Time to cut Seymour from our Rosters (1 Viewer)

[KellysHeroes]

Roster space are tight in many leagues and I for one hate holding an extra DL in 12 or 14 teamers. Is time to cut bait and pick up someone decent?

 

[Zoomanji]

Depending on who else you have he may be worth a hold. Raiders will be playing a lot of D.

Personally I think he may mail it in. FWIW- I instantly traded him when an offer came in the only league I had him

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I'd rather have him playing in Oakland than NE personally, but not sure if you want to wait on a possible long-term holdout.

 

[HockeyScotty]

I actually reached for him in a very deep league, but I have the roster space to stash him.

Personally, I think him being DE/DT in Oakland will improve a great deal on his stats compared to past seasons in the 3-4 defense.

I feel 99% certain that he will report and play fairly well. He is playing for his last big contract this season, so I don't believe that he would mail it in. I think he is just playing hardball with the Raiders since they probably traded for him without negotiating a contract extension ahead of time (which is fairly typical in these situations).

Once on the field I expect to get top 5 DT type numbers from him and possible dual-eligibility at DE/DT (ESPN).

Can you list the available pool of players you would replace him with?

 

[KellysHeroes]

I kind of like Geathers against the Broncos to be honest. McDs system allows lots of sacks.

 

[HockeyScotty]

I kind of like Geathers against the Broncos to be honest. McDs system allows lots of sacks.

Geathers is a very solid DE, IMO.But not sure I agree with your "allows lots of sacks" comment.First of all, the "system" for the OL is still basically the same and has the same coach returning (Rick Dennison) that has been there for 9 years now.If anything can be said about the Broncos problems, there can not be anything said about the level of protection afforded by the O-line. The RB's are all very good in pass protection and blitz pickup as well.The Bengals pass rush is pretty anemic as well, although Geathers is an underrated force.The only thing that concerns me is that Chris Kuper and Ben Hamilton are dinged up a bit, but they both should play.Geathers is also a solid run defender and gets decent tackle numbers for an end.

 

[Zoomanji]

I actually reached for him in a very deep league, but I have the roster space to stash him.

Personally, I think him being DE/DT in Oakland will improve a great deal on his stats compared to past seasons in the 3-4 defense.

I feel 99% certain that he will report and play fairly well. He is playing for his last big contract this season, so I don't believe that he would mail it in. I think he is just playing hardball with the Raiders since they probably traded for him without negotiating a contract extension ahead of time (which is fairly typical in these situations).

Once on the field I expect to get top 5 DT type numbers from him and possible dual-eligibility at DE/DT (ESPN).

Can you list the available pool of players you would replace him with?

Curious comment IMO.If he wants to really play hardball he needs to go out and show why he deserves Haynsworth money. Unless he thinks the Raiders are stupid enough to pay him up-front Otherwise he plays and somebody pays him the money he wants but he sure isn't getting $50 mil holding out

 

[HockeyScotty]

I'm not saying I agree with the tactic, just that his agent or somebody might think they have "leverage" by doing this.

I hate the fact that football players use training camp, pre-season, and the early part of the season against their teams in order to try to get a new contract.

I've always felt that a player should let his performance do the negotiating.

But lawyers and sports agents feel differently, so I wouldn't say it is out of the realm of possiblity.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Lets say you are a key employee, and highly compensated, and your your boss comes in and tells you that you have been re-assigned - you will now be working in the company's Siberian outpost (or some other equally undesirable location) - what do you do?

1) Put your head down, pack up your office and move your family to Siberia - no questions asked

2) Exert some leverage, and demand additional compensation to accept the transfer

3) Say, thanks but no thanks - you would rather walk away from the lucrative job than work in Siberia

If you are not considering 2 and 3 you are selling yourself short.

 

[Zoomanji]

Lets say you are a key employee, and highly compensated, and your your boss comes in and tells you that you have been re-assigned - you will now be working in the company's Siberian outpost (or some other equally undesirable location) - what do you do? 1) Put your head down, pack up your office and move your family to Siberia - no questions asked2) Exert some leverage, and demand additional compensation to accept the transfer3) Say, thanks but no thanks - you would rather walk away from the lucrative job than work in SiberiaIf you are not considering 2 and 3 you are selling yourself short.

Unless you are in the military Anyway....Its too bad businesses aren't run like the NFL.If they were I would be holding out since they can't replace me for what they are paying me.Unfortunately the NFL doesn't work like regular businesses.

 

[KellysHeroes]

I would say the safe thing is to BN him Monday night