No one in particular I'm suggesting but there's still a nice list of free agents still available. But as far as the draft is concerned, if this were to happen, it would make drafting Leinart a little easier if we chose to go in that direction of course.

How much do you guys really buy into the fact that we may still draft Leinart?

(Not being snide, just wanting to know b/c I keep getting that queasy feeling I'm gonna end up throwing something at the TV on draft day instead of celebrating)

I haven't looked at trading D. Smith that way, but me too! :lol:

Ditto Poppa, but I wouldn't call it queasy more like power hurling.

I think Payton may be trying to get as many untainted minds as he can. The draft is important, but I think doubly so for new coaches. Imagine moving into a house with someones stuff already in it. You like you make it yours as much as possible. I wouldn't like trading Smith away though. Unless they're eyeing a safty in the second round, but I wouldn't even wanna chance throwing a rookie into a starting position if you don't have too. And I pray that Mangold is availible at 34. This shuffling guys around worries me a bit. But if they could sqeeze two picks out of the Jets, I'd love for them to pick up a corner in the second.

If & only if we trade Dwight Smith, I like Ko Simpson from South Carolina at safety in the second round.

Excellent point. And if Payton deems Smith expendable because of his need to get his own players, hen I would trust him. Let's let him get his own grocieries before he makes us dinner. All I would ask is that we get something good in exchange for Smith.

or could we be lookin at a mackenize, WOODSON, Bullocks Bellamy Secondary.... i dunno food for thought

I don't really think that trading Dwight Smith would be the best thing for this team in a playmaking sense. However, if this guy isn't going to be a team player and isn't going to follow what the new coaching staff says (which is what the article made it sound like), then I think the best thing for the team as a whole would be to bring in somebody that Payton feels would be better. I honestly think we should keep him, and it sounds like we're going to, but I have really liked what Payton's done so far, and I think I'm going to trust whatever he does in the next few weeks.

O and about Courtney Watson, I hope that we really do trade him. I would love to get an extra draft pick for this turd. He's been hurt and he's not a very good athlete, but I tried to tell myself that I should continue to give this guy a chance because he had the chance to be a leader on defense, but then he goes and gets a DUI and just seemed to drop off the face of the earth. He was a 2nd round pick, and he hasn't hardly seen the field. Time to trade him, cut him, or whatever, but we just need to move on from this guy.

If we are only looking for a 3rd rounder for Smith.....what value do u think watson has????? I say we get a 9th rounder at best......heh