Let's trade Moton

[rebelrouser]

I don't think we have the luxury of taking a RT with our first pick when we have so many needs on D.  Let's see how he does in '25 and go from there; we can extend or tag him.  He is 31 so it is time to start thinking about a replacement. 

[Khyber53]

This time of the year, people without real football get trade fever. It's a real disease, a scourge on the sport, and it drives fans into frenzied states of conjecture and jackassery. Draft trades, player trades, coach trades and maybe even a mascot or two.

Can't wait for the draft so that some of these trade scenarios will just be dust in the wind, not to return until next February or so. 

I am weary of trade talk. So weary.

[Adb6368]

If we were a piece away I’d see us drafting a cornerstone RT with our pick this year to prepare for life without Moton. Unfortunately we aren’t that close and need to fill other holes and hope Moton continues to be serviceable for a few more years. 

[BrianS]

What happens this year isn't relevant.  All we want is to see improvement this year and verify that what we saw at the end of last season from Bryce is what we really have.  Our best opportunity for that is for Moton to remain on the team.  If we come out of the season with a clear picture of what Bryce really will be, and 6-8 wins, that's a great season.

Next offseason, we can find out if he really wants to be here his entire career or not.  If he really does, he can take a friendly deal to help us groom a replacement.  If not, we thank him for being one of the best OL we've ever had and move on.

[Jay Roosevelt]

Let's really not.

[scratched]

52 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

What can we get for him?   A 6th?  

A 6th and his cap savings. 

Edited April 15, 2025 by scratched

[mrcompletely11]

31 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

Let Moton play out his contract and enjoy that salary. We can hopefully extend or resign him to something friendlier next year 

this makes too much sense

[rayzor]

3 minutes ago, scratched said:

A 6th and his cap savings. 

don't forget BY running for his life again from the right side. 

[mrcompletely11]

3 minutes ago, scratched said:

A 6th and his cap savings. 

well if you say we arent winning this year why would the cap savings matter?  Why not keep the same oline and hope bryce gets better because of it?

[scratched]

Moton is 11% of our cap... I think we can find a suitable replacement for much less. 

[Joe Bear]

The benefit to trading him doesn't outweigh the cost.

[rayzor]

19 minutes ago, scratched said:

Moton is 11% of our cap... I think we can find a suitable replacement for much less. 

he's also 20% of our OL.

OL is not plug and play. you pay to keep continuity in your OL when you have a core that does the job well as a unit.

it's worth the price tag.

[PanthersGTI]

Buddy you gotta let this one go. Even here on the huddle there is consensus that this is a bad idea. Do you know how impressive that is?

[rayzor]

and a team with a lot of holes doesn't need to be creating a GIANT hole on the OL unnecessarily. 

there's more to life than saving money. sometimes taking extreme measures to save money makes your situation much worse and the "benefit" comes nowhere near being worth it. causes much more harm than good that will set you back years trying to fix the actual damage done by your "cost saving" measures.