This season, All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey was the focal point of an absolutely blockbuster trade in the NFL that sent him from the Carolina Panthers to the San Francisco 49ers. It was a massive move that sent shockwaves around the league, but McCaffrey recently revealed he wasn’t necessarily happy about it at the time.
During an appearance on the Bussin With The Boys podcast, Christian McCaffrey revealed that Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer told him that he would “absolutely not” be traded, leading him to believe he would be “a panther for life.”
So when he ultimately was, he was understandably angry.
“It’s a weird deal because there’s so many emotions, and the first emotion is probably anger,” McCaffrey recently said on the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast according to Michael Gallagher of YardBarker. “Like, you guys don’t want me anymore? That’s really what it is. ‘Well, they got a lot for you.’ Nah, like you think you’re better off without me; that’s what it is. You’re pissed off, but then you’re excited.
“There’s so many emotions that get flooded at you at once. . . . I don’t know if I’ve fully decompressed yet from the whole thing.”
While it was understandably disappointing at first, McCaffrey got a chance to help lead the Niners to an NFC Championship Game appearance when his Panthers wouldn’t have even made the playoffs. So it’s safe to say it worked out for him.
[Bussin’ With The Boys, YardBarker]
