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<blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 470134" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>I'm going to stick close to my original assessment. Right now, none of the three players have that much value.</p><p> </p><p>1) Jennings. He's 28 right now, right? And he now has an injury history. And, worst of all, he's going to require a rather large contract. Would <em>you </em>place any trade value on a guy that you might not even be able to sign next year? If he is truly the missing piece, maybe, but the Browns are rebuilding.</p><p> </p><p>2) Newhouse. Fifth round pick, getting better, but they have an all-pro at left tackle. He doesn't add value at all. His only purpose in the trade to make sure the Browns have a viable <em>something</em> to replace Thomas on the roster and on the line.</p><p> </p><p>3) Finley. He's the one piece that would be interesting. He's young and a special athletic talent, but then there's this year's production. Way, way down. And again, he's a free agent after 2013. How does that contract situation playout?</p><p> </p><p>Let's compare to Thomas. He's quite possibly the best LT in football. Think of it this way--if you had an expansion team and you could have any LT to build your franchise line around, who would pick? I'd take Thomas. Only other person I'd seriously consider is Jake Long. And both are relatively young. Plus he signed a large contract last year. What kind of accelerate cap hit would Cleveland take?</p><p> </p><p>Which brings us the the crux of the matter. What do we really have to offer Cleveland?</p><p> </p><p>Bare minimum, we have to give them a replacement tackle, so I'd let them pick whoever they wanted. Bulaga, Newhouse, Sherrod, they could have one. Remember though, I don't consider whoever to have real value to the trade, just a band-aid move for losing Thomas and I doubt Cleveland would view it differently. Whoever they pick weakens a previous position of strength.</p><p> </p><p>Next, we'd have to give up our 1st round pick. This is the most valuable thing we really have to offer AND actually be willing to give up. Would you trade Thomas for a late 1st? I wouldn't.</p><p> </p><p>So just to start the conversation, we need to offer a 1st and a replacement tackle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mradtke66, post: 470134, member: 4199"] I'm going to stick close to my original assessment. Right now, none of the three players have that much value. 1) Jennings. He's 28 right now, right? And he now has an injury history. And, worst of all, he's going to require a rather large contract. Would [I]you [/I]place any trade value on a guy that you might not even be able to sign next year? If he is truly the missing piece, maybe, but the Browns are rebuilding. 2) Newhouse. Fifth round pick, getting better, but they have an all-pro at left tackle. He doesn't add value at all. His only purpose in the trade to make sure the Browns have a viable [I]something[/I] to replace Thomas on the roster and on the line. 3) Finley. He's the one piece that would be interesting. He's young and a special athletic talent, but then there's this year's production. Way, way down. And again, he's a free agent after 2013. How does that contract situation playout? Let's compare to Thomas. He's quite possibly the best LT in football. Think of it this way--if you had an expansion team and you could have any LT to build your franchise line around, who would pick? I'd take Thomas. Only other person I'd seriously consider is Jake Long. And both are relatively young. Plus he signed a large contract last year. What kind of accelerate cap hit would Cleveland take? Which brings us the the crux of the matter. What do we really have to offer Cleveland? Bare minimum, we have to give them a replacement tackle, so I'd let them pick whoever they wanted. Bulaga, Newhouse, Sherrod, they could have one. Remember though, I don't consider whoever to have real value to the trade, just a band-aid move for losing Thomas and I doubt Cleveland would view it differently. Whoever they pick weakens a previous position of strength. Next, we'd have to give up our 1st round pick. This is the most valuable thing we really have to offer AND actually be willing to give up. Would you trade Thomas for a late 1st? I wouldn't. So just to start the conversation, we need to offer a 1st and a replacement tackle. [/QUOTE]
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