Allen2Moulds

I think the majority of us felt it was a lot more likely that KC was the best case scenario, and not this week. Given the slow prognosis, and missed training camp. However, McDermott must really like what he saw this week in practice. Now let's go get Brian Thomas.

I do still have to push back on the Clayton thing. Again, that's an anomaly. Even with his horrific start, he's on pace for 886yds, which I would still categorize it as a sophomore slump. Clayton never even cracked 500yds, after his rookie season . Thomas already has more than what Clayton did in his entire 2nd year. I think we are far off before we can make that comparison.

I respect your opinion of a 2nd round value. That would provably be the bottom end of this trade value, with the top end as a 1+. Depends on your appetite for risk.

He's still worth the risk.

How would we feel if the Pats or Chiefs traded for him?

No, but we have Allen.

It could also be a miss match. What's the difference between how he was being used last year, compares to this year?

What is the bar here, for this to be a successful trade? You are right about Clayton, but wouldn't you say that he's the anomaly?

Everything involves risk, nothing is guaranteed. That being said, he's more than worth the risk, given his upside. The biggest risk with draft picks, is even knowing whether or not they can compete or excell at the pro level. He's already shown that. Additionally, his skill set is not only the exact thing we miss on offense, but also the perfect compliment to Josh's arm. He doesn't need to be the guy, be a 1400-1500 yd guy to make this a successful trade. Its his impact, on how teams will need to defend us.

whats the over/under on # of snaps.

where are you guys hearing this?

Honestly, the only worthy discussion should be about the price. A 1st and a thrown in, or 2 2's, something like that.

For anyone bashing his poor start this year, anyone remember how Randy Moss looked as a Raider? He doesn't need to come here to put up big numbers, he just needs to be able to put fear into defenses, if they want to continue to sell out with the blitz. I have no doubt that if we were to trade for him, we'd be getting last year's version.

We have Shaq Thomson, who has been our best performing LB this year. We also have Hoect who we can deploy in our big package formation. Can be used similar to Lorenzo.

Thanks for the insight. This is exactly what I was hoping to hear, and matches the vibes I got from him this preseason.