We know Christian McCaffrey, last year’s eighth overall pick, will be a huge part of the offense.
But following the release of veteran Jonathan Stewart we’re left to wonder who will share the workload in the backfield.
Days of the feature backs who touch the ball 25 times a game appear to be long gone, and that was never going to be in the cards for an undersized back like McCaffrey. The NFL has become a game that features a running back partnership, if not a committee.
“I think you do need to have that in the NFL today,” head coach Ron Rivera said Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine.