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Anathema or Brilliant: Seabass Trade Concept

With the cutting of Tyvon, I decided to star thinking unconventionally about scholarship players. People signed to extensions by Reggie that were great PR when they occurred but functionally in terms of spending didn't make alot of sense.

So realizing the fat deal extensions Reggie gave and our cap position enable unloading such deals. I asked who on our roster might have trade value. The simple answer is Seabass.

Seabass has a cash hit to the raiders this year of 3.25 million dollars. He has a cap hit this year of 3.61 million dollars which we can all agree is insignificant to our cap position. However would spending 3.25 million on another position provide us more benefit than spending it on Seabass. Most likely yes. If we trade him we accelerate a 1.08 million K cap hit into this year which we can also all agree is insignificant. The reason to keep him scholarship, leading scorer, tradition...I mean not like Al ever let such players go right.....No, never heard of Marcus Allen.

Ok, so trade candidate.

#Potential Suitor#

The next question I asked myself is what team might see Seabass as a piece that puts them into the playoffs and might have a pick, cash and cap to spare to make the deal. Keeping in mind their cap hit for making the deal would be seabass' contract over the next 3 years at (3.25 mil, 3.6 mil and 4.05 mil) none of it roster bonus or dead money if cut later by them. A team that needs a kicker, experienced outside...And that missed the playoffs because of a low budget kicker missing a field goal....

The clear answer the Philadelphia Eagles could use Seabass and with Musgraves addition we have a relationship.

So what is Seabass worth? A 4th rounder 5th rounder 6th? I'ld guess 6th based on QB value but one of the greatest all weather long distance kickers of this era. Maybe we get up to a 5th or 4th.

Just so happens the Eagles have 2 4ths and a 5th? They may also want to move up for Mariotta. We need youth for the future and cash today. Low fixed cash costs.

So thinking about where we are as a team. How much talent that expects to be paid "cash" which we need to acquire, and the need of the team to conserve cash for a stadium play, should we explore trading Seabass?

My answer, surprising to me, is yes.