Panthers lean ひどく on McCaffrey in upset 企て，努力，提案 of 長，指導者s
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Carolina coach Matt Rhule 約束d that Christian McCaffrey would get a 十分な 負担 against Kansas City if he was healthy.
Rhule sure wasn't kidding.
Starting with an 開始 75-yard 運動 on which McCaffrey carried four times and caught a pair of passes, 含むing the touchdown, the Panthers leaned ひどく on their All-プロの／賛成の running 支援する.
He 負傷させる up with 18 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown, 10 catches for 82 yards and that other 得点する／非難する／２０, and showed no ぐずぐず残る 影響s from an ankle 傷害 that had sidelined him the past six weeks in a 33-31 loss to the 最高の Bowl 支持する／優勝者s on Sunday.
"広大な／多数の／重要な players show up in 決定的な times. He showed up 決定的な times," Rhule said. "Our ability to run the football results in way more touchdowns and he did a good 職業."
He was a big 推論する／理由 why the Panthers (3-6), who have lost four straight, were の近くに to pulling off the upset.
Carolina Panthers running 支援する Christian McCaffrey (22) runs against Kansas City 長，指導者s cornerback Bashaud Breeland (21) during the second half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
にもかかわらず the 激しい workload 早期に in the game, McCaffrey was still fresh enough to snare an incredible 24-yard pass in the fourth ４半期/4分の1, setting up Teddy Bridgewater's touchdown run that got Carolina within 26-24.
Then after the 長，指導者s 得点する／非難する／２０d, McCaffrey 力／強力にするd into the end zone to make it 33-31 with just under two minutes left in the game.
The Panthers failed to 回復する the onside kick, but their 弁護 軍隊d a quick punt, and Bridgewater and Co. took over at their 9-yard line with 1:26 left. McCaffrey appeared to get banged up on the second play of the 運動, but he returned to make a catch at the sideline that gave Joey Slye a chance to kick a game-winning 67-yard field goal as time 満了する／死ぬd.
Slye had the distance with the 勝利，勝つd behind him, but the kick sailed to the 権利 and was no good.
"It was a 激しい left-to-権利 勝利，勝つd," Slye said. "I tried to play with the 勝利，勝つd and tried to find the 権利 勝利，勝つd pattern and swing pattern. It just got 押し進めるd by the 勝利，勝つd. I don´t know if I had the 脚 or not."
The 行方不明になるd field goal spoiled what was さもなければ a 勝利を得た return for McCaffrey, who was not made 利用できる to the マスコミ after the game; Rhule also did not 供給する an update on his running 支援する's health.
"McCaffrey is a pretty good player and had a pretty good day," said 長，指導者s coach Andy Reid, who tried to 影をつくる／尾行する him much of the game with safety Daniel Sorensen. "We tried a couple of different things on him. You have to give him different looks. But listen, 広大な／多数の／重要な players make plays. Whether it was his catches or his runs, he had a 広大な／多数の／重要な day."
So did the 残り／休憩（する） of the Carolina 罪／違反.
McCaffrey's ability in the passing game, both 選ぶing up blitzes and catching the ball, made life a lot easier f or Bridgewater, who was 36 of 49 for 310 yards and two touchdowns with another on the ground.
The attention on McCaffrey also helped to 解放する／自由な up Curtis Samuel, who 運ぶ／漁獲高d in nine catches for 105 yards and a 得点する／非難する／２０.
"It was definitely good having Christian 支援する this week," Bridgewater said. "He fought for us and ran hard and caught the ball out of the backfield and 選ぶd up guys in 保護."
He also made sure they reached 支払う／賃金 dirt. The Panthers were 4 for 4 得点する／非難する／２０ing touchdowns in the red zone, and they are 8 of 9 when they have McCaffrey on the field this season. They are just 10 of 21 without him.
"You play a team as good as the 長，指導者s, and they are a 広大な／多数の／重要な team, but we don´t want it to be a ありふれた 主題 存在 権利 there," Bridgewater said.
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AP Sports Writer Steve Reed 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.
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Carolina Panthers running 支援する Christia n McCaffrey, left, runs against Kansas City 長，指導者s linebacker Willie Gay Jr. during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Carolina Panthers running 支援する Christian McCaffrey, 中心, runs against the Kansas City 長，指導者s during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
