Trade Ronnie B?

Ronnie brings a lot to the table with his offense, including blocking, passing and executing the offense. To assume we can get another RB of equal talent and ability is easy to say, but not as easy to do. Same with the pics we may get out of the deal.
We are a few players away, and RB is not one of our needs. Trading Ronnie at this point is an unnecessary gamble in my opinion

for suggesting this. But I agree. It’s just that easy when you look at Ladanian Tomlinson or Larry Johnson. Both elite running backs who have achieved lamentably way more than Ronnie for one reason or another has. These two started to approach being 30 years old and drastically lost a step, or three. LT is 30, Larry Johnson is 29 and Ronnie is 27 (yes, with much less workload on his tires, but an important injury non the less). Someone pointed out that if the CBA isn’t reached before the next season, then it would be an uncapped one, and if that were to happen he would be a restricted free agent. Or something like that. The point being, we can definitely keep him around one more year without a new contract. Then, if you asked me to put on my “tough-sob-general manager”cap, I’d put the franchise tag on him on the 2011 season. By the time that ended, he would be 30 years old and I’d let him go, with the risk of having him play unhappy. Tough, but it’s how this league works. From a strictly business like angle, giving him a top notch contract after the season with him being 28 and seeing how running backs drastically begin to loose a step at that age (former MVP winner Shaun Alexander rings a bell?) would be horrible. On the other side, top running back contracts seem to be diminish a lot money wise, so if he were to take a 5 year 30 million contract then I’d denitely go for it. He is our franchise player and a moral leader, for that kind of money it’s not worth letting him go.

After next season Ricky said he is going to retire so why not keep Brown and grab a running back in FA or Draft to take over for Ricky,not to mention Im still not to sold on the offense players besides Long and Henne (of course) that the trifecta has drafted this is a hit or miss all I am saying is why give up a sure thing for 2 picks who could be bust

Isn’t that what all us Phin fans are screaming for? Playmakers right? He and Ricky (even though he is retiring soon), are our only playmakers. Obviously we need to hold on to these two, because they give us our ONLY chance to win. While i understand the logic behind it, i cannot say i agree with you. Yes he is due a large contract, but they can front-load it with a guaranteed bonus that would only affect them during the uncapped year, and make his annual salary pretty low. He is our only shot at making it back into the race for the playoffs, and there is no way they trade him given his effectiveness in our Wildcat offensive scheme. Ronnie makes it go, and without him, the Wildcat is nothing IMHO.

RB is our most solid position right now, and ruining a good thing is never a good idea.

Ronnie and Ricky/Patrick/Hilliard would all be good tandems.

Let’s be honest here, Ronnie is hands-down our most dynamic player. He’s staying, plain-and-simple.

yeah that sounds like a great move

but I think it’s an idea that should be explored. Let’s talk hypotheticals here.

First things first, like Mau mentioned, RB’s always seem to hit a wall at the age of 30, and Ronnie is fast approaching that. Everyone around the league knows this, so if we re-sign him, the next move is to cut him or let his contract come up. We would get about 3 more years of Ronnie, then get nothing in return to try and replace him. Or, we could try to deal him now, while his value is at it’s highest, and be able to replace him AND fortify another position on the team. And, let’s face facts for a second here, there is at least 10 RB’s in the league as good or better than Ronnie, and they aren’t hard to find. Not to mention the fact that most RB’s are a little cheaper than Ronnie, who is making 2nd overall pick money.

We all know that the running game is more about how good the OL is than how good the RB is. I believe we have the makings of a VERY good run-blocking OL, meaning an above-average back will look like a superstar.

So, hypothetically speaking, say we can get a 1 and a 3 (probably a bit too hopeful, but we’ll stick with that deal for the time being. We can debate what he’ll be able to draw in a trade later). That would give us two 1’s (probably both between 11-22) to play with, and 5 in the first 3 rounds. Damian Williams (best WR in the draft) and CJ Spiller (most explosive back in the draft) in the first round, and there’s the playmakers we want on O. Everybody was in love with Hilliard, so maybe he’s the Thunder to Spiller’s Lightning in the future. LB in the 2nd, and you have 2 3rd rounders to play with and get any combination of NT, OLB, another RB (bruiser this time), or a Nickel CB. Suddenly, we are loaded with high draft picks, and we can all be honest and say that Parcells/Ireland have been dynamite in the draft. So that’s 5 new playmakers, including 2 guys that suddenly make the offense extremely dangerous.

Basically, in this LCFF-length comment, I’m trying to say that maybe dealing RB isn’t such a terrible idea.

to trade the best player on your team. But what do i know.

if he doesn’t do better than last year trade him if he does then resign him it’s as simple as 123

Nope just look for a Ricky replacement