What Carolina and others offered for Stafford

[antame]

On 2/18/2021 at 8:50 PM, Mr. Scot said:

Big fan of McCaffrey as a player, but "reasonable" isn't the first word I'd use when describing his contract.

Agree

[kungfoodude]

5 hours ago, antame said:

Fair enough, and yes, that was a stupid comment by me re: McCaffrey's contract. It was unnecessary, agreed.

Doesn't make him untradeable though. Not that I want to see him traded, but he is absolutely in play, especially with a team that is hemorrhaging star players. That is not far fetched.

He isn't truly untradable but I highly doubt we have gotten a single call about him. There are way too many factors this offseason that make him a player most of the league wouldn't want to trade for. The cap retraction, the injuries, the overall price tag for his contract and possibly what we would want for him. 

In fairness, I would want a significant price for him because the dead cap hit for trading him in the first year of his deal would be astronomical. 

The only plausible scenario I could see is if Houston wanted him in a Watson trade. That also doesn't make any sense for them. Their current RB is getting paid $8+ mil, Watson's trade will have an NFL record dead cap hit, and they are already in cap trouble as it is. 

[kungfoodude]

5 hours ago, antame said:

One other thing. I know the value of RBs is down in general, but they're not obsolete. What would the Saints be without Kamara or the Titans without Henry, for instance? I don't know. Wouldn't surprise me if the league starts using RBs again. Probably never see Earl Campbell again, but if RBs start picking up 6 yards per carry, might be another adjustment.

The league goes in phases, that is certainly true. The issue with that is that the rules over the past decade or more very much favor the passing game.  Not to mention that the track record of teams paying big money to NFL RB's has been really bad. 

Even in the modern game where there are a derth of feature backs, they still have the shortest average careers in the NFL. That turnover rate alone makes it hard to justify paying big money to a RB. In truth, it doesn't make much sense to pay a first round RB much past his rookie deal, because the odds of injuries or production start dropping basically every year past that. 

CMC was an iron man but he missed an entire year with injury. Kamara has missed significant time with injury, Cook has missed significant time with injury Elliott has missed time with injury and looks to be diminished, David Johnson is a shell of himself, Bell is a shell of himself, etc, etc.