Analyzing whether the San Francisco 49ers can trade Christian McCaffrey and get better.
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00:00 This is going to be a very mature part of 49ers After Dark. So if you're younger than
00:04 16 at heart, you got to stop watching the show. Really, no, this is a college type discussion
00:12 because we're going to be discussing things, not necessarily advocating for things, exploring
00:17 scenarios that teams explore privately. So if you feel like the following two subjects are going to
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00:30 Because this is big boy. This is not even big boy, just grown up topics. Okay.
00:37 Is there a way the 49ers could trade Christian McCaffrey and get better?
00:49 Like, I'll lay it out like this. He's great. He's also really expensive and he's a running back and
01:03 he's almost 28 and you don't know when he's going to get hurt and fall apart, whatever.
01:06 If they were, I imagine he has a lot of trade value right now. He's the offensive player of
01:10 the freaking year. If the Niners didn't have Christian McCaffrey anymore, they'd still have
01:14 two excellent running back for cheap. They'd still have an excellent running game. Now they
01:20 couldn't, they wouldn't have that receiver out of the backfield. You want to pay $14 million for a
01:25 guy who should be, I mean, you could get, you could draft that guy. You could, you could sign Austin
01:29 Eckler. Like you could, you could have one hell of a running back rotation and trade McCaffrey
01:36 for, you know, at his peak value before something bad happens. Kind of like how the Chiefs traded
01:42 Tyreek Hill right before people thought they should. And people thought they were crazy to do
01:47 it. That's the best I got. I mean, sure. I think there is a way it depends if you're, if you're
01:55 trading him to get a known commodity. Yes. If you're trading him for draft fix, it's a crap
02:03 shoot. It's a crap shoot. So I wouldn't advocate trading him for something that's not a known
02:10 commodity. Now, again, if I'm trading him and I'm getting something that I know is coming back in
02:14 return, like an offensive lineman, absolutely. I think you can get better, but you know, we talk
02:20 about purty and we talk about building around him and protecting him and how those are the main
02:25 things. Well, having a running back that he truly can trust and rely on as a young player is very,
02:32 very important as well. Not more important than protecting him, which is why if they could trade
02:37 for an offensive lineman, sure. But it is still very, very important. I mean, having the safety
02:44 blanket and Christian McCaffrey is, I mean, it's, it's like driving on cruise control. You know
02:51 that he's always going to be open. He's always an option for you in the passing game. He can block
02:55 well. He can take some pressure off you with home run runs. There's just so much that he does to
03:00 help rock pretty out. So I don't think that it would be likely, but there is a scenario. Yes.
03:06 Where I believe they could get better. I was sorry. I was just looking to see what the chiefs
03:11 traded Tyree kill for that. They got, first of all, the Niners traded a second, a third and a
03:15 fourth for McCaffrey. And I think his value has gone up since then. Am I wrong? I mean, I know
03:22 he's older, but he's offensive player of the year. I think you might be able to get a first round pick
03:26 for him when the chiefs traded Tyree kill. I think he was 29. I could be wrong about that.
03:31 They got a first round pick a second round, pick a fourth round, pick another fourth round, pick
03:35 in a sixth round pick. Would you take that for Christian McCaffrey? And they got like
03:40 Jimmy Duffy or she writes, I got some really good players. I mean, you got to draft well,
03:45 but the chiefs just happened to do that. I just said, if you're trading them for picks,
03:49 you can't do that. But if that's the hall that you're getting, then you have to do that. Yes.
03:53 There's no way. There's no way they're getting that all for him. If they were,
03:58 you would be crazy not to do that crazy because he's got crazy. Like, so he's running back
04:05 and gets the ball more for the offensive player of the year. But when it's time to get
04:08 traded, Tyree kills worth more trying to get paid Tyree kills worth more.
04:11 Yeah. Yeah. It is interesting. It's very interesting, but I mean, you're talking about
04:18 max two great years left at max, maybe only one. So yes, if that is the hall, you have to do it,
04:24 but there's just, there's no way a team would do that. No way. And my, my last year was like
04:30 having a really expensive running back is a luxury that's or a necessity for a quarterback
04:36 like Jimmy, because he's just not good. But with Brock, like, do you have to have the highest paid
04:42 running back? No, no. You could have Elijah Mitchell, Jordan Mason, and a third down back
04:49 and have an offense that's geared around passing and do quite well. That's what I'm thinking here.
04:56 Like, why don't you take some of that? Great, great player, Christian McCaffrey, 28 years old,
05:00 make a lot of money, take those resources and put it into wide receiver offensive line.
05:04 You're going to have a good running game. It's going to be more than good enough.
05:07 But again, I'm not advocating for trading Christian McCaffrey. I'm just trying to
05:11 piss you off the viewer because it's Wednesday night. That's what we do.
05:14 I just think it's fun. I think you can make a better argument for it than people realize.
05:18 I mean, yeah, if, if you're getting something good in return, I, again,
05:25 there, first of all, two things, one is 49er fans and not just 49er fans, all fans overvalue
05:32 their players. They think their players are worth way more than what they actually are on the open
05:36 market. I remember saying this and having the back and forth about Devo Samuel. And I said,
05:40 Hey, I think he's probably worth around pick 18 to 22. That's probably what he's worth. Oh no,
05:46 two first round picks or I'm not doing it. Well, it turns out that he's worth around pick 18 to 22.
05:51 That's what the offer was. So yes, if you're not willing to get rid of him for those things, but
05:57 his value is not, not the first round pick that we just talked about. If it was, you,
06:02 you would have to get rid of him for that. But, uh, I just, I don't see the value being there.
06:07 So I don't know. I had a second thing I was going to say, but I totally forgot.
06:11 It's hard. Like last thing I want to say, let's say the Niners trade Christian Caffrey,
06:17 like the cheese traded Tyreek Hill and they get a first and a second and a third,
06:21 something like that. What does that do to team morale?
06:23 I mean, cause with the chiefs, they can be like, we still have, we still have Patrick Mahoney.
06:33 We still have Andy Reed. We don't have Tyreek Hill anymore. I trust him. You trade Christian
06:37 Caffrey for picks. This team hasn't really drafted well the last couple of years. Like,
06:41 what does that do to team morale? Oh, I agree. I agree with that. I think that one would hurt
06:48 big time. I mean, Kittle, what's the game plan? Kittle just, we saw Christian McAfee, right? Just
06:54 give him the ball all the time. Like that's the game plan. I'm with you. So I don't, I don't
06:58 really necessarily think they're going to do it. Uh, let me bring up one. That's going to piss off
07:03 fans even more. And again, this is an academic discussion. And if you have an emotional reaction
07:09 to this, please don't watch it.