[GoodGrief]

To me, the most interesting part is that Ed McCaffrey said his son sat out because he didn't want to get injured and forfeit $18 million.  That's an odd number to pull out of the air, particularly given the tone of his responses to the interview questions.  So I looked it up...that's what the #7 pick in the draft gets.  So I'm operating on the assumption that the McCaffreys think Christian will go around #7 in the first round.

Since you posted this same opinion in two threads, I'll repeat my response


No Mick, you're misunderstanding what Ed means and vastly underestimating the McCaffrey family's NFL connections and savvy. Ed's referring to ND's Jaylon Smith's draft plummet after he got injured playing in a bowl game. Jaylon had been a consensus top-5 pick (5th pick was guaranteed $23.5 million) but after the injury was picked 34th for a guaranteed contract of $4.4 million). That's the $18 million figure that Ed was referencing.

Ed cited both Jaylon Smith and Chryst, both of which are very solid examples of why it may be prudent to sit out the bowl game.


And as long as I'm responding to posts, BurgXXIII's conjecture that mccaffrey had a problem with the offensive strategy seems really off. Ed cited that CMac had the most touches in college football to illustrate how hard he worked and how battered his body was, not to suggest that he didn't like the offensive play calling. Occam's razor folks.

[GoodGrief]

To me, the most interesting part is that Ed McCaffrey said his son sat out because he didn't want to get injured and forfeit $18 million.  That's an odd number to pull out of the air, particularly given the tone of his responses to the interview questions.  So I looked it up...that's what the #7 pick in the draft gets.  So I'm operating on the assumption that the McCaffreys think Christian will go around #7 in the first round.

Since you posted this same opinion in two threads, I'll repeat my response


No Mick, you're misunderstanding what Ed means and vastly underestimating the McCaffrey family's NFL connections and savvy. Ed's referring to ND's Jaylon Smith's draft plummet after he got injured playing in a bowl game. Jaylon had been a consensus top-5 pick (5th pick was guaranteed $23.5 million) but after the injury was picked 34th for a guaranteed contract of $4.4 million). That's the $18 million figure that Ed was referencing.

Ed cited both Jaylon Smith and Chryst, both of which are very solid examples of why it may be prudent to sit out the bowl game.


And as long as I'm responding to posts, BurgXXIII's conjecture that mccaffrey had a problem with the offensive strategy seems really off. Ed cited that CMac had the most touches in college football to illustrate how hard he worked and how battered his body was, not to suggest that he didn't like the offensive play calling. Occam's razor folks.