Iloka versus Thomas

[the_h0wey]

Position:
Thomas: Free Safety
Iloka: Strong Safety

Size:
Thomas: 5’10, 202
Iloka: 6’4” 225

2018 PFF rating:
Thomas: 90.2
Iloka: 71.4

2018 salary hit:
Thomas: $8.5 mil
Ikola: Unknown. Will be free agent. I project $2.5-3.5 mil

LongTerm Commitment to Aging Player:
Thomas more likely requires huge-dollar long-term deal.
Iloka might not require a long-term commitment. Could be one-year.

Age:
Thomas 29.2 yrs
Ikola: 28.1 yrs

Recent Durability:
Thomas: late 2016 broken leg
Ikola: Started Last 76 games

Give me Iloka in the second with a TKO. He's got reach on Earl

 

[Section446]

Don't count on either.

 

[CCBoy]

...The Cowboys are on the hunt for safety help with Xavier Woods‘ availability for the season opener in doubt because of a hamstring injury. But that doesn’t mean they are desperate for Earl Thomas.

The Cowboys will consider George Iloka, whom the Bengals released Sunday, but Dallas sees him as a strong safety, according to Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Jeff Heath is a returning starter at strong safety, though the Cowboys are thin at both positions.

Heath has played through an ankle injury, and backup safety Kavon Frazier has a knee issue...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...s-injury-has-cowboys-on-hunt-for-safety-help/

 

[CCBoy]

Once again, Thomas is a better player than Iloka. But is Thomas at $11 million per year more valuable than, say, Iloka at $5 million, another veteran starter at $5 million and a second-round pick at $1 million? That's a harder question to answer, but it is one that the Seahawks are forcing the Cowboys to consider. The line in the sand that Seattle seems to have drawn is a second-round pick. They do not seem interested in moving Thomas for less, even as they prepare for a rebuilding season in which they may not have Thomas for more than 10 games. Their best trading partner just gained significant leverage thanks to Iloka's release, and no other contender seems to need a star safety desperately.

To put it plainly, if Seattle were going to cave on a Thomas trade, it would be now. Thomas has held firm on his threat to skip camp. The Cowboys have held firm on their stance not to surrender a second-round pick. And the Bengals have given them a viable alternative without trade strings attached. But if Watkins is right, and the Seahawks are still unwilling to budge, then you might as well close the book on a possible Thomas trade once and for all. If all of this doesn't get them to trade him to Dallas, nothing will.

https://247sports.com/nfl/dallas-co...B-37-C0-03-8D-3F-87180820_175913DallasCowboys

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

Once again, Thomas is a better player than Iloka. But is Thomas at $11 million per year more valuable than, say, Iloka at $5 million, another veteran starter at $5 million and a second-round pick at $1 million? That's a harder question to answer, but it is one that the Seahawks are forcing the Cowboys to consider. The line in the sand that Seattle seems to have drawn is a second-round pick. They do not seem interested in moving Thomas for less, even as they prepare for a rebuilding season in which they may not have Thomas for more than 10 games. Their best trading partner just gained significant leverage thanks to Iloka's release, and no other contender seems to need a star safety desperately.

To put it plainly, if Seattle were going to cave on a Thomas trade, it would be now. Thomas has held firm on his threat to skip camp. The Cowboys have held firm on their stance not to surrender a second-round pick. And the Bengals have given them a viable alternative without trade strings attached. But if Watkins is right, and the Seahawks are still unwilling to budge, then you might as well close the book on a possible Thomas trade once and for all. If all of this doesn't get them to trade him to Dallas, nothing will.

https://247sports.com/nfl/dallas-co...B-37-C0-03-8D-3F-87180820_175913DallasCowboys

You make a good point ... maybe E.T. IS TOO EXPENSIVE .

Bring in IIoka.

 

[Jake]

Once again, Thomas is a better player than Iloka. But is Thomas at $11 million per year more valuable than, say, Iloka at $5 million, another veteran starter at $5 million and a second-round pick at $1 million? That's a harder question to answer, but it is one that the Seahawks are forcing the Cowboys to consider. The line in the sand that Seattle seems to have drawn is a second-round pick. They do not seem interested in moving Thomas for less, even as they prepare for a rebuilding season in which they may not have Thomas for more than 10 games. Their best trading partner just gained significant leverage thanks to Iloka's release, and no other contender seems to need a star safety desperately.

To put it plainly, if Seattle were going to cave on a Thomas trade, it would be now. Thomas has held firm on his threat to skip camp. The Cowboys have held firm on their stance not to surrender a second-round pick. And the Bengals have given them a viable alternative without trade strings attached. But if Watkins is right, and the Seahawks are still unwilling to budge, then you might as well close the book on a possible Thomas trade once and for all. If all of this doesn't get them to trade him to Dallas, nothing will.

https://247sports.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/Article/No-change-in-Earl-Thomas-trade-rumors-120863368/?utm_source=247Sports Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=180820_175913_Dallas Cowboys&utm_content=Link&liveconnect=3D-D0-A4-CD-C7-94-A5-D6-AB-7B-37-C0-03-8D-3F-87180820_175913DallasCowboys

Good post, but it's not just the Cowboys who haven't traded for Thomas. Thirty other teams haven't traded for him, either.

Dallas isn't the only club doubting the future value of trading for, and paying, Earl Thomas at this point in his career.

 

[Sydla]

Why is it that our front office seems to think all available safeties are strong safeties? Wasn’t that the report Ion how they viewed Boston and others?

Beggars can’t be choosers at this point. Iloka played a competent FS in a Cover 3 last year.