Largent80 wrote:Poll
I voted trade if it's a first, or 2 seconds. He's awesome but nearing the end and this team is needing help everywhere despite 9-7.
Hawk Sista wrote:I’m bummed at some of his actions and I don’t know what they all mean. If he continues to play and play like Earl (I know he’s getting older & more injury prone; I’m talking about with heart), I’d choose extending him. However, he seems to want to play elsewhere. If that is where his head and his heart truly are, i say we trade him to an AFC team (like the Browns) & get something for him.
ET has long been a favorite and even the question makes me sad. I met him once, too.
Zorn76 wrote:Point is, does he Really wanna be here anymore?
If I'm Pete, I cut through all the b.s. right away and ask him that.
And if he wants to break the bank for his position, and it doesn't work given whatever the given cap situation might be, then he goes.
This isn't about trading him over nothing. It's about determining if he wants to be a Seahawk and is willing to work within the parameters of the off season cap. If he doesn't, then wtf do you expect the team to do? smh, whatever.
RiverDog wrote:I voted to extend him, but it would depend on the details of the extension. At his age and the fact that he's going to be losing a step or two at a position (especially the way he plays that position) where speed is everything, I don't want it to be a long, expensive extension that would hamstring us as we go forward trying to rebuild this team.
I would not be against a trade if he really wants out and it's to a team that he wants to play for (Cowboys), but there's no way we could get anything more than a 3rd, and that's certainly not worth it.
Zorn76 wrote:Point is, does he Really wanna be here anymore?
If I'm Pete, I cut through all the b.s. right away and ask him that.
And if he wants to break the bank for his position, and it doesn't work given whatever the given cap situation might be, then he goes.
This isn't about trading him over nothing. It's about determining if he wants to be a Seahawk and is willing to work within the parameters of the off season cap. If he doesn't, then wtf do you expect the team to do? smh, whatever.
NorthHawk wrote:I'm not so sure about the 3rd, RD.
If a team thinks it needs just one more piece for a SB run, they might think it would be worth it to give up a late 1st or high 2nd if they had it.
The Falcons need a FS. Might they give up their 1st (26) and maybe a little more this year for ET? He knows Quinn's Defense and they need a FS to go with Keanu Neal to create their version of the LOB.
It would be a perfect fit personnel wise and Blank isn't afraid of making big deals as they showed when they moved up for Julio Jones in the draft.
NorthHawk wrote:They can make room for him if they really want him, but as far as him wanting to go to Dallas, the Falcons could get him for 2 years if they decided to franchise him.
Would 2 Super Bowls be worth it for them (if they think he is the missing piece)? I think it might.
Zorn76 wrote:Wrong.
It Absolutely Matters if a player wants to be here or not, that's a Major reason a guy like Earl plays with passion, emotion and grit. You don't play that way year in and year out for only money. Doesn't work that way. You can hold out for more money, but for it to be a player's main motivation is what kills the career for a lot of guys. We see it all the time - they hit their own personal super lotto and get lazy. HOF calibre players like Thomas...goes beyond money.
Furthermore, you do realize this is his 9th season in the league coming up. He's still young, but there's a lot of miles on that guy. It's like a real nice sports car...with 220,000 miles on it. It still has power, but the best days are behind her.
If our 'wannabe Cowboy' is willing to work within the cap, I don't have problem with it. If he continues to make comments along the lines of holding out and then proceeds to does so, then he can go f*** himself. Get the value while you can if it comes to it. The LOB is Dead, people. Has been for a couple seasons now.
They are far more advanced than we are at this point in challenging for a championship.
The reason they got into the playoffs is because they are a better team than us
HumanCockroach wrote:Honestly, with the exception of Wagner, there's not a single player on that team, I would prefer to retain over Thomas. No matter my appreciation of them. Thomas isn't my favorite player, far from it, but I understand his importance, and can recognize HOF play when I see it .
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