Each week the Carolina Panthers play in 2018, the Observer will choose a potential gamechanger — the player most likely to make a huge impact on the game. This week’s choice:
Running back Christian McCaffrey
The context: For all the talk about Carolina’s deep passing attack — or lack thereof — or turnovers or inconsistency, there’s one easy way for this Panthers offense to stabilize itself. To self-correct, if you will:
Run CMC.
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McCaffrey, the team’s first pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, was brought in to be a do-everything threat: to run, to catch passes out of the backfield (and increasingly down the field), and to break games open on special teams.