Yeah I see it but what do you get for a 30 year old lineman who's injury prone ?
I'm not quite ready to label him injury prone - I believe he did play in every regular season game - but injuries do become more common with aging players. Wouldn't that strengthen the argument to trade him though?
Since when has TJ Watt been injury prone? Other than 2022 when he played 10 games, Watt has played at least 15 games in 6 of 7 seasons.
I hate to say it but I've been saying the same thing for the last two years. I'd trade Watt in a second in the right deal. The Steelers are not one player away from winning a Super Bowl and Watt would bring them the most back in a trade.
In one column they talk about how the Steelers can't win a game without him. Then they want to trade him. For what? Draft picks that may not work out. Cook is an ass-clown.
Your first and last sentence are spot on.
From whom? What teams play the same defense as the Steelers? I think Watt is valuable to the Steelers system but maybe not so much to many other teams.
That is my thought. He is breaking down like his brother did. I wouldn't give more than a second round draft pick for him unless I were convinced he is the only thing my team would need to win a Super Bowl.
Who is the next Stroud? I think they all have major question marks and that none of them are worth the gamble. For every CJ Stroud, there are at least 2 busts.
Agree - get what you can while you can. This team needs a total reset not a remake.
There’s the issue. Nobody knows. So you gotta be a gambling man to even though k of risking it.
You said it. The NFL ain’t fantasy football. It’s amazing how many fans don’t get how silly trading a non-QB player in his prime is nowadays. The days of Dallas trading Herschel Walker for 8 picks is over. Plus, back in the day there were only a few really good teams and you could build slowly. Not so much anymore.
The Deshaun Watson trade was pretty close but you're right. It takes an incredible act of desperation to pull something like that off and a player that has the perceived potential to turn a franchise around or put it over the top.
Your memory is failing you.
Maybe my memory is failing too.. what was the Patriots big heist exactly?
The Patriots are a terrible example. This guy thinks we need to trade TJ Watt because we can't win anything meaningful with him. The Patriots literally traded one player remotely close to Watt's talent not because they couldn't win but because they didn't want to pay him. They won anyway because they had the best player of all time and a bunch of other good players who kept the train rolling. And even then, their trade of an All Pro DE in his prime netted them a solid, unspectacular, OT.
Yeah, mine as well. There were a lot of mini trades but mostly he just moved back in the draft when the players he wanted were taken or weren't going to come around. Most of their dynasty was built around a few stars and a lot of role players who had short shelf lives but fit a particular niche. He basically just worked it so he could pick more players and he was a very good talent evaluator.
Vrabel and Matt Cassel were traded for one total 2nd round pick. Cassel had almost 3,900 passing and rushing yards that year so he was probably close to 100% of the value and Vrabel was a throw in.
