Sources: Panthers listening to CMC trade offers

The Carolina Panthers are listening to different teams astir a imaginable commercialized for prima moving backmost Christian McCaffrey, though a woody mightiness not beryllium casual to complete, league sources archer ESPN.

The Panthers rebuffed astatine slightest 2 teams' inquiries into trading for McCaffrey past week and volition proceed to cull overtures they don't see important offers, according to sources.

Listening hardly means the squad is dealing McCaffrey. If the Panthers bash not person what they consciousness is simply a existent connection -- with a precocious draught prime oregon aggregate picks -- they are adamant that they volition clasp connected to McCaffrey past the NFL's Nov. 1 commercialized deadline, sources told ESPN.

What makes McCaffrey, 26, truthful charismatic to different teams -- speech from his endowment -- is his declaration situation. During the spring, the erstwhile Pro Bowler lowered his basal wage for the 2022 play to conscionable $1.035 cardinal -- meaning immoderate squad that acquires him successful a commercialized would person nary issues squeezing his declaration nether its wage cap.

McCaffrey's basal wage jumps backmost up adjacent play to $11.8 million, but immoderate squad that trades for him could fig retired however it wants to grip his declaration during the offseason.

The bigger obstacle to completing a McCaffrey commercialized would beryllium persuading the Panthers to determination connected from a marquee subordinate they are prepared to transportation into adjacent play astatine his afloat wage if they don't receiver a suitable connection by the deadline.

Carolina is scheduled to person lone 4 selections successful the 2023 NFL draft: its ain picks successful the first, second, 4th and 5th rounds. The Panthers' third- and sixth-round picks beryllium to the Patriots from the Stephon Gilmore commercialized successful October 2021, and their seventh-round prime went to the Jaguars successful August arsenic portion of the woody for wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr.

Carolina appears unwilling to commercialized antiaircraft stalwarts Derrick Brown and Brian Burns contempt involvement astir the league.

One subordinate the Panthers are unfastened to moving, according to sources, is wide receiver Robbie Anderson, who played for erstwhile caput manager Matt Rhule astatine Temple. The Panthers person had conversations with different teams astir Anderson, and helium remains a beardown imaginable deadline commercialized candidate.