Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is heading into the most important season of his professional career.
McCaffrey, 26, has all of the perquisite skills necessary to be a star in the league. When healthy, he is borderline unstoppable. The problem for him up to this point has been remaining on the field.
As McCaffrey gears up for a 2022-23 campaign where he will look to prove the doubters wrong, his girlfriend Olivia Culpo has been partying like crazy.
The fun times continued this past weekend:
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This isn’t the first time McCaffrey and Culpo have landed in the headlines for something like this. Between her provocative messages to him, their seductive photos together or their extremely revealing wardrobe choices, it has been one thing after another.
And that’s to say nothing of just Culpo’s general Instagram posts, which always do massive numbers.
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Big picture, though – it cannot be overstated how badly McCaffrey needs a massive year. He has done absolutely nothing on the field since getting a four-year, $64 million deal from the Panthers.
A guy who participated in 16 outings for each of his first three years has now played a combined 10 games over the past two.
There’s a reason Carolina almost dealt McCaffrey to a Super Bowl contender this past summer. And there is a reason why that trade failed to materialize – nobody knows if McCaffrey can be counted on to stay healthy.
Don’t forget, there is a legitimate theory floating around that “fun times” with Culpo have taken a real toll on his health.
How true it is depends on your personal views, but the fact that it’s even out there is telling.
Charissa Thompson kept it real. https://t.co/c4sxLhzzwl
— Game 7 (@game7__) September 8, 2022
If McCaffrey bounces back strong in 2022-23, he and Culpo will immediately become one of the hottest power couples in the NFL.
Should the opposite happen, though – don’t be surprised if McCaffrey finds himself back on the trade block at an extremely reduced price.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
