A failure to trade Christian McCaffrey will cost us Trevor or Fields

[Carl Spackler]

2 minutes ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

i do disagree with the premise of this thread though. a running back doesn't move the needle like that anymore. if we have one of the worst rosters in the league, we will pick near the top of the draft whether mccaffrey is here or not.

Do you plan on attending any games next season? I'm going to start asking the "trade every good player we have forever" crowd. If you're gonna just take the year off because the team sucks, maybe there's a fundamental problem with what you're advocating.

[JARROD]

Trade BobWilson to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

he has broncos written all over him

Broncos fans were PISSED we drafted him. They wanted him BAD.

And yeah, the guy grew up in that organization while his dad was the current GM's go-to WR in his Super Bowl years.

It makes a LOT of sense.

[stbugs]

9 minutes ago, JARROD said:

What is this obsession to tank for 2021...

that worked out horribly for the Colts. They had some playoff runs with Andrew but it did not result in a Super Bowl and he lost his desire to even play football.

its just stupid to tank for a future where the success of future draft picks is impossible to predict

What? How did it not work out? I guess tanking for Cam didn’t either since he never won a SB. Damn Cam sucked. I don’t know why people get so hung up on Luck. It was a great pick by Indy that like Cam, got derailed by injuries. Indy was 1-15. They went to the playoffs three straight years starting with Luck’s rookie year. 11-5 every year and the best they did was the AFC Championship. They lost to the eventual SB champion in two of his 3 playoff years until he got hurt and then it was all over. His recurring injuries were what caused him to retire. It looked like he was going to miss last year as well, which would have been his 3rd almost entire season. Cam’s been hurt but only really missed 1 entire season.

No shoulder problem and Indy likely makes 8-10 playoff appearances with Luck instead of 4 (made 4 of 5 when healthy). We made 4 of 7 when Cam was healthy and starting to get nicked up. I still don’t think it wasn’t a good tank. It worked until he got hurt.

[USC/panthers_11]

19 minutes ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

it's 2020. people aren't going through the trouble of going to a game they know they're going to lose just because they have a thing for the running back. cash out on this running back while you still can. the alternative is having perhaps the highest paid running back in league history (lol) on what will still be a shitty team. won't be long until people look back at this moment and say "we really should have gotten value out of our running back while we could"

We all know the real reason you want him gone.

[bobowilson]

To all of the people against trading CMC, ask yourself, how would you feel if

We're 2-13 heading into the last game of next season.  In the final game of the season, CMC wills us to a gritty victory, rushing for 212 yards and 120 receiving.

We slide out of the top 2 and watch Trevor Lawrence win multiple Super Bowls for another team.  Missing out on the top pick, we are forced to stick with Teddy Bridgewater, and miss the playoffs for the next decade.

[PhillyB]

100%. we could easily pull a first rounder for him, maybe more.

[qazsazsaz]

If people do not think we are still not tanking, I do not know what to tell you.

[GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER]

1 minute ago, USC/panthers_11 said:

We all know the real reason you want him gone.

yeah running back is a low value position with a short shelf life and it makes no sense for the team to hand a gigantic contract to one when you have no hope of competing in the next few years at best. if you trade him now you maximize the return of assets that can be used to build toward the future of this team.

you're telling on yourself as people like you often do.

[KillerKat]

fug it. Trade him. CMC deserves better. Tepper can go fug himself.

[GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER]

2 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

To all of the people against trading CMC, ask yourself, how would you feel if

We're 2-13 heading into the last game of next season.  In the final game of the season, CMC wills us to a gritty victory, rushing for 212 yards and 120 receiving.

We slide out of the top 2 and watch Trevor Lawrence win multiple Super Bowls for another team.  Missing out on the top pick, we are forced to stick with Teddy Bridgewater, and miss the playoffs for the next decade.

sticking with a quarterback like bridgewater is the doomsday scenario for those people lol. it was hard enough on them with cam when he was playing at an mvp level for their alleged favorite team. though fields would be a nightmare as well so they might appreciate a few meaningless wins if it pushes him out of reach.

 

[GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER]

2 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

fug it. Trade him. CMC deserves better. Tepper can go fug himself.

idk if he has done enough to "deserve better" but it would be in the best interest of both sides if the panthers and broncos worked something out

[jfra78]

4 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

To all of the people against trading CMC, ask yourself, how would you feel if

We're 2-13 heading into the last game of next season.  In the final game of the season, CMC wills us to a gritty victory, rushing for 212 yards and 120 receiving.

We slide out of the top 2 and watch Trevor Lawrence win multiple Super Bowls for another team.  Missing out on the top pick, we are forced to stick with Teddy Bridgewater, and miss the playoffs for the next decade.

McCaffery doesnt win or lose games on his own.  We literally force fed him the last 3 games and he won none. 

[KaseKlosed]

35 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

We've all seen what McCaffrey can do, he can break games open, and will win even the worst team in the NFL to a couple of wins.

You don't think if CMC was on the Bengals last year they eke out 2 extra wins?  There will be a few 200 yard CMC games that we unfortunately win if we don't trade him.

On the other hand, by the time Lawrence is in his 2nd season, CMC will be an old and broken down running back on a maximum salary.

So there's no reason to hang on to CMC.  He costs us draft position this year, and won't be in his prime by the time our new QB is ready.

The only reason to keep him at this point would be to sell tickets and merch.  So this is a test of how bad Tepper wants to win versus make money.

 

CMC getting traded draft day