A quick thread on the Christian McCaffrey trade market for the #Panthers…
1. A handful of teams are interested but not pushing hard (yet) to deal for McCaffrey. The interest has been more of a “checking in” with Carolina after the initial #Bills report to see if he’s actually being shopped. At the moment the #Panthers are in a listening mode with CMC.
2. The whole #Bills dalliance with McCaffrey stemmed back to when Buffalo called about him in the offseason. But that never went anywhere and it was totally dead until this point in the season. Even now, the Bills are in more of a monitoring mode than anything. A “call us” mode.
3. In terms of the franchises interested in McCaffrey, I’m told it’s teams that are “a running back away” from either being “complete” - or - being a Super a bowl contending team in 2022. #Bills are interested but slow playing it. I absolutely believe the #49ers fit that mix, too
4. Compensation-wise for McCaffrey, I think the “multiple 1st rounders” chatter is a reflection of what #Panthers owner David Tepper would like (but not what the market is). I don’t believe any team would surrender 2 1sts. Maybe 1 1st rounder + another pick or assets is possible.
5. To be clear, #Panthers aren’t looking to tear down/fire sale. They’ll likely deal a player or two that were “Rhule guys”, but want to keep this young core together. Especially on defense. They also believe McCaffrey is a helpful player for whoever the future coach/young QB is.
6. I think #Panthers deal McCaffrey if a trade yields assets that help the team land one of the “elite” QB prospects in the 2023 draft. If dealing CMC doesn’t produce enough capital to help with that (likely including a 1st rounder), he likely sticks in Carolina past the deadline
6. Here’s the piece I did Monday laying out everything going on with the McCaffrey trade market, which at this moment is more of a staring contest with the #Panthers. I wouldn’t be surprised if this went all the way to the deadline before getting serious. sports.yahoo.com/teams-to-watch…
7. To answer a question: Yes, I think from the right team McCaffrey can draw a 1st round pick. Remember, most teams have 14-15 1st round grades in a draft. The teams going after McCaffrey are aiming to win a SB and pick last in the 1st round. Teams don’t have 32 1st round grades.
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