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Merged X4: Richard Seymour Traded

Its good for us now, may be horrible for us after we see who they get with a possible top 5 pick.
 
j-off-her-doll said:
To the Raiders, he's probably not worth a high pick - doubt he'll help THAT team much. But, he's arguably the best 3-4 DE in the NFL.
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Not anymore. Perhaps 2-3 yrs ago.
He hasn't played a 16 game season in several yrs
 
LOL Raiders,you would think after the tuck rule the Faders wouldnt like the idea of being the Patsies farm club.Now they get a 1 st round pick AND extra money to sign Wilfork.

Short term this hurts the Pats,but in the end they raped the Raiders.
 
SpaceMountain16 said:
Richard Seymour is still a quality player. He's in his prime. I don't think this is one of the Raiders more horrible moves, however they aren't exactly a team built to contend now, thus i'm not sure if giving up a first round pick is the best decision here. The Patriots must know something nobody else does either because trading Seymour while still in his prime is a little quizzical. Remember when they dumped Milloy before the 2002 season and everyone had an uproar? Milloy never did anything in Buffalo and the Patriots went on to win more Super Bowls. They must figure an excellent 3-4 DE is easily attainable and a 1st round pick in 2011 (which will help them continue rebuilding while contending) is much more valuable.
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a top 10 pick, maybe even top 5, for richard seymou r?!?!
 
2011 first round pick is bizarre. The raiders will get a great player without having to give up anything for two years, all of 2009 and 2010. Yes the raiders might have a top five pick in 2 years, but who knows? It's impossible to tell what the draft order will look like in 2011.

The only way this is good for the pats is if they got Burgess in camp and saw that he was still an animal at de, then it would be about value. The pats traded a 3rd and a 5th rounder for Burgess to the raiders earlier, if he's still playing at a probowl lvl that's a huge steal. We all know about disgruntled raider superstars going back to former greatness while in a pats uniform.

So if Burgess is playing at a similar level to Seymore, but the pats can get a possible top 5 draft pick from the raiders, that makes Seymore very expendable. This is the only positive thing you can say about the pats side of this deal, but it's still a big IF. All being said, this trade doesn't help the Patriots for 2 years, I don't understand it.
 
This is a very good trade for the Patriots. Start with the fact that the Patriots will be using more of a 4-3 D this season.
The D-Line will look like Warren, Wilfork, Brace, Green.
With Wright, Pryor, and Burgess all able to rotate in to keep fresh legs on the line.
Then you have Thomas, Mayo, Woods as the three LBs. With Ninkovich, Guyton, and Banta-Cain rotating in with them.

The DBs are much improved over last seasons group.

Now Seymour most likely will not be staying in Oakland more than for this 1 season.
He could very well resign with the Patriots.
 
PFT: No sign of Seymour yet with Raiders

A league source has raised an intriguing concept with us.

It's established, via Peter King of SI.com, that former Patriots defensive lineman Richard Seymour is "angry" about the trade that sent him into football's literal and figurative Black Hole.

A good friend of Seymour's told King on Sunday, "I would not be surprised if he doesn't report."

We've heard the same sentiment. So the source posed a great question.

What happens if Seymour doesn't show?

It's not completely out of the question. Seymour held out not once but twice from the Patriots during his time there, and Seymour's agent is -- you guessed it -- Eugene Parker, who currently is embroiled in one of the nastiest rookie holdouts in recent memory, as the agent for 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree.

So, if Seymour refuses to report to the Raiders, either because he doesn't want to play for the Raiders or because they're not offering him the kind of contract he wants, what happens?

Because all trades hinge on the player showing up and passing a physical, Seymour wouldn't become a Raider unless he enters the building. Thus, it apparently would fall back to the Patriots to take action against Seymour aimed at coaxing him to honor the last year of his current contract.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/07/what-is-richard-seymour-doesnt-show-in-oakland/
 
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