Trade possibilities to be found in Buffalo

Evans and Williams are the only players on that list that have value. The caveat is Lynch (annual off-the-field issues) and Schoebel (pending retirement) hold little value because of their respective situations. I also would much rather Lynch and Schoeble be on our team this year than traded for mediocre draft picks.

Furthermore Evans and Williams both hold (or in Williams case held) more value to the Bills than any other team, so receive compensation comparable to their value on the team would be difficult. I also do not understand why we would trade Evans, we would not be able to easily replace his talent at WR, and he has a reasonable contract. I also dont’ like the idea of trading Williams until we have filled out our roster with 3-4 guys to fit the new system.

As for Whitner, he is a first round bust, we place value on him primarily because of his draft position. He isn’t worth his contract and isn’t going to return us sigificantly value.

Edwards, Parrish, Kelsay (why didn’t he make the list), are marginal players, more likely to be cut than traded.

What I want to know is: How in the hell does bulger have an 8.5M price tag???

Lynch – Not worth it. Hes more valuable to us than a 2nd round pick, and theres no way hes going to get a 1st in return. He is still very young, and sometime immature… but if chix can get in his head and turn him around, I see a very very nice rebound year for him.

Schobel – Yes. Yes. Yes. Trade him. I think his value is somewhere around 3rd and 5th/6th, and I would take that in a second. We need draft picks to rebuild and he does not fit a 3-4 no matter if he says he thinks he does. I can not see him out in coverage at all, and would be better off (for us) as traded away for those picks

Whitner – Is worth hanging on to I think. I would rather have a Byrd – Wilson backfield, but players will get injured and Whitner is still going to be able to make some plays…

Williams – If we could get a 4th for him, send him out. If not then lets ssee what he can do in a 3-4. Im sure they’ll put him at both DE and NT.

Evans – Thats an interesting one… I’ve heard his name brought up but never gave it thought til now… but still would rather have him. Unless somehow we did a sign and trade with AZ for Boldin… Then Im down.

Edwards – Depends on if we draft or get a FA QB. If not then he sticks.

Parrish – Im willing to give him one… more… year… Lets see if he FINALLY gets it in this new O.

Bulgar is my least favorite questionable pick-up—-the guy gets injured tying his shoes…

The only reason I wouldn’t mind seeing Schobel traded is I would like to see him play for a playoff team before he retires.

Whitner will never live down that he was picked before Ngata or even Bunkley for that matter. Plus, he is average at best and struggles in pass coverage!

Evans is another player that has talent but playing in Buffalo has been a detriment to his stats and career. He reminds me of what Moulds went thru with the QB carousel.

Williams is too good a player to trade for an unproven draft pick. It will be up to the coaches to find ways to utilize his strengths whether the principle defense is the 3-4 or the 4-3.

Roscoe played possum last year hoping to force a trade or to get cut out right. I shake my head when realizing he went form one of the top return threats in the NFL to being benched. It looked like he talked to McGahee on how to get out of Buffalo…

- So, since this draft will be loaded with talent, I don’t have a problem unloading Lynch, who is one strike away from suspension – There are a lot of great Running Backs that you can draft in the 3-5th rounds – Ray Rice anyone?
- Schoebel wants to play in Texas, better to get something in return for him rather than have him retire.
- The Pats are notorious for trading big name players when they get older and are no longer in their prime – For DRAFT CHOICES!!!!!!!!!!!

Who cares if we lose any of the so-called talent, which Bills fans tend to believe that they have on this team – Have not made the playoffs in ten years – Time to get as many draft choices as we can for those who are getting paid more than they deserve, and build through the draft – This time, the correct way.

if the Bills and Chargers would discuss a straight-up trade of Lynch for Whitehurst? I can’t wrap my mind around the Redskins being “that” ready to move on without Campbell when they’ve placed a 1st-round tender on him.

It’s too bad about Bulger. 32 is a good age in terms of experience and development. He just seems like a 38-year old QB these days.

Would anyone in their right mind trade for Lee Evans? His contract is bonkers given his production.

I find it funny ridiculous dissapointing that he is mentioned first,

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There’s some SERIOUS denial up in these parts. ML is going to be moved because of his off-field concerns? Well, thank god no other front office but the Bills’ knows or cares about that, because Buffalo can fleece somebody as long as no one finds out! I hope no one finds out, because if they do, POOF, there goes any chance of a 3rd round pick (or a player of that value. (ML will not bring a 2nd. Period. Smell the Folgers in your cup.)

Chan Gailey has spoken in favor of Marshawn, and even if it is to demonstrate he has value on the team (to let other teams know he won’t be cut, or be had on the cheap,) that should let you know Gailey is open to keeping him around. He also complimented his play.

The one argument that might be somewhat relevant for trading ML is that RB’s are so hard to find. Oh…wait…Brian Westbrook, LT, and Thomas Jones are all looking. Oh..wait.. a good RB can be found in the middle rounds, sure thing! Oh…crap…

Bottom line: Marshawn Lynch is more valuable to the Bills, including risk factor, than to any other team.

Why would San Diego give up anything for Lynch, when they can sign Thomas Jones tomorrow without giving up anything?

Come on people… with each passing day Lynch’s value erodes a little bit more. I was a fan for trading him too, but at this point we will not get fair value for him. We are better off keeping him than we are replacing him.

Not gonna say much different than previous posts. We are probably keeping ML, unless he’s involved in a trade for a QB. I wouldn’t be upset if we packaged ML for Whitehurst. Please trade Parrish and Edwards!!

And I don’t mean quality players. It seemed that our weaknesses were so cut and dry until the announcement to the 3-4 was factored in. LineBacker depth and Offensive Tackle. Isn’t that what we were all thinking. Oh yea and a franchise QB and quality Depth accross the board.

Have we fallen off the deep end yet. Now we’re talking about trades for draft picks and FA for giving up draft picks. One thing we do know is that Buddy has told us it will take a couple years to get competitive again. Competitive in the sense as being considered a potential Playoff team. I believe we have been told that we will rebuild through the draft and can forget about big name FA signings. So maybe there is some direction here in trading some of the above mentioned names for draft picks. We have already started with bringing in Meredith and Brohm, signing Icognito. I hope that some of these guys bring us draft picks in the top half of the draft.

The only other thing that I am hanging onto for next season is that Buddy and Chan see things alot differently than I do and most of us. What could we be missing if anything.

Hadn’t really given him much thought before, but would be an interesting, and MUCH better option than Papa Pennington ever would…. Could the Rams be screwing up for the second time in a row, by letting go a quality QB too early in their career (remember a guy named Warner)??? Of course!!!! They’re the Rams…

I think trading Lynch would be a signifier of just how bad the front office is and would sum up the entire last decade of decisions. The idea is to buy low and sell high, and trading Lynch would be the complete opposite. Taking a first round pick and trading him after his worst season and when he’s one bad decision away from a long suspension would create a buyer’s market for him. There’s also a plethora of free agent talent at that position right now, especially high-character guys, like LT and Westbrook. Nobody would want Lynch for more than a late third-rounder, considering how much of a risk he is.

Also, it’s not like we’re laden with RB talent. Of course we have Freddie, who has maybe 3 years (if he’s lucky) left before he hits the RB wall that most seem to hit at that age, but after that, who else. It’s pretty important to have at least two capable running backs on your roster. So, if we traded Lynch, it would create one more hole on a team that has far too many already. We would end up needing to use whatever pick we get for him to fill the hole that trading him left. It’s much smarter to allow the player with pro-bowl ability to redeem himself, and to see if he’s capable of regaining his form with an O-line that isn’t different every week, a qb who’s not afraid to toss the ball downfield, and with a coach who is recognized as being a top mind is producing an effective running game.

The idea during rebuilding (I don’t know why I don’t see that word more often) is to make the most of the talent you have. Lynch is young enough and talented enough to be around when the rebuild is complete. The only good reason I see to trade Lynch would be if Chuddy decides that he can’t play for their team and he would be cut otherwise. We simply wouldn’t be getting enough for him to make it worthwhile in any other case.

is something another team is automatically gonna wanna.

If we dont want them, why would someone else?

What about giving a 5th rounder to Minnesota for T-Jack?

Haven’t heard good things about Travis. Could be someone elses garbage.

I know what you are up to Matt. I am staying away from all trade Marshawn posts. I won’t be suckered into raising my blood pressure over that topic again.

Aaron Schoebel to the Giant’s for either Osi or Clint Sintim?

Schobel for Osi or Sintim? In a mili-second

Well all i know is ill be looking forward to the “Guys! I have a friend at Buf/Nia Airport that just saw (enter FA here) get into a limo on their way to OBD!!!!!” posts.

I love those and we’ll see a bunch this week. lol