Originally posted by BOI49er:
Originally posted by genus49:
I will say this about the possible Aiyuk trade.
We all better hope if he's traded that it's for a day 2 pick at minimum.
If we trade Aiyuk for a day 3 pick just to clear that money I will expect this team to blow up very soon and the folks hoping that Kyle/John are gone will get their way sooner rather than later.
Because that will tell me Jed/Paraag are making football decisions now and bad ones. I can't see Kyle and/or John wanting to stick around once the owner and money guy push their weight around where you're selling off your best WR1 in decades for way below value just to clear $.
I think that might be a little harsh. The situation has changed, because there's been an injury. It's always been debatable whether we paid too much for Aiyuk with this contract in the first place. Now post injury and with the unknowns, there is no way we'd give him this contract. Much of this year is Likely to be lost, and the performance for both this year and the next appears to be anybody's guess. That being said, how can we expect another team to assume this contract. And now you're asking another team to do just that and additionally throw in a high draft pick or more as well. Color me skeptical.
Now we are due to make a large payment by April 1st, so we want a trade to go through before that. Time's about up. I am Not suggesting it, but just to understand the worst case options, can someone tell me what happens if we don't make that payment. Is that essentially cutting him, or can there be an injury settlement, and what would our obligations be in that event? Would it be more attractive to Aiyuk to take a settlement, and then find his own deal, and therefore not cooperate with any adjustments to facilitate a trade we're trying to make?
Maybe...and if the trade happens like I said, I pray we find a way to overcome it and not have what I fear happen.
Thing is if other teams are looking to trade for him I'm sure it's with the expectation that he will come back healthy. Sure there is risk to HOW he plays once healthy but if they're looking to trade for him it's not because they expect him to suck. Throwing away our best WR1 in 20+ years for garbage just because he got hurt IMO would be a major football mistake.
The only way it makes sense to me is if the relationship is so soured and they think he won't be his old self at least til 2026 and then they may face another tough negotiation with him shortly after then I get it. I just hope the move isn't made simply because we're trying to shave off money. We've trimmed off enough fat IMO.
Plus call me crazy but you can always eat some of that money now and basically buy a better draft pick later and maybe just maybe you get a motivated Aiyuk back ready to prove people wrong.
