trade rumor

[muskiesfan]

At the end of the day, none of this really matters. From a purely fan and emotional standpoint, I'd love to keep AJ and Geno until they retire. Two great players who it's been a real pleasure to watch. From a business standpoint, it's beyond time to turn over the roster.

This team is in desperate need of a rebuild. The OLine and LBs are abysmal. Our DLine isn't producing as it should. We overpaid 1 RB we barely use and our talented RB hasn't done much. There have been a couple of bright spots at WR, but we need more than Boyd and Tate. Our DBs have regressed terribly and they can't seem to catch anything. We are several starters away from being truly competitive.

The issue is that I don't think ownership/management can fix this either way. People keep mentioning a rebuild can be done in 2 years. Do they not know who runs this ship? Even if we do the smart thing and trade away a bunch of players, get a bunch of picks, and free up a bunch of space, odds are they'll swing and miss on the picks. Also, we're not known for being players in free agency. Even if we rolled into next year with $80m in space, what do we think the team would really do? Before free agency starts they'll cry poor and put out an article about really only having $25m in space and how they'll have to comb through the leftovers.

I'm a lifelong fan and I will continue to be a fan. Mike Brown and his family make it so god damn hard though.