Dealing Wake in the off-season....

[The Goat]

No.

I can understand the line of thought behind it.

No.

Thoughts as to why not:

1) One of the keys to victory in the NFL is having a never-ending supply of pass rushers to rotate into your D-Line. Look at what Seattle did. They had Clemons, drafted Irvin, and then went out and got ANOTHER pass rusher in Avril. I can understand dealing from a position of strength to address weaker areas...sometimes. You simply don't want to do that with pass rushers.

2) What are we trading Wake for? A draft pick? What are the odds that a draft pick outside a top 10 overall nets better overall production over the next three years than what the Fins would get out of Wake?
Let me put that another way: Would you absolutely, positively trade the next three years of Cameron Wake for the next three years of Bjorn Werner? If you thought about that for more than two seconds, do not trade Cameron Wake.

3) A superior pass rusher will make another decent pass rusher on the same line look good, and a good pass rusher on the same line look great. See: Ogunleye, Adewale. Along this line of thought, imagine what a healthy Wake will be able to do with Vernon and Jordan playing with him in 2014?

 

[NYNCDOLFAN]

Quite honestly where do you come up with this nonsense. We are trying to build a championship team and you want to trade away one of the hardest commodities in the nfl to find? I don care if you got two number one picks for him a drafted player is never a guarantee We know what we have in Wake why get rid of him

 

[FSU Truth]

Quite honestly where do you come up with this nonsense. We are trying to build a championship team and you want to trade away one of the hardest commodities in the nfl to find? I don care if you got two number one picks for him a drafted player is never a guarantee We know what we have in Wake why get rid of him

First, I never said I wanted to trade Wake....I offered up a hypothetical and offered an argument as to why it could happen. Again the reason I gave is many of your consistently good teams make moves like this, most notably the Patriots and Steelers. I know many have an attachment to Wake (as we should he's been fantastic), but if he is indeed on the decline it is a smarter (almost business like) move to trade him when his value is at its highest instead of holding on to him a few more years. Again it was just a topic of discussion....

 

[susser2000]

You ever think Olivier Vernon is so good this year because he is playing opposite of Wake?

 

[Gonzo]

You know, it's a reasonable suggestion if you have a GM who drafted proactively and found replacements before any were even needed. The Pats are pros at this. They constantly trade good players just as they begin their decline (and like it or not, that's where Wake is in his career) and just when they are at the peak of their trade value for desperate teams who think they are one player away, and it works out because they have other players groomed for their system.

We don't have that luxury because we can't draft for **** and we have a GM and coach who work together as well as our politicians (just an analogy, leave the followups for the PoFo please). Vernon is getting better, but Jordan is no where near ready (which is insane for a 3rd overall pick). Not to mention it would be yet another veteran leader gone. So, no way is Wake tradeable.