffrey just didn’t make a lot last year. The 10-yard gains on receptions came in bunches, but he never had a run or a catch of more than 40 yards in 16 regular-season games. (He did have a 56-yard touchdown reception in the Panthers’ season-ending playoff loss to New Orleans). New offensive coordinator Norv Turner is known for using his lead back very liberally. Panthers coach Ron Rivera raised eyebrows early in training camp when he proclaimed that McCaffrey might get 25 to 30 touches per game. ![]() I don’t think it will end up being quite that high, but there’s no doubt McCaffrey is going to get the ball a lot. As McCaffrey said on the day the Panthers reported to Spartanburg in late July about his comfort level in Year 2 vs. Year 1: “It’s like learning how to drive a car and actually driving the car.” On Friday night, the car was purring, giving rise to the idea that the road McCaffrey travels this season may be a lot more fun to drive.
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