Multiple teams call about Gio

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(03-25-2021, 07:34 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: I'm not sure the way he's been utilized or those stats as RB show his skills.  But you're in agreement with me that the loss isn't about his rushing, it's about the pass-catching and blocking.  I think if he's on the field in a 2 back set, it opens a lot more options up than single back or swapping him out with a FB. 

I don't mind them trading him, but in my mind it's not as simple as saying we don't need another RB.  There are other considerations because of what he brings in facets of the game beyond him carrying the ball in the rushing attack.  

He's oddly polarizing (even before his big deal was inked) with some prizing him and others seeing him as nothing special.  I personally think the general fan underrates what he's brought to the team.  Is he replaceable?  Absolutely.  As long as there's an effective plan to replace everything he does, not just cutting a high salary and dropping an extra back. 

I'm fine keeping Bernard, but he's not anywhere close to being a Top 20 RB, which he's getting paid like. Get his salary down to ~$2 mill, and I'd be way more on board with keeping him.