Cheap Effective Help

[GimmeTheBall!]

You wanna bet?

I cannot indulge in odds, bet making or lottery or santería as per my parole.

 

[Future]

Jordan Lewis? Rod Smith? Really? How deep are we beyond these players? Who comes in for Zeke if we trade Rod Smith? That fat slow guy with little to no acceleration? The drop off between the two could rival our grand canyon. At this point I wouldn't even trade Fleming. It will do us no good trading players from positions we need to fill in for other positions of need.

I would trade Rod Smith in a heartbeat if it meant we were actually upgrading somewhere (though he's not a good enough player to warrant that kind of return anyway).

His only value is in dependability, and you can find that all over the place. You could replace Rod Smith with, say, DeMarco Murray (wink, wink) and not notice any difference.

 

[waldoputty]

"Cheap, effective help" is probably an oxymoron, but I am wondering what we can scrounge up off of the waiver wire at the cut to 53. What can we realistically expect to catch off of the waiver wire? Or, what could we get for a late round pick?

I would think that it's almost certain that we will either make a trade for a safety or pick one up off of the waiver wire or a free agent after the 53 man roster cut downs.

I would also think we will need another couple of OL. I can't imagine Chaz Green making the 53. Fleming will probably make the 53 but he hasn't played inspiring football. It's hard to know what we have other than Tyron, Williams, Looney, Martin and Collins.

It looks to me like we have 5 exceptional/very good/good linemen and at best a question mark after that.

I could see us trading away a DE for a pick. I would hate to see Tapper traded in that scenario, but he might be the most likely trade candidate.

I also wonder if we get an opportunity to claim a guy at a position of strength that we wouldn't see coming. That's more of an outlier, but it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility.

fleming has $1m signing bonus and $1m guaranteed salary

 

[OmerV]

I would trade Rod Smith in a heartbeat if it meant we were actually upgrading somewhere (though he's not a good enough player to warrant that kind of return anyway).

His only value is in dependability, and you can find that all over the place. You could replace Rod Smith with, say, DeMarco Murray (wink, wink) and not notice any difference.

DeMarco Murray would require a much bigger salary, and probably wouldn't be any more effective.

In the end, most of the players people are talking about in this thread as possible trade bait would not bring any significant return, and it would hurt the depth of the team if they were gone.

 

[Future]

DeMarco Murray would require a much bigger salary, and probably wouldn't be any more effective.

In the end, most of the players people are talking about in this thread as possible trade bait would not bring any significant return, and it would hurt the depth of the team if they were gone.

I mean, just give him $5 million. On a 1-year deal it doesn't really matter....I don't think he'd come out of retirement anyways, but the point is that if you can have Rod Smith or Murray and an asset, I'd go with the latter.

I agree that trading Rod wouldn't bring anything of value - or Lewis, Tapper, etc. I just didn't agree that Rod Smith is a guy who couldn't be replaced lol

 

[Flamma]

I mean, just give him $5 million. On a 1-year deal it doesn't really matter....I don't think he'd come out of retirement anyways, but the point is that if you can have Rod Smith or Murray and an asset, I'd go with the latter.

I agree that trading Rod wouldn't bring anything of value - or Lewis, Tapper, etc. I just didn't agree that Rod Smith is a guy who couldn't be replaced lol

I'm not saying he can't be replaced, but as of right now who will we replace him with? I'd rather stay away from retired players. Then what do we give up for him?

 

[Stash]

"Cheap, effective help" is probably an oxymoron, but I am wondering what we can scrounge up off of the waiver wire at the cut to 53. What can we realistically expect to catch off of the waiver wire? Or, what could we get for a late round pick?

I would think that it's almost certain that we will either make a trade for a safety or pick one up off of the waiver wire or a free agent after the 53 man roster cut downs.

I would also think we will need another couple of OL. I can't imagine Chaz Green making the 53. Fleming will probably make the 53 but he hasn't played inspiring football. It's hard to know what we have other than Tyron, Williams, Looney, Martin and Collins.

It looks to me like we have 5 exceptional/very good/good linemen and at best a question mark after that.

I could see us trading away a DE for a pick. I would hate to see Tapper traded in that scenario, but he might be the most likely trade candidate.

I also wonder if we get an opportunity to claim a guy at a position of strength that we wouldn't see coming. That's more of an outlier, but it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility.

They might get a conditional 7th rounder for Tapper, but is that worth giving the guy up?

I expect them to look at O-line (all spots), backup quarterback (say RGIII gets cut), and safety during the big cutdowns.

For the record, I'd be on the phone with Jahri Evans to see if he still wants to play one more year. I'd rather have him for depth than let him help some team like Carolina in week one.

 

[jobberone]

Why does RSmith get grief?