{"id":43582,"date":"2018-05-07T18:48:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T22:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=43582"},"modified":"2018-05-07T18:48:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T22:48:20","slug":"c-j-anderson-signs-carolina-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/05\/07\/c-j-anderson-signs-carolina-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"C.J. Anderson Signs with Carolina Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AndeC.00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>C.J. Anderson<\/strong><\/a> has found a new home. After being cut by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a> about three weeks ago, he has signed a new contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>. The contract is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/article-2\/Panthers-sign-CJ-Anderson-to-one-year-contract\/5c940f0c-254a-4d7a-bbbe-a164052c3a57\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one year in length<\/a>, and the other terms of the deal are unknown\u00a0at this time. He will likely be sharing carries with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCaCh01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Christian McCaffrey<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in some manner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Panthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Panthers<\/a> are signing former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Broncos<\/a> RB CJ Anderson, source confirms (as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballTalk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ProFootballTalk<\/a> reported). Some depth and experience behind Christian McCaffrey.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/993580978537947138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>C.J. Anderson Agrees to One-Year Deal with Carolina Panthers<\/h1>\n<p>The release of Anderson from the Broncos came as a bit of a\u00a0surprise,\u00a0especially considering he is coming off the first 1,000-yard season of his career. He has been a good asset for the Broncos running game over the past years, and\u00a0decent\u00a0as a receiving back too. It&#8217;s unknown right now if he will be the lead back over McCaffrey, or if he&#8217;ll be more of a third-down and goal-line back. It&#8217;s also possible there may be more of a 50-50 split.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson finished the 2017 season with 1,007 rushing yards with three rushing touchdowns, to be precise. In addition, he had 224 receiving yards and one touchdown. This was also the\u00a0first time\u00a0he played all 16 games. Despite being on a Broncos offense\u00a0that struggled mightily overall, he had one of his best seasons thus far.<\/p>\n<p>To this point, Anderson had played for the Broncos his whole career. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He\u00a0became one of the main playmakers of the offense in 2014, with over 1,100 all-purpose yards and made his lone Pro Bowl appearance so far that year.\u00a0So far in his career, he has 3,051 rushing yards with 20 touchdowns. He also has 859 receiving career yards with four touchdowns.\u00a0Also\u00a0of note is that in five seasons thus far he has only lost three fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>This should be a good pickup for the Panthers, who jettisoned <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/StewJo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Stewart<\/a><\/strong> earlier this offseason. They needed someone reliable besides McCaffrey to share carries with, especially since the Panthers are likely to be a more run-oriented offense. McCaffrey and Anderson together should prove to be an effective\u00a0running back duo for the team. The fact that they are also both receiving back threats certainly does not hurt either.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"4aw3pI7nSn11u7--slYnBw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/900145236\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4aw3pI7nSn11u7--slYnBw',sig:'qqkYyhk242oCyVsOp5LuDglfEmlIGrOUxRjDbCq_8Zo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'900145236',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running back C.J. Anderson has signed with the Carolina Panthers to a one-year deal. 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