Let's Take A Vote: The Trade Deadline Approaches

[CaliforniaChief]

We're less than 24 hours away from the trade deadline in the NFL. Props to the league for pushing the deadline back, adding more teams to the mix that are either giving up or making a push. These probably aren't realistic, but I'll put options out there. I'm not saying these are viable, just what's thrown out there. And I'm not putting Jordan Cameron on here. You choose which option you prefer:

Poll Forthcoming.

-Blackmon for a 1st.
-Blackmon for a 3rd and a 2015 conditional pick.
-Gordon for a 1st.
-Gordon for a 3rd and a 2015 conditional pick.
-Gonzalez for a 5th or later.
-Fred Davis for a 6th.
-Other
-Don't do anything. Let our coaches develop the guys we have and go with the guys that got us here.
-Gaz for a Lifetime Mod Membership on the Mange.

[booger]

You know what actually makes sense is a Wade Smith for Jeff Allen swap. No picks, player for player. Smith can play C too. Allen fits the zone scheme they run much better than he does here. Young and cheap for the Texans too even if only a backup G/T

[Mav]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

As I said in another thread:

you and I don't like each other in the least. But you are absolutely correct.

If you are the Chiefs, you do whatever you have to, to get Gordon.

Hes paid as a second rounder for three more years.

You wont find a player anywhere near his caliber at pick 25+

Great post.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Funny, no one seemed to be concerned about Jared Allen's off the field issues.

And Gordon is only in his 2nd year in the league - should be wrapped up for at least another 2 years.

3 years. He signed a five year deal. And also, with his place in the drug treatment program, as stage three, he will never get a max contract.

Making him doubly enticing.

Also, to the poster above.

I get it. He could get busted for a year.

He also could blow out his knee and be lost for the year. As could any player.

The only positive to losing him to a suspension, over an injury. He comes off your cap as a suspended player.

[Strongside]

All of the above. We can just treat our draft picks like our gov't treats money. Tell people we have them when we really don't.

[RippedmyFlesh]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Gordon and Blackmon are high risk but potentially high reward. No way I surrender a 1st for either one of these guys. Their talent is 1st rd but their character off the field issues are one away from full year suspension. Dorsey looks at building a dynasty like the Packers long term. You don't make snap impulsive decisions just to appease the short term and then end up Fing your self for the long term IMO.

But I do like Gordon a helluva a lot better than I do Blackmon.

With a seemingly close team like KC they may be in a position to take on a problem child. Reid sure as hell isn't afraid to.

[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Strongside

All of the above. We can just treat our draft picks like our gov't treats money. Tell people we have them when we really don't.

We can offer our 5 first rounders for Aaron Rodgers.

[Strongside]

Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan

We can offer our 5 first rounders for Aaron Rodgers.

And we can parlay him into cash to purchase a time machine in order to go back and draft him in the first place. We return back to the future and still have him...and our 5 draft picks. We won't have DJ...but we'll have Aaron Rodgers.

[-King-]

Anyone else this sounds like someone who wants to get traded but just can't admit it?

Tony Gonzalez not asking for trade
Updated: October 29, 2013, 12:06 AM ET
By Vaughn McClure | ESPN.com



FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Tony Gonzalez understands the logic behind all the trade talk.

The Atlanta Falcons tight end realizes plenty of folks want to see him walk away from the NFL wearing his first Super Bowl ring. That would explain the 37-year-old's willingness to address trade rumors, even if the topic has become a recurring distraction for the 2-5 Falcons.

Tony Gonzalez
Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesTony Gonzalez says he isn't asking to say goodbye to the Atlanta Falcons as the trade deadline nears.

"I totally understand it," Gonzalez told ESPN.com late Monday night. "Everybody out there needs to understand that I'm not naïve to it. I see it, too. This is the last [nine] weeks of my career. And right now, things are looking ... you never know.

"But, like I said, I love my guys on this team too much to go ask for a trade. It would be something that would come from them where they said, 'Hey, it makes sense because we could get something good for you and send you to a team that's a contender.' So I understand the thought process behind that."

Gonzalez even referenced a comment made by one particular television analyst.

"When Jimmy Johnson says that it would be respectful of [the Falcons], I see that," Gonzalez said about Johnson, the Fox analyst who said the Falcons should sit down with Gonzalez and ask him if he wants to play for a contender. "And like I said, if that's something they wanted to do and they asked me, then, yeah, I would listen to them, of course. Yes, I would sit down with them.

"You've always got to listen to them in anything. I don't care if you're not open to it or [are], you still listen and see what's up."

The Falcons have made it clear they have no intentions of trading Gonzalez. Head coach Mike Smith called the idea "preposterous" while general manager Thomas Dimitroff fully supported his coach's stance. The desire not to trade Gonzalez goes all the way to the top of the organization.

But what if a team such as the undefeated Chiefs, who have made it clear they would take Gonzalez back with opened arms, make an offer pitch to get Gonzalez out of Atlanta before Tuesday's trade deadline?

"We'll know by [4] o'clock tomorrow," Gonzalez said. "But, like I said, I'm not going to be the one to go asking for a trade. It will have to come from them."

Gonzalez is still owed $3.7 million this season. The Falcons acquired him in 2010 from the Chiefs in exchange for a second-round draft pick. That pick ended up being Javier Arenas, now a backup cornerback and kick returner for the Arizona Cardinals.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/98...t-asking-trade

[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Strongside

And we can parlay him into cash to purchase a time machine in order to go back and draft him in the first place. We return back to the future and still have him...and our 5 draft picks. We won't have DJ...but we'll have Aaron Rodgers.

Why not just go the whole nine yards and go back and draft Dan Marino over Blackledge.

[RippedmyFlesh]

We are 8-0 and if we could get Blackmon or Gordon you don't hesitate. It just so happens contending came a little faster than we thought. If we were 8-0 3 years in most wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger. Just because it is happening right now doesn't mean you don't pull the trigger. I think Davis could contribute at least as much as Duck Dynasty. Gonzo for a 6th.

[CaliforniaChief]

Yeah, that ESPN write-up on Gonzalez left me with the same impression. "What Jimmy Johnson says that it would be respectful of the Falcons, I see that."

We shall see what tomorrow brings.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Yeah, that ESPN write-up on Gonzalez left me with the same impression. "What Jimmy Johnson says that it would be respectful of the Falcons, I see that."

We shall see what tomorrow brings.

If his only goal was to come back for a title, Atlanta is not going to come anywhere close to that.

He should get traded. He should go to Seattle, New England, or KC.

Shrugs. Tough choices.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

How does an old, slow TE help this team?

They need a speedy outside threat with YAC ability. Someone who can get chunks of yards.

And who is the locker room cancer?

Im assuming they mean Gordon, or Blackmon. Neither which are locker room cancers. They are kids, who don't know how to control themselves after the season ends. Their teammates love them.

[007]

The homer is strong in this poll.

[teedubya]

I'd like Gonzalez first and foremost, just for the pure badassery of it.

Now, I'd also love the Gordon option.