The only thing missing from Jack McCaffrey’s illustrious 2015 season was a Dublin senior championship. Everything else fell into place. League, Leinster, and All-Ireland honours preceded All-Star and footballer of the year accolades. He should have been at the top of the world. But he wasn’t.

It’s exactly a month until Dublin’s O’Byrne Cup opener at home to DCU though, as of now, Jack McCaffrey is not a member of the All-Ireland champions’ panel.

This should have been a difficult week for Jack McCaffrey, the days when it struck him like a freight train exactly what he walked away from.