'Bengals need to part ways with Carlos Dunlap, Geno Atkins now'

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(10-21-2020, 02:35 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: I love Geno, but I just want to get something for him. His best days are clearly behind him, and we aren’t using him anyway. At this rate by the time we “ease him back in” we’ll be past the trade deadline.

Even if he was playing well, he’s not going to be part of the young core we should be building around (Burrow, Jonah, Tee, Bates, etc). Might as well try and get some assets back for these older guys.

My problem with that is the same problem I had with trying to trade AJ Green before last week. You need them to put SOMETHING on tape in order to get an offer for them.

If you wanted to build around a new young core, last offseason should have been when you traded Atkins. Nobody is going to trade for a guy who is currently injured and only played a couple dozen snaps this year. 

AJ Green went and showed last week that he could still go out there and put up (almost) 100 yards. He is now possibly tradeable.

Fact is unless Atkins blows up the opposing OL next game (which is unlikely if he is going to continue to spend more time running on and off the field than actually being on it) then you're simply not going to find anyone who wants to trade for him. Let him rest, kick some ass in the second half of the season, and then if you still want to get rid of him... trade him in the offseason. When he's not at the lowest trade value in his career.