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halloween 65 · 01-21-2012, 04:50 PM

What do any of you think we could get if we trade Smith and Ellis, I could go for freeing up cap space and a few picks, he!! I'd throw Vilma in this also??

FinSaint · 01-21-2012, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by halloween 65

What do any of you think we could get if we trade Smith and Ellis, I could go for freeing up cap space and a few picks, he!! I'd throw Vilma in this also??

I honestly don't know, but Smith's contract in itself is something that not a lot of teams would want to take responsibility of... even if he was really producing. But the fact is that he hasn't been producing on par to what he is being payed, so it is highly unlikely he'd attract many trading partners.

And the same goes for Ellis: not many teams would be willing to pay him $6M for the production hes been giving the past couple of years. Also, he only has 1 year to go on the current contract, so a team trading for him would probably have to negotiate a new contract with him before they would finalize a trade for his rights.

If they would only take on the existing contract - which might be the case with a team that needs to take on salary to meet the cap floor, since the earlier info suggested that there would be a cap floor in place for next season - they wouldn't give up anything substantial for a one-year signing.

But, I'm no expert on how trade deals get done in the NFL - I know much more about them on the NHL side.

01-21-2012, 06:26 PM	#2
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Originally Posted by halloween 65 What do any of you think we could get if we trade Smith and Ellis, I could go for freeing up cap space and a few picks, he!! I'd throw Vilma in this also?? I honestly don't know, but Smith's contract in itself is something that not a lot of teams would want to take responsibility of... even if he was really producing. But the fact is that he hasn't been producing on par to what he is being payed, so it is highly unlikely he'd attract many trading partners. And the same goes for Ellis: not many teams would be willing to pay him $6M for the production hes been giving the past couple of years. Also, he only has 1 year to go on the current contract, so a team trading for him would probably have to negotiate a new contract with him before they would finalize a trade for his rights. If they would only take on the existing contract - which might be the case with a team that needs to take on salary to meet the cap floor, since the earlier info suggested that there would be a cap floor in place for next season - they wouldn't give up anything substantial for a one-year signing. But, I'm no expert on how trade deals get done in the NFL - I know much more about them on the NHL side.
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halloween 65 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Grand Haven, Michigan by way of a little Mississippi River town in Louisiana Posts: 5,893	What do any of you think we could get if we trade Smith and Ellis, I could go for freeing up cap space and a few picks, he!! I'd throw Vilma in this also??