RB careers are short. LJ could have 7 or 8 years productive years left in him, but I would bet closer to 4. I'd lean toward making the trade.

I would with the Lions but not with the Texans or Raiders, and I would also want a conditional pick thrown in for next years draft based on LJ's production or something like that.

No way... you stealing ideas/ avatars?

heh.

I have no witty intellect. I'm old and fat. I hate King Carl but give him $3K a year to be mediocre. :(

I'm going to go to a time out corner and contemplate suicide. Are you happy now?

I'm leaning towards the "yes".

Anybody else?

I think that many teams have proven, it's not who is running the ball, it's WHO is blocking. Can I hear anyone say the DONKS?

Oh, boy are we going to see another cyber cock fight between you two now?

I wouldnt do the trade, but it is very intriguing, because if you think if we got 2 1ST round picks like Reerun_KC said we could grab two backs in the first round and still have our original 1st round pick. Just think who we could have if the picks were high we could have a tandem like Adrian Peterson, and Marshawn Lynch now thats a 1-2 punch. Or we could get Kenny Irons and the list goes on of good backs in this years draft, there are some goodins in this draft.

The question would be is Joe Thomas/Calvin Johnson plus another player worth LJ?

I wouldn't do the trade.

I liked last year's draft class, I'd give Herm another chance in next springs draft to find some guys for the O and D line's that can make an impact right away. ie. Hali and Page.

Maybe Jeff Webb can make it to the active roster next season helping there also.

LJ's a stud KEEP him, Beside I got to much freaking money wrapped in LJ memoribilia already to trade him now! :banghead:

Trading LJ is ridiculous IMO. He's a young RB with lots of games left in him. He's one of the best in the game in his first full season carrying the ball. Teams have done complete rebuilds in 2-4 years. LJ will still be going strong then barring injury - and his size will help him stay healthy. If it takes longer that 2-4 years, the problem won't be fixed by trading LJ for a couple of picks.


We can't rebuild if we trade away our young talent.

I like how people are reacting when I don't think those teams would make that trade......a RB is not worth a top 10 pick. Not in this day an age. With the wear they put on LJ this year I think you'd struggle to get a late 1st rounder for him.

Not to mention there's a younger faster version of LJ in this years draft......

I don't think any of those teams would make that trade.

Well, my first thought is that I would never trade such a great player to the Raidurrs.

If anyone was willing to trade me a 1st...a high for for a RB that is coming up on a contract, after likely carrying 400+ times...........I'd do it in a heartbeat.