If this is the end of days.. do you sell off assets?

[cstjohn17]

If at the NFL Trading Deadline (October 30) the Patriots look unlikely to make a serious playoff push do you do the unthinkable and trade key assets.

 

[moosekill]

Oh my goodness. This isn't baseball, you can't be serious right?

 

[PatsDeb]

Oh for cripes sakes...

Edit - this is the one time I would choose the dumb "Ray Lewis killed a guy." choice on the poll, but it isn't there.

 

[Uptown]

RLKAG..

 

[sb1]

Brady is untradeable for a lot of reasons, among them I believe a $7M cap hit against the Patriots.

The NFL doesn’t have the kind of trade deadline that there is in other sports. You don’t see a frenzy at the deadline and the salary cap is one reason why. So it’s not easy to have a fire sale like you see in other sports, not that we should expect the Pats to be in that position.

 

[cupofjoe1962]

Buy..... Buy..... Buy.......
I wish the NFL trading deadline was more like the MLB trade deadline. This may be Larry Fitz last year...... yes I said it.
Go get Larry Fitz.

Maybe he can rush the quarterback when he is not catching touchdown passes.

 

[Sciz]

The premise aside...does any NFL team trade away potential long term players at the deadline? Seems that the majority of these trades involve players that are half a season away from leaving as a free agent anyway.

 

[Fatmancryin]

If at the NFL Trading Deadline (October 30) the Patriots look unlikely to make a serious playoff push do you do the unthinkable and trade key assets.

What assets would those be?

Gronk—basically pigeon holed the team and has threatened to retire rather than be traded.

Brady— 41

Hightower— Looks horrible

Gilmore—- asset

Edelman—Wrong side of 30 coming off a ACL injury and suspension

Dorsett/Hogan —-Can’t get open

Burkhead—Always injured

Flowers—- asset FA next year

Is there anyone else on this roster a asset that’s going to net you anything for a rebuild?

IMO Nope!!

 

[TheRainMaker]

If they tried to trade Gronk in the offseason, I wouldn’t put it passed them. If they don’t make the playoffs, I expect a major overhaul.

 

[PP2]

RLKAG..

Dude, that's my line.

 

[Uptown]

Dude, that's my line.

 

[mgteich]

Trade FOR a key asset or two.

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

Kill 2 guys and burn your suit

 

[Wheelman]

Oh for cripes sakes...

Edit - this is the one time I would choose the dumb "Ray Lewis killed a guy." choice on the poll, but it isn't there.

I don't think it's dumb that Ray Lewis killed a guy and escaped punishment.

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[HailHydra]

You don't trade the players that have been performing is my only exception - regardless of price tag. For example, regardless of if we do well the rest of the season, the defense will never be a strength. So if we get good deals for Devin McCourty and Dont'a Hightower, we should take it, PROVIDED that they continue to suck. But for players that are usually good, like Gilmore, Chung, Flowers (we better pay him), White, Harmon, Brady (we aren't trading him), OLine, etc. we stick with them regardless. Players that are in the middle, such as Hogan, Rowe, Burkhead, are players I wouldn't significantly miss.

 

[TheRainMaker]

You don't trade the players that have been performing is my only exception - regardless of price tag. For example, regardless of if we do well the rest of the season, the defense will never be a strength. So if we get good deals for Devin McCourty and Dont'a Hightower, we should take it, PROVIDED that they continue to suck. But for players that are usually good, like Gilmore, Chung, Flowers (we better pay him), White, Harmon, Brady (we aren't trading him), OLine, etc. we stick with them regardless. Players that are in the middle, such as Hogan, Rowe, Burkhead, are players I wouldn't significantly miss.

Flowers injury will help keep the price tag down. If he gets less than his usual 6-8 sacks, he’ll be easy to keep.

 

[Soliel]

The rebuild has already begun.

 

[Jangles]

What assets?

 

[Kontradiction]