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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreenBaySlacker" data-source="post: 706360" data-attributes="member: 9780">It doesn't make sense to trade a player who is performing great on their rookie deals still. One of the ain reasons IMO of trading someone substantial, is to free up cap space. Burnett is a possibility, but I think the way our CBs look, we should leave the top notch safety tandem alone until we have to. Mathews is the best bet.And although 11.1, and 11.4 mil seems like a lot. When you consider high end free agent OLB pass rushers. Its a bargain. The new team gets 2 years to see if Mathews fits well enough to pay him another big contract. Which is a low risk signing in many ways. The new team also gets a potentially elite, proven player to plug into their roster. This alone warrants a draft pick in trade.Ask yourself this... You are a team like the Bucs who are on the edge of becoming playoff caliber team. Last I heard they have like 60 mil free cap last year. But for arguments sake, you have 60mil free cap..... Do you draft and develop an unknown 2nd round OLB, who might stink? Or pay 10mil more, and get a pro-bowl caliber stud like Mathews, that gives the franchise splash, and a proven OLB.If Im GM, Im looking to spend some of that wasted cap to fill holes, and add talent. Mathews is that guy.</blockquote>

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