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Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey has done something rare in the last two weeks: He’s stayed on the field.McCaffrey has played every single offensive snap for the Panthers in each of their last two games Authentic Donte Jackson Jersey , which is extremely unusual for a running back in today’s NFL. Through Week Seven, McCaffrey has played in 95.9 percent of the Panthers’ offensive snaps, easily the highest percentage of any NFL running back.No other running back has even played 90 percent of his team’s offensive snaps. The closest are Dallas’s Ezekiel Elliott at 89 percent, Pittsburgh’s James Conner at 85 percent, Arizona’s David Johnson at 84 percent Authentic DJ Moore Jersey , the Rams’ Todd Gurley at 82 percent and the Giants’ Saquon Barkley at 82 percent.When the Panthers drafted McCaffrey they viewed him as a punt and kickoff returner as well as a running back and sometimes receiver, but this year they’ve taken him off special teams because of his offensive workload. He’s proving too valuable on offense, where he’s getting more work than any other back in the league. Panthers coach Ron Rivera is going to have a little help with in-game situations this year, and he’s getting it from a familiar face.The Panthers announced their coaching staff changes, including recently reported additions of聽Everette Brown as assistant linebackers coach and Ben Jacobs as assistant special teams coach.The new responsibility for helping Rivera as game management coach will go to Sam Mills III Will Grier Carolina Panthers Jersey , who has been with the staff for 15 years. He’ll assist Rivera with聽clock management, replay challenges and “other situational football analysis.”The son of the legendary Panthers linebacker, Mills has spent the last eight years as assistant defensive line coach. He recently served as head coach for the East-West Shrine Game.“Sam sees the game from a different perspective,” Rivera said in the team’s release. “He’s very interested in how the league operates, how the game operates. By that I mean he’s a guy that pays attention to the rules Blue Will Grier Jersey , he pays attention to replay and he understands time management and score management.”Since Rivera’s going to continue to call defensive plays, coordinator Eric Washington will be able to concentrate more on being a line coach, which he was good at prior to being promoted after the Panthers lost coordinators to head coaching jobs the last two years.