Ryans and Drob Skipping Workouts - Page 3

barrett · #41 04-29-2009, 01:00 PM

There is no reason to trade him now for a pick next year. That pick is meaningless to our success this season. Make him play for the franchise tag or let him sit out and not get paid. Either way, we can still trade him next year for a pick in the same draft.

Just make him show up for his pay check. He has no leverage. The most he can do is miss training camp.

danger6 · #42 04-29-2009, 02:21 PM

Thanks for the info superbowlbound and Keith. That is a very informative article that you linked. With respect to a compensatory pick (a year from now) if we haven’t resolved things with Dunta by then, I believe that he would be deemed to have 3rd round value. Since those are awarded at the end of the round, they are really equivalent to a high 4th round pick.

Then there is the possibility that if we bring in a free agent that also has 3rd round value, we would gain no compensatory pick for the loss of Dunta. Also, the rules might change next year and this whole system might be eliminated.

I think Dunta will play with all he has got next year as an interview with potential future employers and hoping for a contract that exceeds what he has now turned down from the Texans. So how much is it worth having a starter for 1 year (at $9.9 mil) and maybe a high 4th round “equivalent” pick in 2010 versus trading for another high contributing player before the season that would be under contract for a longer time period (thereby saving a draft choice in 2010 to replace the “player” lost if we don’t receive a compensatory pick)?

I would opt for the trade now (for a player), not have to use a pick next year to replace a player lost, not have an unhappy employee poisoning the team atmosphere, save all the drama and irritation of the fan-base. Is there another team that would pay him more than he has turned down already? A trade now might not be possible.

NBT · #43 04-29-2009, 02:59 PM

But we are probably not going to win it all this year, and next years draft bodes to be a much better one than this years. So why not try to stockpile low round picks now for next year?

barrett · #44 04-29-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by NBT

But we are probably not going to win it all this year, and next years draft bodes to be a much better one than this years. So why not try to stockpile low round picks now for next year?

What is the point of trading him now for a pick next year? Why not trade him after the season for a pick next year?

If we trade him now for a future pick we get nothing from him this season. If we trade him after the season we get his production this year (unless he sits and forgoes a paycheck) and we can still get the pick next year by trading him after the season.

Trading for a future pick now would be dumb. If we were going to trade him it should have been last week for a pick in this draft. Now that the draft is passed, let this year play out and deal him next year (before the draft) if you have to.

dadmg · #45 04-30-2009, 03:37 AM

Good cornerbacks are a valuable commodity in this league, as evidenced by the rapidly escalating contracts every offseason. I know that the team wants to test to see if he's the Dunta of old, but I think they need to lock him up long-term and the sooner the better. Would have been nice if they would have done it before the Redskins decided to pay silly money to the vastly overrated DeAngelo Hall.