Looking for a replacement for Drew Bennett?

screw that.

 

With the NFL draft, we would only have his rights for one year. It's not like MLB or NHL. If a player does not sign, they could sit out the year and be eligible for the next draft. Samardzija is actually doing fairly well right now with baseball, I don't think that he is going to quit this year, (especially since the cubs gave him something like 10 million dollar signing bonus with a clause that prevents him from playing football). So in short, any draft pick... even a 7th rounder, would be a complete waste.

 

We can do that..

We have 3 6th rd picks anyway so a shot in the dark with our 7th might be worth a try. I don't see the kid ever leaving baseball though. Even if he is just an average major league pitcher he can make $8M or more a year until he is 40.

 

Smart-titan..

Good point and we know there is no way he signs within a year. He will be in baseball at least 3-4 years.. His contract for the cubs is already paying him $3M a year on average for 5 years with an option for a 6th and 7th season. We can't pay a 7th rd pick anything like that..

 

Holy crap Jeff Samardzija would seriously come back and play football?

Id take him...

 

Everything is pure speculation at this point, but he can definately make more money in baseball since they don't have a salary cap

 

Sad to lose him to a sport that I really don't care about. He was exciting in college.