Disco Volante
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Of course it's been talked to death, but wanted a consensus with a poll.
I labeled the second choice as single year because I do not think there is any way we would be re-singing him after this season. (You can discuss that as well)
Why do people continue to insist the Pats would definitely get a 3rd round comp pick had they kept Seymour and he left via FA?
Teams only get comp picks if they sign less qualifying players than they lost. That's hardly a given
No Brainer here, drop in Brace or Jarvis and we don't miss a beat. This defense will not be predicated on Big Sey being there or not, it will be predicated on this suspect secondary and their ability to make plays and come together in what will hopefully be a short amount of time.
Again, Sey's enormous CAP hits over the past 3 years never matched his production. This will allow Brace to get more reps, develop much quicker and it will free up more reps for the real pass rusher at his natural down DE spot, Burgess. Great move as usual...................Thanks Al.
For this season, Seymour is more valuable than a draft pick. However, he would have been gone after this season (most likely) and we wouldn't have received anything for him in return. It's a catch-22, really. Is our defense better with Seymour in it? As of right now, I will say yes because we only have a vague idea of what we have with Myron Pryor. So, for 2009, Richard Seymour is more valuable to this defense. Past 2009, with Richard being 30 and his contract being up, the pick is more valuable.
Seymour had 8 sacks last year to go along with 52 tackles (which is amazing considering that the opposition tried to steer the run game away from him). I highly doubt that we "don't miss a beat" with Brace, Green, or Pryor.
We may not have any idea what we have in Pryor (or Brace for that matter), but I'm fairly sure the guy that pulled the trigger on this deal does.
Depends on the defense we run........ I'll agree with the "don't miss a beat", as I think we will miss a couple. I just don't think the we'll miss so many that we'll "miss out on a Super Bowl". That's silly. NO ONE PLAYER (Not named Tom Brady) is that crucial to our success or failure.