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          Panthers' Christian McCaffrey breaks free for longest run of NFL career

          • David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterSep 8, 2019, 10:05 PM
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              David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn.
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          GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey bounced back from a tough Week 2 and picked up the bulk of his yards on one run Sunday afternoon, a 76-yard dash up the middle against the Arizona Cardinals.

          His previous longest came last year, a 59-yarder against the Seahawks. He didn't score on that one, but extended the Panthers' lead in the third quarter on this one, in which he hit a max speed of 21.0 mph, the second-fastest he's run as a ball carrier in his career, per NFL Next Gen Stats.