CMC's Potential New Contract - Discussion

[TheRed]

19 million dollars for one year for a former MVP is unfathomable but guys are totally copacetic nuking our salary cap on what will surely be a historic RB contract.

Hilarious.

[Daywa1ker]

Last few runningbacks to win a superbowl:

Sony Michel

Jay Ajayi

Lagarrete Blount

CJ Anderson

Shane Vereen

None of the above are/were paid more than 4m/year, several were paid less than 1m/year

[t96]

The only way you let him go any time soon is a Herschel Walker type deal. But that’s highly unlikely as I’d think teams have learned from that mistake...

[d-dave]

I can absolutely see what everyone is saying about the RB position and contracts.  I generally would agree with you.

CMC is different.  He is a legit difference maker.  Not just a difference maker, he's a touchdown scorer.  He makes any QB you have better because he can be an outlet, and he's extremely difficult to cover out of the backfield.  He's an automatic first down.

Now he does need linemen to block, he needs a QB to get him the ball, and it really helps when opposing defenses have to worry about hitting the usually open Curtis Samuel.  It also helps when our defense can actually stop the other guys.

CMC is an integral part of the offense who makes so many things work.  I think he's that important.  Could we find his replacement in the next two drafts?  Probably not.  I know the general wisdom is that you don't pay RBs that, but I think that CMC is much more than simply a RB.

[GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER]

signing mccaffrey to a massive contract isn’t a “rebuilding” move

[t96]

3 minutes ago, TheRed said:

19 million dollars for one year for a former MVP is unfathomable

Can you show me an example of where anybody has said this here? Pretty sure nobody has an issue with that contract except Cam (feeling he’s underpaid, with some justification). The questions with Cam’s status here have nothing to do with that contract.

[t96]

3 minutes ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

signing mccaffrey to a massive contract isn’t a “rebuilding” move

Well you have to rebuild around some pieces for sure, but I would probably wait until next year.

[TheRumGone]

Only way I’m on board with this is if we front load the poo out of this contract. He’s gonna get a 100+ million contract. That’s qb money. So if we do it this offseason than I’m gonna guess they’ve made their mind up about Cam for the long term.

if we do give him this contract don’t expect to win consistently in the next couple of years unless Rhule and coaching staff are some kind of coaching savants and can get young late round drafted players to play above and beyond expectations.

It’s the same line of thinking about high paid qbs. They have to have the ability to make those around them better and for longer periods of time. Because the cap can only be spread around so much to fill out the team. Cmc was no doubt a beast last year, but that netted us 5 wins in a historic rb season. That’s not good.

[DubE_4MR]

This is a no-brainer. I don't know why it's even a discussion. 

[The Huddler]

31 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

I cant see giving a second contact as a RB.  As a fully converted WR maybe.  

 

[mrcompletely11]

5 minutes ago, DubE_4MR said:

This is a no-brainer. I don't know why it's even a discussion. 

How is it a no brainer he is already under contract for potentially 2 more years.  Is everyone totally forgetting the rams and Gurley?  Let him play one more on his current and then see what happens.  

[The Huddler]

its clear CMC is not "just a running back"

 

dude is a top notch WR and RB all in one. 

 

generational talent. if you cant see that, you must be on the way to adult day care front seat of a short bus. 

[TheRed]

No matter how badly certain fans want it to happen you cannot make a running back the face of your franchise and expect to win much. He was our go to in 2019 and we went 1-5 in our division and won 5 total games.

Yeah let's throw him 100 million dollars now.

[MHS831]

As you can see, the decline becomes pronounced at 28.  CMC, however, could convert to slot/swiss army knife and extend his career another 3 years, imo.

https://apexfantasyleagues.com/2019/03/the-peak-age-for-an-nfl-running-back-2019-update/#