Trying to trade Pollard? from NFP

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http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...h-Pollard.html

Biggs: Chiefs exploring trade options with Pollard

Move would create opening for Mike Brown in lineup

Brad Biggs

September 04, 2009, 06:55 PM EST

The Kansas City Chiefs are exploring options to trade strong safety Bernard Pollard, a move that would create an opening for veteran Mike Brown to move into the starting lineup, sources said.

The 24-year-old Pollard, a fourth-year pro from Purdue, has made 31 starts the last two seasons. He had 98 tackles and one interception last season. But Brown was signed in late June to push both Pollard and free safety Jarrad Page.

“The defensive backfield as a whole, I think, there’s excellent competition,’’ Haley said late last month when asked if Brown had pushed Pollard for the job. “I don’t think there’s anybody who feels real comfortable. Mike’s one of the reasons for that but I think that’s the way it is across the board there. Those guys know there is somebody right behind them that could be playing just as well as them. That’s how you get your team good.”

Brown spent the last nine seasons with the Chicago Bears but has been injury plagued since 2004. He held it together to start 15 games last season, but had to leave three games early down the stretch with a recurring calf muscle pull and finally missed the finale. He is an instinctive player and made 101 tackles last season, the third-highest total in his career.

[carlos3652]

Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Gunther probably would have moved Ed Reed to corner.

Brilliant!

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I suppose I should've said "I don't think he'll ever be Troy Polamalu."

[Mecca]

Positional value factors in so much but if you really feel a guy is it for his position that becomes different.

We're talking about 2 of the best safety prospects to come down the pipe.

[carlos3652]

Mecca, do you know anything about the GB boys that are about to get cut (Oline and S) from the above article?

[Mecca]

Guys like Peprah and Rouse are basically career backup special teamer types, Wells is solid and the OT I've never seen.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Positional value factors in so much but if you really feel a guy is it for his position that becomes different.

We're talking about 2 of the best safety prospects to come down the pipe.

And wasn't Curry being hyped in the same manner? I remember Casserly talking about him being the best LB prospect he's seen in a decade, his combine numbers were off the chart, etc., but if anyone mentioned his name around here the torches and pitchforks got pulled out by the "positional value" lynch mob.

[carlos3652]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Guys like Peprah and Rouse are basically career backup special teamer types, Wells is solid and the OT I've never seen.

thx

[DrRyan]

Originally Posted by BWillie007

Way to fail reading his post. He said they wouldn't be as effective, not that they would be worthless. Which is a valid point.

True, worthless is an overstatement on my part. My point is take Reed or Polamalu and put them on the Chiefs and they are still in the Pro-Bowl year in, year out. The guys are playmakers. The same is being said for Mays and Berry.

As far as fail goes, I will leave that to the glasses and shirt in your avatar.

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by carlos3652

Several players being shopped
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


"The Green Bay Packers have been shopping several players heading into the deadline for mandatory roster cuts Saturday.

Several league personnel sources said that among the players the Packers have been shopping are tackle Tony Moll and safeties Charlie Peprah and Aaron Rouse. All three would be candidates to be released when the Packers have to trim their roster from 75 to 53.

It's not unusual for the Packers to make calls around the league to see if there would be interest in making a trade. Their hope would be that a team low on the waiver priority list would want one of the players they're offering and be willing to trade a draft pick to cut in front of the other teams.

At least two linemen are being shopped by the Packers and presumably one of the others is center Scott Wells, who lost a training camp competition with Jason Spitz for a starting spot. However, none of the scouts specifically identified Wells as trade bait.

If Moll is on the block, it indicates that the Packers are considering releasing him and want to see if they can get compensation instead. Of the backup linemen, Wells has the most trade value, but the Packers would have to get a strong offer for him because their only other option now to back up Spitz is rookie free agent Evan Deitrich-Smith."

I would LOVE to have Scott Wells.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Saccogoo

And wasn't Curry being hyped in the same manner? I remember Casserly talking about him being the best LB prospect he's seen in a decade, his combine numbers were off the chart, etc., but if anyone mentioned his name around here the torches and pitchforks got pulled out by the "positional value" lynch mob.

I personally thought Curry was overhyped as a prospect, I don't even think he's the best LB prospect of the last 2 years.

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I personally thought Curry was overhyped as a prospect, I don't even think he's the best LB prospect of the last 2 years.

Let me guess. Keith Rivers of USC was?

[DrRyan]

Originally Posted by doomy3

Let me guess. Keith Rivers of USC was?

I would probably go with Jerod Mayo.

[Mecca]

I think Rivers and Mayo were both better prospects....

[keg in kc]

Curry was a solid player that was fortunate enough to come out in a draft that was very weak at the top. He should be a good player, but I still don't think he's any kind of historically-good talent.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Mecca

I personally thought Curry was overhyped as a prospect, I don't even think he's the best LB prospect of the last 2 years.

We all have our favorites, and I don't have a problem with either Mays or Berry, because I think that they both have the potential to be Pro Bowl level guys by midway through their rookie seasons, but I'm just telling you that with the insights of guys who've been in the league a long time and whose business it was to judge talent of football players, Curry was getting a lot of accolades and admiration about being one of the best linebackers to come out in recent memory. But yet on this board, there was the "positional value" set that was ready to kick in the balls of anyone who mentioned Curry. And now, it's those same "positional value" guys who are all up on May's jock. A freakin' safety. That is, by it's very definition, hypocrisy.