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Height: 5-8 Weight: 224 Age: 27
Born: 2/10/1991 Richmond, CA
College: California
Experience: sixth season
High School: Bethel HS [Vallejo, CA]
The Perception: It’s ever intriguing to hash out a actor that has seen practiced levels of success inwards his career spell entering the league every bit an undrafted costless agent. When the Denver Broncos took a shot on the old California product, expectations were patently lower than that of a drafted player, but Anderson continued to brand noise showing his worth from flavor to season. While Anderson began his career on the sidelines patiently waiting inwards a reserve work behind the likes of Knowshon Moreno as well as Montee Ball, the 2014 drive allowed for chance as well as Anderson literally ran away alongside the starting role. During the course of teaching of the cyberspace 4 seasons inwards Denver, CJ Anderson flora ways to hold upwards quite productive fifty-fifty inwards a transcend happy criminal offence Pb past times the swell Peyton Manning.
It’s quite clear Anderson doesn’t have national attending for the move he’s accomplished as well as maybe rightfully so. Anderson doesn’t scream star potential but rather a hardnosed gut punching vogue alongside deceptive speed on conduct describe of piece of work runs. The interesting aspects on Anderson game i time Manning retired from the NFL, was how the Broncos used the 220+ pound running back. When you lot fast frontwards to the 2017 season, the Broncos possessed no threat of a feasible transcend assail leaning on Anderson to the melody of a career high 245 carries - 66 to a greater extent than than his previous career high dorsum inwards 2014. The argue this stat is of import moving forward, is it proved Anderson could grip a workload resembling a total fourth dimension iii downward back, spell playing all sixteen games removing the perception that injuries were a mutual occurrence. It became clear later the 2017 season; Anderson had contractually priced himself out of Denver therefore moving his talents to Carolina to conceivably conk a heavy contributor for the Panthers.
To hold upwards fair, nosotros bring never been a large supporter of Anderson during his Bronco tenure admittedly subscribing to the overall perception that he was inwards fact only an average running back. With that said, nosotros bring flora swell appeal inwards his determination to bring together the Panthers to appropriately alter our catch on the matter. There is a clear work to hold upwards had inwards this Panthers criminal offence to back upwards a runner of his style, i that resembles the likes of a younger Jonathan Stewart who late departed for New York. The full general consensus regarding the potential of Anderson for the upcoming flavor has been somewhat lukewarm, but nosotros are definitely buying what Carolina is selling, showing a clear vision for Anderson to conk a steady contributor this flavor as well as beyond.
The Reality:
Looking dorsum at what Anderson has been able to accomplish inwards his curt career is moderately steady, rather than exemplary, but for certain has creatable pieces on his resume to detect his niche alongside Cam Newton as well as this offense. Of the 5 completed seasons inwards the NFL, Anderson has solely been able to muster i thou yard campaign, alongside ii others topping out over 700 & 800 yards respectively. While those totals tin strength out aspect somewhat mediocre for a starting running back, the deception rests inwards the amount of move Anderson was given. Aside from final season, Anderson never reached the 200 acquit grade spell seeing a really favorable 4.7 yards per acquit inwards those 2014 & 2015 seasons - highlighting a far ameliorate motion-picture demo than only showing his total yardage. Furthermore, when reviewing the skillset Anderson possesses, it hard to non experience encouraged every bit his blocking might is clearly inwards a higher house average as well as he does truthfully theatre a receiving threat to his overall game. Over the course of teaching of 5 seasons, CJ was able to create a good for you lot 103 receptions for 859 yards adding 4 touchdowns inwards the process. The to a greater extent than nosotros dive into Anderson’s tape, the to a greater extent than nosotros run across positives inwards a Panthers uniform.
One aspect that should hold upwards accounted for when discussing Anderson inwards the Carolina backfield is - how volition carries hold upwards split upwards alongside the Panthers dynamic playmaker Christian McCaffrey? Early reports from military camp bring Head Coach Ron Rivera suggesting 200 rushing attempts isn’t out of the realm of possibilities for his 2nd yr running back, nosotros telephone telephone foul an refuse this assessment every bit pure misdirection. There’s absolutely no enquiry McCaffrey is a particular actor that garners incredible talent, but proving hard to run inwards betwixt the tackles was evident inwards his rookie season, as well as there’s been trivial to confirm that would alter drastically this season. While Christian volition bring the Pb work inwards terms of system situations to make for the Panthers, nosotros envision a province of affairs where both backs are used inwards a similar fashion similar the New Orleans Saints work Alvin Kamara as well as Mark Ingram. In no agency are nosotros implying Anderson is comparable to Mark Ingram, but rather the usage as well as roles specific to this criminal offence should resemble an approach that was greatly successful past times the Saints a flavor ago.
The Outlook:
As nosotros mentioned, CJ Anderson doesn’t wing off the game celluloid every bit a running dorsum the NFL volition hold upwards talking most on Monday’s later Dominicus contests. However, the skillset he possesses provides a massive uptick for the Panthers criminal offence to i time once to a greater extent than shape a one-two punch that opposing teams volition fear. It wasn’t long agone when Carolina employed a backfield tandem appropriately nicknamed ‘thunder as well as lightning’ alongside DeAngelo Williams as well as Jonathan Stewart, maybe at that topographic point volition hold upwards the 2nd coming of that instance, nosotros for certain experience similar it’s a agree made inwards heaven. One impressive statistic which nosotros were forced to review farther when discussing alongside our colleagues, was the amount of success Anderson achieved alongside express carries inwards specific contests. During the course of teaching of the 2017 season, Anderson had half dozen contests where he saw 10 or fewer carries as well as nonetheless managed to solidify his commencement thou yard season. If you lot genuinely sit down dorsum as well as mean value most how impressive that is, essentially Anderson wasn’t used inwards those half dozen games leaving him to create all of his production inwards solely 10 contests, rather remarkable. The outlook for CJ inwards Carolina has us at ADF licking our chops for what the potential has inwards store.
From the fantasy football game perspective, CJ Anderson was rather productive for a actor that had no feasible transcend game to aid inwards opening lanes for the Broncos runners. Anderson nonetheless managed to generate a really good for you lot 175.1 fantasy points inwards PPR (Point Per Reception) formats, giving him a decent 10.9 points per game. The termination which made fantasy owners irate inwards starting Anderson final flavor was the lack of production inwards those half dozen contests nosotros mentioned above. The lack of consistency is what led to an uneven perception of Anderson every bit nosotros learn inwards the fantasy draft season. In our opinion, CJ Anderson is beingness undervalued, currently asset an ADP (Average Draft Position) sitting at 106, which would allow fantasy managers to pick out the running dorsum inwards the 8th or 9th round. The value meter is off the charts for a dorsum that could make solid numbers for the Panthers this season. Teamed alongside Cam Newton’s read option, as well as absolutely becoming the preferred candidate on finish describe of piece of work situations, Anderson should over make showing that incredible value from draft day. It’s non out of the enquiry to witness Anderson garner stats hovering only about 750-1000 rushing yards as well as 10-15 touchdowns on the season. Let others overlook CJ this flavor spell you lot ride into the sunset of a entitle alongside CJ Anderson on your roster.
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