Some dad and mom might imagine Ed McCaffrey has a troublesome job on his fingers, however he has a simple answer.
The three-time Tremendous Bowl champion has two sons, Christian and Luke, taking part in within the NFL, and one other one, Max, teaching in it.
No, McCaffrey has not been within the sneakers of, say, the Kelce household, choosing between his boys within the Tremendous Bowl… but.
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SiriusXM host Ed McCaffrey and Christian McCaffrey of the Carolina Panthers take photographs throughout day 2 of SiriusXM at Tremendous Bowl LIV on Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami, Florida. (Cindy Ord/Getty Pictures for SiriusXM)
However, he has seen two of his sons on the sector on the identical time – Christian’s Niners and Max’s Dolphins confronted off in December, and in 2026, Luke’s Commanders will go up towards San Fran.
So, who did, and can, he root for?
“They’re all even. I really like all my children evenly, man,” he quipped in a current interview with Fox Information Digital. “It’s a delicate factor as a dad – sometimes, my children’ groups play one another. However I root for my children.”
So sure, McCaffrey does have three favourite groups. He admitted that the Denver Broncos, the place he spent 9 of his 13 seasons and received two of his three Tremendous Bowls, have been ignored of the rotation, regardless of them being his “prolonged household.”
“I nonetheless root for the Broncos, however I root for my children first,” he admitted.
McCaffrey was unable to do a lot rooting for Christian, his center son, on the sector this season. After profitable Offensive Participant of the 12 months final yr, CMC suited up in simply 4 video games of the 2024 marketing campaign. He missed most of coaching camp and the primary eight video games of the season with Achilles tendinitis. Then, in a snowy Buffalo, he injured his knee.
San Francisco 49ers working again Christian McCaffrey watches injured from the sidelines through the New York Jets sport at Levi’s Stadium. (David Gonzales-Imagn Pictures)
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“Yeah, the yr sucked, actually,” McCaffrey put it bluntly. “You set every little thing you’ve gotten into preparing for season, after which he received harm early in coaching camp… And he did every little thing he may to get again on the sector, then as destiny would have it, he harm his knee.”
However whereas he could not cheer for his son on the sector, he was definitely in a position to take action off of it.
“Typically life doesn’t go as deliberate. I’m so happy with him for his resilience, his toughness, the man desires to be on the sector greater than anyone I’ve met in my complete life,” McCaffrey added.
The knee harm, McCaffrey stated, may additionally presumably be a blessing in disguise for the 2025 season.
“He’ll have his first full offseason in years…” he stated, noting that Christian performed within the Tremendous Bowl final yr and the NFC championship sport in 2023. “Your offseason will get minimize a month and a half, two months if you play in a Tremendous Bowl…
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“It sucks to get harm. It’s the worst half taking part in the sport. Lacking time, sitting on the sideline is irritating. However you possibly can’t change the previous, and all you are able to do is figure onerous each day to be the perfect you could be.”
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