The Raiders traded for Carson Palmer mid season.

The Colts traded a #1 for Trent Richardson mid season.

Pats traded for Josh Gordon last week.

So there's three that I can think of off of the top of my head.

I would not say never. I would say it is uncommon.

Pats traded Moss to MIN midseason...

I see it the opposite way. The more we keep winning, the more we need help getting thru the playoffs. I don't wanna face New England with their new WR's without Berry and Thomas.

I'm saying as to why they're waiting for the price to go down.

Great, great POV imo.

Chiefs disagree.

Just because the Chiefs are negotiating tough and trying to give as little compensation as they can does not mean they disagree.

i see what you did there ;)

If Seattle wants to ask for the moon we'll just wait for Berry and Sorenson to come back and see what we actually have. Might not even want him by week 10, or at least not enough to pay the price.

A few of the more famous midseason trades from back in the day.

Cowboys traded Hershel Walker to the Vikings

LA Rams traded Eric Dickerson to the Colts

damn....

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...ffiliate_IFTTT

So how many 1st round pick have we given for this guaranteed super bowl winning safety? Are we giving a 1st rounder from now until the end of time?

What do you expect him to say?

Damn what? He didn't say anything valid in that entire article.

That Earl Thomas hates him, hates the Seahawks, has refused to practice and is considering sitting out unless he's traded to the Chiefs.

Sounded like a whole lotta coach speak to me.

None of us know what the Chiefs think. None of us.

Exactly.

We don't even know if they are legitimately in this thing.

You forgot hates Russell Wilson and hates Seattle.

Let me check my Facebook messenger - BRB!

I refuse to believe this has a real chance of going down.

Too good to be true. I honestly think we’ll win it all if we pull it off.

Mark Haynes to the Raiders to team with Lester Hayes.

:D

I'm not sure if we'll win it all, but it let's us get to the Superbowl and roll the dice.

Given that, I was thinking 2nd and 5th max, but now I'm not sure if I'd do a first, or a 2nd and a 3rd. Getting this guy would just be so huge and its affects would last for a few years.

Or out of it either. It's all just rumors.

They won’t do the trade without a new deal in place

Smokescreen. Trade leverage.

An agreement in place. The can agree, in principle, to terms but he can't sign a deal until after he's traded.

Yes

But his cap hit with Seattle doesn’t matter for the chiefs this year. They aren’t giving up much for a half year rental

If that were the case, the deal would be already done and ET would be a Cowboy.

If Berry comes back at even 75%, we get Thomas, Sorenson comes back, and we stay relatively healthy?

Good luck rest of the league.

This reminds me so much of when we should have traded for Tony G in his last season

It makes so much sense that it will never happen most likely ROFL

Best case? There is zero chance of getting a player better than Chris Jones after the mid-first round? Or are you saying that you can get players late in the draft or early in the first round, but never can you get a great player late in the first round?

Dallas sees the writing on the wall. Dak and Garret both need to be replaced. It’s all about going in on a QB next draft.

Jerry Jones isn't the sharpest of cookies so there's that. But you're also right. It just depends on whether Jerry is willing to admit his mistakes and tear it down. I could see him thinking that Earl Thomas is all they need to get over the hump.

I just dont see how Seattle keeps him. That's a team that is an off season away from a rebuild.

Exactly.

Sending him to the Chiefs just makes too much sense, for all parties.

Probably the reason why it won't happen. LOL

Exactly. After that brilliant draft Schnieder has been kind of a dumbass.

Seattle needs blown up for sure.

They're already pretty well blown up. They just need to clean up a few of the leftovers (e.g. Earl Thomas) and start the full-on rebuild.

Depends on the kind of offers they field for him. If they get anything 3rd round or better as an offer, they probably should take it.

I think they can get a late 2nd and that's probably where this whole thing ends up if he's traded.

Hopefully htis

At this point, I think the best they’ll get is a 2nd. I don’t see this getting done anytime soon. Just my guess because of the compensation standoff. It’s KC who is in the driver’s seat. Dallas isn’t going to trade what they want. Not even sure what they’ve offered

Also, I think with how good this offense is and being an impact safety like Thomas from completing the secondary when Berry is back, makes this team elite. I’d bet Veach will do something. If not Earl, you call Arizona about Patrick Peterson to try and add a top notch corner with Fuller, Nelson and Scandrick, who are playing ok when not grab ass happy. Veach will do something folks

Guys - everything said at this point is suspect. Seattle is trying to pretend they are fine with the status quo. Chiefs are trying to pretend they're about as interested as you might be to pick up a nickel off the pavement. Thomas is trying to lower his trade value to add urgency and make it happen.

In summation: everyone just calm the **** down.

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Not that I want it to happen in the least bit, but if the Donkeys beat us on MNF I think that will raise the urgency level for Veach...

Perhaps that’s a lose/win situation?!?

The waiting game.

Schneider: Brett my man ! We need a 2nd rd pick to do this deal.

Veach: Too expensive

Schneider: Well I guess the question you must ask yourself is what is more expensive? Ruining a SB run with that horrid 2ndary you have or having at least a chance of winning a SB because your defense came up with just enough stops?

You forgot the next part of the conversation...

Veach: Well, I guess the question you must ask yourself is what you're going to do with a guy that doesn't want to play there, especially when you need a ton of picks to rebuild your basement-dweller team.

:D

I think this process could be pushed into overdrive tomorrow if he doesn't show up for practice again. That will tell us a lot IMO.

Let's hope.

Next step: don't show up for the game on Sunday.

Schneider: Well I guess it's all about perspective now isn't it! Both you and I know you have a SB offense that won't attend the dance because you won't be able to make enough stops and you know it !! ET paired with EB and you are SB bound if not winning the SB. Your need of ET is far greater than my need to trade him for picks so you may want to rethink the 'too expensive' price tag.:D

If "EB" ever sees the field again, and if he's as good as he used to be, and if he can stay on said field once he manages to get back on it, and if they dealt for "ET" - even though we have nothing but unsubstantiated rumors that they are even interested -

They've still got 7 or so spots on the defense where the players just aren't good enough, and can't do what they need to do any more than my dog can make me dinner.

It would be comforting to see them give up 7 fewer points during the regular season, but a defense that is bad in all the fundamentals isn't going to make it through the postseason.

Chiefs fans should know this better than anyone. We've seen vaunted defenses flop in the playoffs because they meet a team that can hold their own against it, and demolish us on the other side of the ball. We've seen vaunted offenses be contained just enough for our pitiful defense to send them out in the first round. We have seen supposed "ball hawking" defenses go silent and cough up historic leads in the postseason twice.

You have to have balance and not have huge glaring weaknesses that good teams are going to exploit without much trouble if you really are to be considered a contender.

More ammo this year would be fine, but they can't rebuild a whole defense at midseason. It's going to take several offseasons.

The Chiefs should dangle Breeland Speaks while they're at it.

Convince SEA he has unmatched potential and can run like a deer.

Not really - If you have a bad ass offense, you just need to be able to stop the run on defense.

Yeah there was zero D in the Superbowl last yr.

I remember Tony Gonzalez's last season with the Falcons before he retired, and we needed a tight end and were making a run towards the playoffs. It made so much sense but never happened.

Hopefully we can get this one done at the right time. That would be now. But yeah.

Thing positive!!!

Our D is shit, I won't argue there, but how much of those PPG is the opposition playing catch-up/garbage time. ET and hopefully EB solidify our secondary. We can only hope whatever early-ish picks we'd have left would be spent on CB. This trade would be massive

I massaged Earl on FB - here's his profile pic. first result!

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It goes beyond the Super Bowl too. Pittsburgh and Jacksonville torched each other’s defenses as well. Good offense beats good defense in today’s nfl.

That’s precisely why I’m so happy we’re finally building around a QB. Every rule change tells you that’s the way to go.

This logic makes zero sense. Once you're up because of your bad ass offense, teams will abandon the run and pass a lot more. You need a pass defense much more than a run defense with a offense like ours.
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Precisely. You don't need a probowler at every level on D. You need a couple good guys to cause the occasional, TIMELY, turnover or to make that crucial stop.

Has there been something else come out about trading for E.T. or is this all just a 2400 post reach around?

Agreed

earl thomas just checked in to gates bbq on yelp according to my friends sisters brother

Did we trade for and extend Earl yet? Are we supposed to pm Bob Dole about it?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ll-that-stuff/

Pete Carroll on Earl Thomas’ unhappiness: “We’re way beyond all that stuff”


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The ugliness in Seattle between the Seahawks and safety Earl Thomas is over. According to coach Pete Carroll.

“We’re way beyond all that stuff,” Carroll told reporters on Wednesday. “We’ve been working through stuff. We’re going, we’re ready. It’s not even a concern of mine right now. I guess that’s what you’re asking. No, I’m not concerned about it. I think when we’re in a good place. We’ve talked through with the things we needed to talk through and we’re moving.”.............

Translation: We're going to trade you to Kansas City but we're playing hardball for now, just relax and be all you can be until you get your dream of playing with Mahomes.

WooWoo

That's really nice of you! I think if he would party with you , Clay and I he would fall in love here.

WooWoo

Never ceases to amaze me when people get upset about this stuff. What is he supposed to say? **** Earl hes a bitch? Mention how he doesnt practice? The situation here is two fold. They want to drive his trade value up if that fails fall back on negotiations. Make him look great around the league but when nobody offers what they want they can come back to the table and say "see your demand isnt THAT high on the market"

HVent sent his mentioned here yet but we do play them towards the end of the season. Maybe they don’t want to trade him to us unless it’s super high picks because if they are in the running and then they have to play us then they hurt their chances and piss off their fans.

Earl Thonas missed practice today..non injury absence

Get this dude. Win now while defenses can't handle the new offensive systems. It's not about total D. It's about taking the ball away with this type of offense.

This is why we shouldn't of ditched Peters. Imagine an extra interception per game over what we have. Easy wins.

So pissed we have this offensive talent, and this D is going to **** us.

Thomas is the last year of his current contract and he wants a new one. That's what started all the drama with Seattle in the first place. If a team trades for Thomas they are going to need a new contract in place as well and it's going to be a big one. Thomas is going to want to be the highest paid safety in the league, probably more. I bet he's going to invoke the 'playmaker clause' in his contract negotiations.

:cuss: doesn't he have two years left? :D

It is easier to imagine him avoiding tackles.