Sunday’s game between the Panthers and Redskins featured two of the best running backs of our time. Christian McCaffrey is the best in the NFL right now. Adrian Peterson has previously held that title at the peak of his career, though. After the game, the two backs showed a lot of respect for each other and exchanged jerseys. Today, they traded compliments on Twitter.
Peterson said McCaffrey is on a whole other level. McCaffrey replied back, calling AP a legend.
McCaffrey’s future looks brighter, especially now that Peterson is near the tail end of his career. This week it was Peterson’s team that shined on the ground, though.
Washington totaled 248 rushing yards in Sunday’s win over Carolina – a season high. Peterson accounted for 99 of them, averaging 7.6 yards per carry and scoring a touchdown. Derrius Guice did even more damage. He posted 129 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just 10 carries.
Meanwhile, McCaffrey had an uncharacteristically quiet game. He was ineffective as a rusher, averaging just 3.1 yards per carry on 14 attempts. Even more surprising, he struggled as a receiver. McCaffrey only caught seven of 13 targets from Kyle Allen and he dropped a few of them.
McCaffrey will bounce back. Whether the Panthers can find a way to stop the likes of Peterson and Guice is another story.
