Trade Chuba?

[tukafan21]

3 hours ago, toldozer said:

If you were going to trade one you'd trade Rico. If we trade Chuba we'd have a big dead money hit and potentially have no running back next year. That said we need to use them like Detroit does Gibbs and Montgomery 

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Chuba isn't getting traded, but Rico very well could be in a few weeks if he keeps playing well in a tandem backfield with Chuba also playing well.

I think we'd end up going with a two headed monster in that case, but with Rico being on a one year deal, it does open up the possibility of a contending team offering up a decent pick for him.  Depending on the recovery of Hampton, I could see someone like the Chargers giving us a 4th for him if they think he could put them over the top, he would fit nicely in a Harbaugh system I think.

If it comes to that, we need to make that trade, as I can't see any way we re-sign Rico with all our other needs and getting Brooks back too.  And he's not going to get a contract big enough to get us any comp picks in return, especially if/when we sign a FA or two ourselves.  So if we're not going to bring him back, the prudent decision would really be to get a draft pick for him at the deadline.

[toldozer]

43 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

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Chuba isn't getting traded, but Rico very well could be in a few weeks if he keeps playing well in a tandem backfield with Chuba also playing well.

I think we'd end up going with a two headed monster in that case, but with Rico being on a one year deal, it does open up the possibility of a contending team offering up a decent pick for him.  Depending on the recovery of Hampton, I could see someone like the Chargers giving us a 4th for him if they think he could put them over the top, he would fit nicely in a Harbaugh system I think.

If it comes to that, we need to make that trade, as I can't see any way we re-sign Rico with all our other needs and getting Brooks back too.  And he's not going to get a contract big enough to get us any comp picks in return, especially if/when we sign a FA or two ourselves.  So if we're not going to bring him back, the prudent decision would really be to get a draft pick for him at the deadline.

Only way I see us trading him would be if we lose the next 3. Even at 4-5 you can trade a big offensive piece with a chance at the playoffs 

[BlazeCarolina]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'm not absolutely certain it's "south" if Coker is healthy.

Legette may be "south" but if Coker returns to form and Tremayne continues to develop, who knows?

Well, we started with thinking we had AT, Tmac, XL, Coker, and Renfrow as our guys.

Thielen got traded.  XL has been a disappointment.  Coker got hurt.  Renfrow has been pretty invisible.

I still think we are better than usual.  Just saying we took a hit in perception from the casual fan.

[TD alt]

I'm open to it. Depends on the compensation. If someone offers a three, are you really going to turn it down? Keep in mind Etienne and, if we're lucky, JB. We'd need more depth though. And, no, Dowdle would not get Chuba money from me. We overpaid. Especially in light of the fact that we keep adding RBs . But we'd have to sign Dowdle to a reasonable contract. Sometimes I don't know what the point of paying Chuba all that money was, and I have full square been arguably Chuba's biggest supporter on this board. I always knew that he could produce good results with a line because he was producing OK results without one. 

Edited 2 hours ago by TD alt

[Moose Hoover]

We should keep our chub a.

[Davidson Deac II]

I wish we could keep both of them.  Dowdle is probably the best rb pass catcher we have had since CMC.  But he might have priced himself out of our range though.  

Edited 2 hours ago by Davidson Deac II

[PNW_PantherMan]

They're not gonna flip a workhorse back for a 6th round pick or whatever.  If anything I feel like our FO would trade FOR another player to try and make a run at making the playoffs.  Like if something insane happened with DJ Moore...