Aaron Cadman had a breakout game last week, possibly not for the first time but he was fairly dominant in the massive away win over reigning premiers Brisbane. We know roughly what his ceiling is, the problem with Cadman has always been his floor which he shows us way too often given his exploits as a junior. He has had enough off seasons in the gym to build up his body to its full strength, he obviously has the skills, he just needs to put it together most weeks like he did at the Gabba. Today he gets Sam Collins, a tough assignment.
Aaron Cadman had a breakout game last week, possibly not for the first time but he was fairly dominant in the massive away win over reigning premiers Brisbane. We know roughly what his ceiling is, the problem with Cadman has always been his floor which he shows us way too often given his exploits as a junior. He has had enough off seasons in the gym to build up his body to its full strength, he obviously has the skills, he just needs to put it together most weeks like he did at the Gabba. Today he gets Sam Collins, a tough assignment.
Aaron Cadman is a cheap buy for fantasy for a good reason: he the exact opposite of an accumulator. Playing the third tall forward role behind Jesse Hogan and Jake Riccardi, his best work as a senior AFL player so far has been as a decoy leading his man out of Hogan's leading space. This is not what you spend a number one pick on, of course, and every effort will be made to turn him into something other than a wood duck this year. That's not to say that he will become a real boy, with the obvious example of the Giants' failure to convert Jonathon Patton into anything.
Aaron Cadman has had one of the least impressive runs of development at AFL senior level for a #1 draft pick in memory, and it's time he showed us a full game. Early matchups against the Eagles and North in 2024 might just be the tonic.
