The children are D-Mac's future -- and he shouldn't be a franchise's

He's not Dwight Howard, who had a single child out of wedlock. Players like Tom Brady and Matt Leinart don't catch as much heat as they should for having kids out of wedlock. Nevertheless, it is still only once.

McFadden possibly has at least two such children (emphasis on at least). That shows an inability to learn from mistakes. He's young, he's going to make them, and we all have. The problem is, if he has difficulties using condoms now, just wait until he joins the NFL. If he thought there were babes on the Arkansas campus, wait until he hits South Beach.

If guys like McFadden fail to grasp the life-altering seriousness of having multiple kids and being part-time fathers, can they be relied upon to carry a football team? It's a fair question to ask.

This isn't to say that because he might be a serial baby daddy he'll become an embarrassment. I'm not stating McFadden will de-evolve into a dogfighter or woman beater. I'd just be extraordinarily nervous about giving someone who has already shown such questionable judgment a great deal of cash.

The Denver Broncos invested heavily in Henry and it's humanly impossible to separate football from his chaotic, paternity-suit filled life.

McFadden's potential kid troubles are so concerning, I'd wait until the late first round to take him. I'd be fired. I'd be alone, because NFL general managers would phaser their first born to get a shot at a talent like McFadden.

But I'd be right.

Doyel and I might disagree on McFadden, but there is one thing we don't butt heads about: This is a topic that should be discussed in our society far more than it is now. If you do discuss it, too many times you're viewed as intolerant or boorish. Yet this issue is one of the biggest facing African-Americans and maybe all of big-time sports.

Again, hopefully McFadden matures quickly, proves me incorrect about him and travels to Costco and buys several hundred boxes of prophylactics.

"Prophylactic?" says Henry. "What team does he play for?"

The good news for McFadden is that teams won't care much about his personal issues. He'll be among the first picks in the draft and will earn millions.

And at the rate McFadden's reportedly producing children, he might be able to provide his own backups.