The Province

MCCAFFERY IS MOTORING

- — John Kryk

Have Christian McCaffrey in your fantasy league? If not, you wish you did.

The Carolina Panthers running back is off to a sizzling statistica­l start. In a

34-27 home-field defeat of Jacksonvil­le, the third-year pro rushed

19 times for 176 yards and two touchdowns — including an 84-yarder — and he caught six passes for 61 yards, including an 18-yard score. McCaffrey led the league in rushing with 411 yards coming into Sunday. Now he has 587 rush yards and 866 total yards from scrimmage, with 11 games to play. McCaffrey even attempted a pass, but it fell incomplete.

“It’s hard to put it into perspectiv­e,” Panthers head coach Ron Rivera said of McCaffrey’s exploits. “He is a tremendous football player. He is a hard worker. He is a guy who just plays the game with such passion, and he is a heck of a guy.”

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