LaFell Odd Man Out?

[Claws]

Anyone named LaFell should be cut (period)

[Mr. Scot]

If anything, I'd say traded, not cut. And if you put a gun to my head, I'd likely say neither.

But anything is possible. And given that we have a new coach, and that coach has expressed some unhappiness with his receivers of late, it's tough to say any option is off the table.

[theyhateme45]

Depends on just how down Rivera might be on his performance.

If, say, he were down enough to cut him, then a fifth rounder is better than nothing.

That's farfetched, mind you, but not impossible.

Didn't Ochocinco get traded for a 5th. I'm pretty confident that's not happening.

If carolina, a team that needs WR's cut him... what's going to make anyone else think he's valuable enough to give up draft picks for? Come on man... you've got to be more realistic. I mean even Santonio Holmes got traded for a 5th round pick.

[Mr. Scot]

Didn't Ochocinco get traded for a 5th. I'm pretty confident that's not happening.

If carolina, a team that needs WR's cut him... what's going to make anyone else think he's valuable enough to give up draft picks for? Come on man... you've got to be more realistic. I mean even Santonio Holmes got traded for a 5th round pick.

Fifth was Saltman's suggestion. I was just responding to him.

As to what's reasonable for LaFell, that's a debate in itself.

[dksmith17]

LaFell has zero trade value. We could trade for another WR project but thats it.

That is one thing about this board... I see people overestimating a player's trade value way more than normal.

[jtm]

I am not even going to back up any of my comments with stats, because the thought of LaFell getting cut is ridiculous. Especially from Tweeter comments and without even having a preseason game.

[dksmith17]

I am not even going to back up any of my comments with stats, because the thought of LaFell getting cut is ridiculous. Especially from Tweeter comments and without even having a preseason game.

A cut, or practice squad is certainly possible. In fact, last year we sent our previous year's 3rd round pick to the practice squad (Irvin).

[Fenrir]

LaFell showed some promise last year, but stranger things have happened in regards to cuts. It'll be interesting to see what he does in preseason....

[mick eye]

And next practice we will be running 4 WR sets with Pilares, AE, Smitty and Barnridge. I am not gonna be jumping to conclusions. I do think Naanee was brought in to light a fire under Lefell, AE and Gettis. We are gonna carry 5 WR's and Lafell will be one of them.

[tattoorhino]

Lafelle is Dewayne Jarrett 2.0. He like he is AWESOME, and he just isnt. After watching him in training camp my opinion is he is lazy and feels like it should just be handed to him. You have receivers like Trent Guy that never drop a ball and run great routes but dont have his size and they end up on the practice squad. If Lafelle had that kind of drive and heart he would be a probowler every year. Some people have it and some people dont. My opinion is Lafelle doesnt. Gettis to me is a much better receiver and is faster than any of them. We the personnel we have I would drop him like a hot potato and I dont care what we paid for him. Time to get rid of the dead weight. And please drop NICK FRIGGIN HAYDEN while your at it.

[tattoorhino]

Lafelle is Dewayne Jarrett 2.0. He thinks he is AWESOME, and he just isnt. After watching him in training camp my opinion is he is lazy and feels like it should just be handed to him. You have receivers like Trent Guy that never drop a ball and run great routes but dont have his size and they end up on the practice squad. If Lafelle had that kind of drive and heart he would be a probowler every year. Some people have it and some people dont. My opinion is Lafelle doesnt. Gettis to me is a much better receiver and is faster than any of them. We the personnel we have I would drop him like a hot potato and I dont care what we paid for him. Time to get rid of the dead weight. And please drop NICK FRIGGIN HAYDEN while your at it.

[Swedish Butt-Whistle]

Personally I'm quite confident in Smith/Gettis/Naanee

[Gazi]

Can anyone remind me of any strong play LaFell made last season besides that one freakish one-handed catch late in the season? I sure can't. He's okay compared to the receivers we've had in the past 5 or 6 years, but he's not close to NFL starter material right now.

He had another amazing catch today.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Agreed.

He could conceivably have some trade value though if the team decided Clowney wasn't just a preseason star.

Rivera's not necessarily going to be as attached to him as he might otherwise be.

Trade? You'd want to trade a WR, when we need WRs?