Exactly. Thats the first step. They look at cap, budget, player performance, anticipated salary demands in future years, team's scheme and plans etc. and draw a conclusion with one, perhaps two years out. I'm sure that they are looking at Sey's performance and contract situation, the roster and the team's chances and made a decision that they could live or live without him. Clearly, they came to conclusion with Sey. In the offseason after the 2007 season, did they have a deal in the works a full league offseason before Sept of 2009? Of course not. But it would not suprise me in the least that BB came to the conclusion in Feb or March of 09 that moving Sey for value was something he would do IF he was able to add depth to the D-line.
I agree. At the end of FA period and the draft he looked at his roster and made an assessment. With Warren, Wright, Green and Wilfork, he saw decent depth. Then they get Brace and Pryor and Richards. During the draft they talk to the Raiders. They talk about Wilfork and Seymour and Burgess. There is the groundwork that I am referring to which got BB thinking that moving Sey was a realistic possibility.
On the contrary, they picked up 2 actually 3 D-linemen inc. Richards in the draft and also looked at Kevin Carter. If anything, BB was focused on the D-line because he thought that there was an opportunity to move Sey if they got good value in return and if he felt that the D-line depth was of good quality.
No question he will.