Thoughts? Jones + 2013 2nd for Jake Long

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[malak1]

[DavidatMIZZOU]

Yes the contract is very prohibitive in making this deal. We have a few core guys that need to be retained. Most of all Rodgers. If Rodgers gets less than 20 mil per, I will be happy with the contract.

Jones and a second for Long in a heart beat, if it were that simple.
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It's actually a really interesting option. Never going to happen, pipe dream and all that, but interesting.

The other tackle spot isn't settled yet. Newhouse is improving but still hovering below averageish, and Sherrod is a question mark. Long is an immediate and significant upgrade.

On the other hand I think a lot of us under value Jones. Our WR group is a strength because of Jones, Cobb, and Driver. A lot of teams have a good number one, some have a number two as well. Nobody has the 3-5 talent we possess.

As we saw vs NO, its so valuable to have those guys going against depth corners or be around to step up in case of injury.

Jennings isn't a 100% lock to come back and Driver is all but phased out of the offense. That's quite a different picture than where we are today.

Jennings/Nelson/Jones/Cobb/Driver could very well be just Nelson/Jones/Cobb as soon as next year. That's a little scary.

[mxr124]

How about Jennings + 2nd for Long?

We get to keep Jones and Jennings better. Jennings' recent injury woes might make this a bad deal for Miami though?

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[mxr124]

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This thread is full of fail. The Packers do this trade if offered. Then we flip Sherrod for a 2nd or something and get our pick back if we manage to extend Long, Newhouse goes to swing tackle. Ball would have his work cut out for him on contract balancing though. Being able to shut down someone like JPP/Peppers/Allen/Vandenbosch is huge. Give Rodgers an extra 1-2 seconds per play and this offense is lethal.
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[byzr]

teams don't trade elite players. especially players that don't have some kind of issues.

does Long fit into our blocking scheme? that would mean we'd have to sign Long, Raji, Jennings, and Mathews in the next year or two. we would be losing at least two of those players.

the value is there but i think that TT is confident in his ability to put a line in front of Rodgers that doesn't keep us from having Mathews and Raji on the defensive side of the ball...
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[Ketchup]

Couple reasons we don't trade for Jake Long. His contract will be the highest paid money to an OT in history. Not something TT would want to get in bed with espicially when we have a QB and an OLB that will command top tier money at teir respective positions sooner then later. Then losing a high draft pick is something Thompson just doesn't do. He doesn't. Then add the fact that there is a real possibility we let Jennings walk after the year so that makes Jones very valuable to us. Then add to the fact we just spent a 1st round pick on Sherrod and he is no where near an afterthought on this team. He started to really play well late last year (his rookie year) before the injury. Add ALL those factors together and there is 0% chance this trade would ever happen.
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