The week between Weeks 5 and 6 of the 2022 NFL season will go down as one of the most eventful (and possibly most impactful) in Carolina Panthers history. Owner David Tepper fired head coach Matt Rhule, and reports emerged about superstar running back Christian McCaffrey being unhappy with the organization. After these reports, the next news out of Charlotte was that the Buffalo Bills called the embattled franchise to enquire about a Christian McCaffrey trade. There have since been conflicting reports on whether this is true or not, but Bills Mafia should hope the rumors are correct. Here is the Bills trade offer the organization must make to bring McCaffrey to Western New York.

 

The Christian McCaffrey trade offer the Bills must make the Panthers

Shortly after Panthers owner David Tepper fired Matt Rhule after 38 games and an 11-27 record, sports reporter Dan Fetes from ABC 13 WHAM in Rochester, New York tweeted, “A source has confirmed to me that the Bills have reached out to the Panthers about running back Christian McCaffrey.”

Since then, national and local Carolina reporters have pushed back on the fact that the Panthers are having McCaffrey “trade talks,” but that doesn’t mean the team isn’t picking up the phone when teams call to inquire about a potential Christian McCaffrey trade.

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The Bills are likely one of those teams as general manager Brandon Beane is an excellent GM, used to work for the Panthers organization, and needs to do everything he can to send the best Bills roster possible into the 2022 NFL Playoffs.

There are some downsides to a Bills trade for McCaffrey.

After playing all 16 games each year in his first three seasons, the former Stanford Cardinal played in just 10 games the next two seasons due to injury. Also, while any club that trades for McCaffery will only owe him $575,000 for the rest of this season, he has $36.2 million left on his contract over the next three seasons. That’s not guaranteed yet, but for the amount a team will have to give up to get McCaffrey, they will want more than a one-year rental.

That brings up to what a Bills trade for the Panther RB needs to look like.