Christian McCaffrey Thread: CMC Extension

[cazzie33]

Is he worth trading a couple mid 1sts for at this stage of his career? Id like to pair him with JT as my starting rbs in one league but I’m not sure his longevity will be there to give up two firsts for him even tho when he plays he’s stupidly productive.
Are the games he plays in for whatever is left of his career worth giving up the chance to draft a couple rbs from this draft class and taking a chance on them instead?

I worry about McCaffreys age and historical fragility at this stage of his career when I could use the picks and maybe find a capable second rb to pair with JT.

Mid 1s I'd rather just stick and pick say jsn and addison as I have them as my likely bpa in the 5-8 range

The problem with that is I can only start 4wrs and already have JJ, Chase, AJB, waddle and dkm on my roster at wr so I have to look at other positions in this draft. I also have Lamar and Herbert at qb and Kittle and Pitts at TE and being a keeper vs dynasty my roster spots are limited

In a keeper lg w/o knowing how yours' works CMC is worth it. Especially after looking @ your roster.

Might I suggest not worrying about the picks as likely nobody is going to be a keeper over what's on your roster now. Unless you keep almost everyone anyhow.

Must not be a serious group or highly competitive lg across the board to allow you to amass that roster AND still have the 1.02 plus more first rd picks in a 12 teamer.

[Anteaters]

Given your league rules, your roster, and your other draft picks, I'd probably go get CMC. In a true dynasty, I'd probably keep the picks.

[nathanq42]

Given your league rules, your roster, and your other draft picks, I'd probably go get CMC. In a true dynasty, I'd probably keep the picks.

Really? I was thinking the other way, with a keeper league your draft pool will have all of the incoming rookies plus some quality vets! Not sure what their roster size/keeper amounts are but some leagues you can find some real gems getting dropped.

I can appreciate the arguments for either side though. I just know I have shite luck with injuries so I tend to err on the side of caution and aim to have good depth (lost Dobbins/Waller/Penny/Hollywood/Cpatt/Godwin for various lengths of time this season and still made the playoffs even after a big fire sale around week 10 or so).

[Anteaters]

Given your league rules, your roster, and your other draft picks, I'd probably go get CMC. In a true dynasty, I'd probably keep the picks.

Really? I was thinking the other way, with a keeper league your draft pool will have all of the incoming rookies plus some quality vets! Not sure what their roster size/keeper amounts are but some leagues you can find some real gems getting dropped.

I can appreciate the arguments for either side though. I just know I have shite luck with injuries so I tend to err on the side of caution and aim to have good depth (lost Dobbins/Waller/Penny/Hollywood/Cpatt/Godwin for various lengths of time this season and still made the playoffs even after a big fire sale around week 10 or so).

I agree veteran gems can get available. But when healthy, not many can match up to CMC's per game potential. That's one reason I'd prefer CMC in this league with that roster.

Another reason for me? In a true dynasty, when you get an often injured player on your roster you sometimes feel "stuck" with him. You obviously can't cut him because of his potential, but you also can rarely get decent return on a trade. Especially if he's in the middle of an injury. In a keeper with low keep numbers, you can make the justification for cutting a troublesome hold. In fact, I sometimes drop a pretty decent (but flawed) player to muddy the waters in the next draft.

Also, in this league, we're looking at not being able to keep the two draft picks because of low keeper numbers AND the two picks not being good enough as rookies to contribute to helping this team. So, instead of drafting two guys that won't start for the team and won't be good enough to keep, it makes sense to me to consolidate the picks and get a potential stud who can contribute.

Like you said, there isn't a glaringly obvious answer here. There's a lot of strategy preference at play. I could see the other side. It could go right or go wrong either way.

[Finfansteve]

Given your league rules, your roster, and your other draft picks, I'd probably go get CMC. In a true dynasty, I'd probably keep the picks.

Really? I was thinking the other way, with a keeper league your draft pool will have all of the incoming rookies plus some quality vets! Not sure what their roster size/keeper amounts are but some leagues you can find some real gems getting dropped.

I can appreciate the arguments for either side though. I just know I have shite luck with injuries so I tend to err on the side of caution and aim to have good depth (lost Dobbins/Waller/Penny/Hollywood/Cpatt/Godwin for various lengths of time this season and still made the playoffs even after a big fire sale around week 10 or so).

I agree veteran gems can get available. But when healthy, not many can match up to CMC's per game potential. That's one reason I'd prefer CMC in this league with that roster.

Another reason for me? In a true dynasty, when you get an often injured player on your roster you sometimes feel "stuck" with him. You obviously can't cut him because of his potential, but you also can rarely get decent return on a trade. Especially if he's in the middle of an injury. In a keeper with low keep numbers, you can make the justification for cutting a troublesome hold. In fact, I sometimes drop a pretty decent (but flawed) player to muddy the waters in the next draft.

Also, in this league, we're looking at not being able to keep the two draft picks because of low keeper numbers AND the two picks not being good enough as rookies to contribute to helping this team. So, instead of drafting two guys that won't start for the team and won't be good enough to keep, it makes sense to me to consolidate the picks and get a potential stud who can contribute.

Like you said, there isn't a glaringly obvious answer here. There's a lot of strategy preference at play. I could see the other side. It could go right or go wrong either way.

You’re right. On a young team like this drafting three rookies then trying to find find room under the amount of players I can keep going into 2024 doesn’t make much sense. I probably have to combine these picks into CMC or some other useful vet RB I can use the next couple of years