Marshall Faulk: McCaffrey 'a better version of me'

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey has received high praise from one of the NFL's great dual-threat backs.

"He's a better version of me," Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk told Bill Voth of Panthers.com.

This season, McCaffrey joined Faulk and Roger Craig as the only players to record 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season. But Faulk believes the third-year pro's accomplishment was more impressive than his own.

"He had to do more with less help. I had a lot of help," Faulk said. "And how many quarterbacks did (he) have?"

Faulk won a Super Bowl in 1999 as a member of the then-St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" and was named league MVP in 2000. He shared the field with Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner and Hall of Fame finalists Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt at receiver.

McCaffrey, on the other hand, carried the Panthers' offense in 2019, earning first-team All-Pro honors with young quarterbacks Kyle Allen and Will Grier under center after Carolina shut down Cam Newton early in the year.

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