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The Carolina Panthers eventually might regret making Christian McCaffrey the NFL's highest-paid running back with a four-year, $64.1 million extension that could keep him in Charlotte through 2025. Then again, McCaffrey might sustain his All-Pro-level play well into the 2020s and live up to his lucrative contract.
Regardless, it's a done deal.
Now, other teams that spent draft picks on members of the talented and highly touted 2017 running back class will have to decide whether to follow suit.
Backs from that draft have already earned a combined eight Pro Bowl nods, an Offensive Rookie of the Year honor and a dozen 1,000-yard seasons.