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Brandon Lloyd being shopped around (1 Viewer)

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Citing three NFL sources, the Denver Post reports the Broncos have placed WR Brandon Lloyd on the trading block.

The asking price is a draft pick in the Round 3-5 range. "Three or four" teams have expressed interest, including the Titans and Panthers. As a 30-year-old coming off a career season and set to hit free agency in 2012, Lloyd is an obvious trade candidate for a rebuilding team. With Demaryius Thomas and Eddie Royal returning from injuries, there's depth at the position while the offenses goes into ball control mode under Tim Tebow.

 
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Odd to get rid of basically their best player.

You would think Chicago would be interested...or should be.

 
I hope the get rid of him... to me it would make Eric Decker the clear #1. Being a Decker owner that would make me happy.

 
'sho nuff said:
Odd to get rid of basically their best player.
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He'll be a free agent after the season and the Broncos stink and should be focused on rebuilding with young players. Lloyd isn't of great value to them given how bad they are.The Rams should be on the phone with Denver immediately. Bradford badly needs a go-to WR. I think the more interesting question should Lloyd be traded is how much of a hurt does that put on Tebow's fantasy value? Decker's a nice WR but he's not a No. 1. Royal's pretty much been a bum since his rookie season and Thomas can't stay healthy. That's an ugly looking WR corps without Lloyd.
 
'packersfan said:
'sho nuff said:
Odd to get rid of basically their best player.
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He'll be a free agent after the season and the Broncos stink and should be focused on rebuilding with young players. Lloyd isn't of great value to them given how bad they are.The Rams should be on the phone with Denver immediately. Bradford badly needs a go-to WR. I think the more interesting question should Lloyd be traded is how much of a hurt does that put on Tebow's fantasy value? Decker's a nice WR but he's not a No. 1. Royal's pretty much been a bum since his rookie season and Thomas can't stay healthy. That's an ugly looking WR corps without Lloyd.
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I don't think it really hurts Tebow's value. He's getting his yards on the ground and rushing TD's. Any WR can put up the very average numbers average passing numbers Tebow will put up.
 
'Mr Rodgers neighborhood said:
'packersfan said:
'sho nuff said:
Odd to get rid of basically their best player.
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He'll be a free agent after the season and the Broncos stink and should be focused on rebuilding with young players. Lloyd isn't of great value to them given how bad they are.The Rams should be on the phone with Denver immediately. Bradford badly needs a go-to WR. I think the more interesting question should Lloyd be traded is how much of a hurt does that put on Tebow's fantasy value? Decker's a nice WR but he's not a No. 1. Royal's pretty much been a bum since his rookie season and Thomas can't stay healthy. That's an ugly looking WR corps without Lloyd.
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I don't think it really hurts Tebow's value. He's getting his yards on the ground and rushing TD's. Any WR can put up the very average numbers average passing numbers Tebow will put up.
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If Tebow's going to be the stud fantasy QB many believe he can be, he'll need to do something in the passing game. It can't all be rushing production. Lloyd was very productive when Tebow started last season. I think anytime a team loses its No. 1 WR the passing game suffers a downgrade. I think Tebow needs all the receiving help he can get right now. I wouldn't view losing Lloyd as a positive. As a Tebow owner, I sure hope I'm wrong about that if Lloyd is traded.
 
I'm assuming it would be WR1 Thomas, WR2 Decker, Slot Royal

Right? I had Decker but dropped him in one of my leagues, might consider picking him back up or going for Thomas. Thomas hasn't played in awhile though and might take a second to get adjusted.

 
'packersfan said:
'sho nuff said:
Odd to get rid of basically their best player.
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He'll be a free agent after the season and the Broncos stink and should be focused on rebuilding with young players. Lloyd isn't of great value to them given how bad they are.The Rams should be on the phone with Denver immediately. Bradford badly needs a go-to WR.

I think the more interesting question should Lloyd be traded is how much of a hurt does that put on Tebow's fantasy value? Decker's a nice WR but he's not a No. 1. Royal's pretty much been a bum since his rookie season and Thomas can't stay healthy. That's an ugly looking WR corps without Lloyd.
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yup
 
'dontknowaboutme said:
I'm assuming it would be WR1 Thomas, WR2 Decker, Slot RoyalRight? I had Decker but dropped him in one of my leagues, might consider picking him back up or going for Thomas. Thomas hasn't played in awhile though and might take a second to get adjusted.
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You dumped the 19th best producing PPR WR so far?What is up with you guys?1 bad game ... wow ...
 
'Mr Rodgers neighborhood said:
'packersfan said:
'sho nuff said:
Odd to get rid of basically their best player.
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He'll be a free agent after the season and the Broncos stink and should be focused on rebuilding with young players. Lloyd isn't of great value to them given how bad they are.The Rams should be on the phone with Denver immediately. Bradford badly needs a go-to WR. I think the more interesting question should Lloyd be traded is how much of a hurt does that put on Tebow's fantasy value? Decker's a nice WR but he's not a No. 1. Royal's pretty much been a bum since his rookie season and Thomas can't stay healthy. That's an ugly looking WR corps without Lloyd.
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I don't think it really hurts Tebow's value. He's getting his yards on the ground and rushing TD's. Any WR can put up the very average numbers average passing numbers Tebow will put up.
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Tebow threw for 651 yards and 3 touchdowns during his 3 starts last year and 263 yards and 2 touchdowns went to Lloyd. I don't see how it doesn't at least hurt Tebow a little bit. My strongest guess is that since Lloyd will be a free agent anyway that they'll take the pick in a trade and try to see if Demaryius Thomas can get some sort of rapport with Tebow and maybe be their #1 receiver. I don't see Decker being that guy. Rod Smith and Ed McCaffrey!
 
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'Area51Inhabitant said:
'Carolina Hustler said:
'Area51Inhabitant said:
Anyone who dumped Decker this week now having a change of heart?
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Umm.. Why would anyone have dumped Decker this week? :nerd:
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Mainly because Decker had very good chemistry with Orton but with Tebow playing, Lloyd was likely going to get the lions share of the looks.
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Even if Decker got fewer looks, he'd still be worth holding on to... If he dropped from 19th to 31st.. He'd still be a WR3
 
'Carolina Hustler said:
'dontknowaboutme said:
I'm assuming it would be WR1 Thomas, WR2 Decker, Slot RoyalRight? I had Decker but dropped him in one of my leagues, might consider picking him back up or going for Thomas. Thomas hasn't played in awhile though and might take a second to get adjusted.
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You dumped the 19th best producing PPR WR so far?What is up with you guys?1 bad game ... wow ...
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Apparently you have access to my entire roster. I also like the two posts about the same topic. I thought I was a fan of the guy, but you must be a homer considering how distraught you are by my roster move.The league I had him in isn't a PPR league, though he has done well in standard leagues also. Your reaction is still hilarious.
 
'Area51Inhabitant said:
'Carolina Hustler said:
'Area51Inhabitant said:
Anyone who dumped Decker this week now having a change of heart?
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Umm.. Why would anyone have dumped Decker this week? :nerd:
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Mainly because Decker had very good chemistry with Orton but with Tebow playing, Lloyd was likely going to get the lions share of the looks.
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Decker wasn't playing weeks 15-17 so it would seem like a good idea to hold onto him to see how the targets are spread out even if Lloyd is still on the team.
 
'dontknowaboutme said:
'Carolina Hustler said:
'dontknowaboutme said:
I'm assuming it would be WR1 Thomas, WR2 Decker, Slot RoyalRight? I had Decker but dropped him in one of my leagues, might consider picking him back up or going for Thomas. Thomas hasn't played in awhile though and might take a second to get adjusted.
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You dumped the 19th best producing PPR WR so far?What is up with you guys?1 bad game ... wow ...
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Apparently you have access to my entire roster. I also like the two posts about the same topic. I thought I was a fan of the guy, but you must be a homer considering how distraught you are by my roster move.The league I had him in isn't a PPR league, though he has done well in standard leagues also. Your reaction is still hilarious.
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You dumping WR19 is also hilarious!! :excited:
 
Tebow throws a pretty nice back shoulder. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of Demaryius Thomas' strengths? Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems like the Broncos are going to him a real shot if they're willing to trade Lloyd and he would have a lot of upside even with Tebow.

 
You think denver would have learned not to trade your best player away after cutler then marshall.....who is running the show there next to go champ dumervil and miller

 
'shnikies said:
Tebow throws a pretty nice back shoulder. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of Demaryius Thomas' strengths? Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems like the Broncos are going to him a real shot if they're willing to trade Lloyd and he would have a lot of upside even with Tebow.
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Not to rain on anyone's Decker parade, but D. Thomas is a lot like Decker - only pretty much better at everything. He is a beast to bring down and is a very good run-blocker (instead of TE with WR speed, think WR speed with TE frame - D. Alexander-type). Coming out he was getting compared to Boldin (on the "low" side) and T.O. (on the overly ambitious side). Nicks was also a comparison that I think is fair - with Thomas being bigger. He is NOT a good route runner though. He does have good hands - gets the ball at its apex and at 6' 3" (same as Decker) but 25 pounds bigger, he makes a nice target for Tebow, IMHO.
 
Buffalo

San Fran

St. Louis

Carolina

Chicago

Tennessee

Looks like a good year to be trading a WR.

Anyone have a reliable injury update on Thomas?

 
'Area51Inhabitant said:
'Carolina Hustler said:
'Area51Inhabitant said:
Anyone who dumped Decker this week now having a change of heart?
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Umm.. Why would anyone have dumped Decker this week? :nerd:
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Mainly because Decker had very good chemistry with Orton but with Tebow playing, Lloyd was likely going to get the lions share of the looks.
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I think people are blowing this Tebow-Lloyd chemistry-connection thing WAY out of proportion. We're talking about the first 3 games of Tebow's career as a starter at the end of last season. In week 15, Lloyd had 5 targets to 2 and 3 for Gaffney and Royal. In week 16, Lloyd got 9 and Gaffney/Royal each got 7. In Week 17, Lloyd got a whopping 14 targets, of which he only caught 5 for 73 and a TD. Decker went 2/22/1 in the same game on only 3 targets. So we're really only looking at ONE game where Tebow really locked in on Lloyd. On top of that, even with VERY limited targets, Decker caught 1 of Tebow's 4 TDs during that span ( Lloyd caught 2 and Moreno, 1).For me, and I own Decker in a couple leagues, as well as Lloyd in another, I'm not banking on any trends from the small sample size of what we saw from Tebow last season. That said, moving Lloyd would obviously help Decker. I'll also be surprised if we see much of anything in the way of reliable production from Demaryius Thomas for awhile, with the significance of his injury and lack of time with Tebow and the new offensive scheme.

 
'shnikies said:
Tebow throws a pretty nice back shoulder. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of Demaryius Thomas' strengths? Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems like the Broncos are going to him a real shot if they're willing to trade Lloyd and he would have a lot of upside even with Tebow.
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He's a big, strong guy that can go up and get the ball.
We really don't much because he's hardly seen the field in the NFL and played in an offense in college where he always had single coverage and didn't do much but run deep.

 
'PlasmaDogPlasma said:
'shnikies said:
Tebow throws a pretty nice back shoulder. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of Demaryius Thomas' strengths? Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems like the Broncos are going to him a real shot if they're willing to trade Lloyd and he would have a lot of upside even with Tebow.
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He's a big, strong guy that can go up and get the ball.
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Are we discounting the Achilles injury?
 
'Wadsworth said:
BuffaloSan FranSt. LouisCarolinaChicagoTennesseeLooks like a good year to be trading a WR.Anyone have a reliable injury update on Thomas?
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this is the million dollar question, can Thomas stay on the field without being injuried
 
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'King of the Jungle said:
'PlasmaDogPlasma said:
Tebow throws a pretty nice back shoulder. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of Demaryius Thomas' strengths? Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems like the Broncos are going to him a real shot if they're willing to trade Lloyd and he would have a lot of upside even with Tebow.
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He's a big, strong guy that can go up and get the ball.
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I'm not discounting anything, but it sounds like he is ready to come back so they must think he's healthy enough to perform.
 
'PlasmaDogPlasma said:
'King of the Jungle said:
Tebow throws a pretty nice back shoulder. Can anyone give me a brief rundown of Demaryius Thomas' strengths? Sorry to hijack the thread but it seems like the Broncos are going to him a real shot if they're willing to trade Lloyd and he would have a lot of upside even with Tebow.
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He's a big, strong guy that can go up and get the ball.
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He certainly is going to be a lesser physical talent then before the injury. The question is to what extent. A ruptured (?) achilles is not something easy to come back from.
 
Ruptured Achilles aside, D. Thomas is no where close to being a WR1 for an NFL team.

Ruptured Achilles considered and he'll be lucky to perform as a WR3.

 
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The Nashville Tennessean's Jim Wyatt doubts the Titans will go through with a trade for Broncos WR Brandon Lloyd.

The Titans were listed as an interested party, and coach Mike Munchack said the team would explore trade options to replace Kenny Britt. Wyatt buys the report that the Titans are talking to the Broncos, but he can't see them "pulling the trigger" -- at least until the price tag drops from the third-round range.

I don't think they'll be able to get a 3rd rounder so a 4th or 5th from the Titans seems most likely.

 
Just pure speculation here...

But does anyone else see this as a full-on "Suck for Luck" move by Elway? You know he doesn't have much faith in Tebow, so by getting rid of the #1 WR, the entire offense is downgraded and supports the effort to lose.

After all, everyone knows Elway has a mancrush on the kid. They're both Cardinal QBs.

 
'Trizzler said:
Just pure speculation here...But does anyone else see this as a full-on "Suck for Luck" move by Elway? You know he doesn't have much faith in Tebow, so by getting rid of the #1 WR, the entire offense is downgraded and supports the effort to lose.After all, everyone knows Elway has a mancrush on the kid. They're both Cardinal QBs.
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It's been pointed out before that going to Tebow was a win-win. If he plays well then you know you have a quarterback for the immediate future. If he doesn't play well you have a chance for Luck or at least one of the quarterbacks who go high in the draft. Getting rid of Lloyd just makes sense since they mine as well get something for him if they don't plan to sign him.
 
Should Lloyd owners be hoping for Tennessee?

With a replacement needed for Britt and Hasselback playing well, seems like it might be a good situation for Lloyd owners.

 
'phillybirds said:
Should Lloyd owners be hoping for Tennessee? With a replacement needed for Britt and Hasselback playing well, seems like it might be a good situation for Lloyd owners.
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I was thinking this as well.. But there are several other nice potential landing spots, as listed above, most of which are probably just wishful thinking..
 
'dontknowaboutme said:
I'm assuming it would be WR1 Thomas, WR2 Decker, Slot RoyalRight? I had Decker but dropped him in one of my leagues, might consider picking him back up or going for Thomas. Thomas hasn't played in awhile though and might take a second to get adjusted.As long as Thomas can stay healthy and prove that he has hi burst back after rupturing his Achilles then yes that looks right.
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Somehow the Patriots will end up getting Lloyd for a 6th round pick.

Or, more likely, he won't get moved at all. Remember this is the same team that was shopping Kyle Orton.

 
'PlasmaDogPlasma said:
Somehow the Patriots will end up getting Lloyd for a 6th round pick.Or, more likely, he won't get moved at all. Remember this is the same team that was shopping Kyle Orton.
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Yeah except from what I understand it was Orton who was the roadblock to him getting traded not denver. Miami and Denver had agreed in terms but Orton said he wanted a new lucrative contract in the deal and that killed it.
 
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