Christian McCaffrey rumors

[Bills2022]

The Bills roster is the best in football.  We don't need to add anything. We will win the Super Bowl if we play our best football.  

[Doc Brown]

3 minutes ago, mannc said:

Cook's gotten only a handful of touches, is just starting to build his confidence, and now you want to give up big assets for a guy to replace him?  And RBs don't apprentice behind other RBs; they are expected to step up and contribute in their rookie season because there ain't going to be any second contract.

I'm just talking this season and maybe next year depending on the financials.  That still gives us Cook with two or three years left on his rookie deal.

[Shake_My_Head]

Just now, Rc2catch said:

We have no clue what they want to do. Cause they don’t lol. 
They have Corral sitting on IR who may or may not be their quarterback. 
I don’t look at their roster and see a rebuild. I see a need to develop talent which Rhule could not. 
If the next coach is Sean Payton or someone who is from the offensive side of the ball I would think CMC will be a vital selling point in landing that coach. 

No QB = no win in the NFL.     Matt Corral is not that guy.   

 

 

[njbuff]

If the Bills trade with Carolina, forget CMC, get Burns.

[HappyDays]

If we're gonna do this, do it now and get him here in time to incorporate him into the offense before KC. Imagine disrupting all the defensive game planning they've done on us just 4-5 days before they have to play us.

[peterpan]

I’d take him but He is not the guy I’d be targeting.  Our offense is only stopped when our OL is injured or playing poorly.  Improving our OL is the way we improve our O.  RB won’t be worth anything if our OL is down again.
 

our secondary is injury depleted, but still playing well.  Our DL has surely missed Oliver and Phillips, that’s been a weakness.

 

i guess I’d like to see OL DL DB and even WR before adding a RB.  We are one injury away from being super thin at WR.  We have 3 RBs that are serviceable, including a high pick last draft.

[Rico]

1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

How do Bills fans forget that Miami lost their first round pick and therefore there are only 31 in 2023?

Sad!

 

I don't really want CMC, but I definitely don't want him going to KC.

[Rc2catch]

2 minutes ago, Shake_My_Head said:

No QB = no win in the NFL.     Matt Corral is not that guy.   

 

 

That’s a bad take. He’s not that guy before ever taking a snap. I can’t agree there. I have no clue if he’s good or bad but he hasn’t even played yet. 

[Scott7975]

Does he come with a good guard?

[FireChans]

@Alphadawg7 tell Beane that Singletary rules and there’s no need to do this! Lmao

[In Summary]

A 2nd and a 1st spent on RBs this year? No way.

[Shake_My_Head]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

If we're gonna do this, do it now and get him here in time to incorporate him into the offense before KC. Imagine disrupting all the defensive game planning they've done on us just 4-5 days before they have to play us.

Any traded player wouldn't see the field until the GB game at the earliest, IMO.   

 

McD and his staff are conservative, process guys--not Sean McVay types.

2 minutes ago, Rc2catch said:

That’s a bad take. He’s not that guy before ever taking a snap. I can’t agree there. I have no clue if he’s good or bad but he hasn’t even played yet. 

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2022/10/10/panthers-matt-rhule-christian-mccaffrey-dj-moore-brian-burns-trade-deadline/

 

"The desire to trade away veteran players makes sense. Carolina only has four draft picks in 2023, and a new coaching staff and/or front office will likely want more than that to rebuild this team their way."

 

Moreover, the Carolina brass may decide to enter a full-on rebuild after being enticed by some of the top college quarterback prospects available this year. Even though it’s still early, the Panthers are currently in possession of the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft—something that could hold if the team continues its struggles and shops off a few of its top veterans.

 

As Jones specifically stated, McCaffrey could be at the top of that list. After all, the sixth-year rusher is undeniably the best player on the team."

[RocCityRoller]

2 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

I’m sure Beane did call Carolina after the HC gets fired to see if this signals players are available. 

Due diligence

[Scott7975]

23 minutes ago, london_bills said:

Dareus and Watkins were questionable effort guys who didn't fit the new regimes process guys

 

McCaffrey has questionable health.  Played 7 games last season and 4 games the year before. Also a big contract to boot.

Edited October 10, 2022 by Scott7975

[ghostwriter]

16 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

And CMC is a guy with a big contract who has been injured lately. The Panthers will want to get out of that contract, but the only way right now is to cut him and let him walk for nothing, or trade him and get SOMETHING in return.

 

A 4th sounds about right.

If CMC returns to form and stays in form a 4th would be a bargain, but and a big but, will he? He’s missed a lot of time over the last two years. I think a 4th is about as high as we should go.

[DrDawkinstein]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

You could well be right.  But I'm yearly astounded by what gets offered in FA.

 

True, good point, but we're talking an "aging" RB here. This line of discussion piqued my interest...

 

Leonard Fournette, after helping carry TB to a SB, got 3/$21M.

Melvin Gordon got 1/$2.5

 

Most big RB contracts are the deals immediately following their rookie deal, and then fall off a cliff for their 3rd contract.

 

With no guaranteed money remaining, Beane could bring him in this year for $600k, then say "How about 2/$15M with $10M guaranteed?"

 

If he doesnt take it, cut him and let him try the market next year. But he might sign it to get that guaranteed money as an aging RB who has been dinged up.

 

6 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

McCaffrey has questionable health.  Played 7 games last season and 4 games the year before. Also a big contract to boot.

 

The contract is meaningless at this point.

Edited October 10, 2022 by DrDawkinstein

[london_bills]

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

McCaffrey has questionable health.  Played 7 games last season and 4 games the year before.

More competition for CMC might mean the price goes up. It is different to those guys as the Bills are in win now mode. I just think from CAR perspective it would be a higher pick than 4

Edited October 10, 2022 by london_bills

[SUNTANBILLS FAN]

To everyone saying no imagine if he goes to KC you all will be pissed!

[SACTOBILLSFAN]

14 minutes ago, Bills2022 said:

The Bills roster is the best in football.  We don't need to add anything. We will win the Super Bowl if we play our best football.  

This is idiotic. In 2016 the Cubs had BY FAR the best roster in baseball and an elite bullpen though it was the weakest part of their team and a 100 year title drought. Yet they still went out and gave up a bunch of future value to get Aroldis Chapman and lo and behold half their bullpen gets hurt and they absolutely do not win the World Series without him.

 

The Bills clearly have the best roster in the league but their biggest weakness is someone that scares the defense out of the backfield that isn’t Josh Allen. CMC isn’t going to cost a first round pick, and frankly, any pick beyond the first round will struggle to make this roster anyway. And on top of that, you’ll never be giving up as much future value as my example above because the only person with that much impact on the future is Josh Allen and he’s not going anywhere. 
 

Standing pat isn’t how titles are won. Normally, it’s hard to install a new offensive player mid season but a running back isn’t going to be difficult at all, it makes waaaay too much sense to push some more chips into the pot. 

Edited October 10, 2022 by SACTOBILLSFAN

[QCity]

13 minutes ago, Shake_My_Head said:

 

 

 

 

 

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