Jeff Samardzija clearly took Common Sense 101 at Notre Dame.
Signing a five-year, $10M deal with the Cubs on Friday is a genius move.
Three reasons:
- Calvin Johnson, Dwayne Jarrett, Robert Meacham, Ted Ginn Jr., Sidney Rice, Anthony Gonzales, etc. etc. etc. I'm not saying that Samardzija is worse than all of these guys, but the point is that this year's WR draft board is LOADED.
- His chances of walking pain-free at 45 are significantly higher by playing baseball.
- Higher contracts. Longer careers. More money.
Hopefully in that Common Sense 101 class they had a steroid chapter. Ba-da-bum.