Should we deal Ladell Betts???
 

In recent history after a running back takes on a load such as what CP took on this year they usually come back injury prone or not as affective, example CP 2 years ago, Larry Johnson this past year, Jamal Lewis after his big year in Baltimore. In knowing that do you think it's still a good idea to trade Ladell Betts and have trust and faith in CP to perform at a high level once again. I mean seriously he only averaged 6 carries a game and his pass blocking is questionable. I'm sure we could find a guy off the practice squad to do that. We've all heard about Chad Johnson and also on the Comcast Spotsnet Charlotte they're speaking of revamping the entire Carolina defense including Julius peppers. CJ or JP would be a major upgrade which I wouldn't mind experimenting with. The problem is Ladell had most value after last season but if the F.O does their job this could be the type of deal that makes a imprint on Snyders Legacy

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And if CP goes down then what? Of course NOT.

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Absolutely ridiculous idea. It was bad enough that you mentioned trading Ladell and letting a practice squad bum be our #2 RB, but it was even worse to think Peppers or CJ would be good trades for our salary structure, let alone that LB would garner that much in a deal.

RETARDED THREAD.

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You'd have to offer up more than Betts to get either of those guys.

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Everyone on the site speaks of adding other players onto the team but they never mention who we're giving up, players plus draft picks. Other then Ladell who do we have that could attract another team???? I just put it out there....

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And the offseason is in full swing.

:doh:

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[QUOTE=Schneed10;406208]Absolutely ridiculous idea. It was bad enough that you mentioned trading Ladell and letting a practice squad bum be our #2 RB, but it was even worse to think Peppers or CJ would be good trades for our salary structure, let alone that LB would garner that much in a deal.

RETARDED THREAD.[/QUOTE]

You don't think Marcus Mason could do what Ladell is doing now? I think so it's all about how they package Ladell.

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Short and sweet..Gotta keep Betts.

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[quote=Mattyk72;406220]And the offseason is in full swing.

:doh:[/quote]
Strike One,

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Personally, I'd like to trade the guy but after this past season I don't know how much we could get in return. He didn't do anything for us last year and you're constantly seeing guys like Ryan Grant or Willie Parker come out of nowhere to have great seasons so I'd think that most teams would want to keep their big name players rather than trading them for a hit or miss RB.

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Ferrari, there's probably still a bit much Ladell/CP trade thread fatigue here from this past season. I don't think anyone's brought this idea up since August.

Betts is still valuable to this team, and more so to us than somewhere else. Besides, what could you get for him? a 4th round pick maybe? Certainly not Julius Peppers, though I must say if that offer comes up, we'd be fools not to take a look into it. No way that will happen though.

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No. Portis has been injury prone, Rock Cartwright is a free agent, and Saunders is a big advocate of Ladell. No way this happens.

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Yeah I'm a optimistic fan. But Carolina really needs a running back and I dont know how I feel about these DE in the draft, Calais Campbell might have potntial but look at Jamaal Anderson 0 sacks in 16 games

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Portis is indeed injury prone, Betts is indeed a good back, and it's important to have a reserve who can step in and play well should Portis get injured or need a rest. That said, if we could get a good replacement for Betts and a high pick for Betts (e.g., a high 2nd rounder), I would favor such a trade. We have more needs than we have picks or cash to spend in FA. If we can get a decent replacement for Betts, why not? IMO, a 2nd rounder is worth more than an insurance policy RB who put up 300 rushing yards last season.

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[quote=GMScud;406230]No. Portis has been injury prone, Rock Cartwright is a free agent, and Saunders is a big advocate of Ladell. No way this happens.[/quote]
You know if Al is such a big advocate of Ladell why couldn't they find a way to work him more into the system this year. I said in the second 1/4 of the Seahawk game that they needed to try and run right up the middle with Betts which may have worked.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;406235]Portis is indeed injury prone, Betts is indeed a good back, and it's important to have a reserve who can step in and play well should Portis get injured or need a rest. That said, if we could get a good replacement for Betts and a high pick for Betts (e.g., a high 2nd rounder), I would favor such a trade. We have more needs than we have picks or cash to spend in FA. If we can get a decent replacement for Betts, why not? IMO, a 2nd rounder is worth more than an insurance policy RB who put up 300 rushing yards last season.[/quote]

Yeah, I didn't say I'd object to it, I just said it wouldn't happen. I'm not against moving him if we can get great value for him. Is this totally hypothetical or are there rumors floating around?

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OK, let's start all of the threads within this one... make your predictions for the new head coach, how many wins will we have this year, what jersey will we wear in opening day... will our jock straps be bleached during the off season?

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[QUOTE=GMScud;406237]Yeah, I didn't say I'd object to it, I just said it wouldn't happen. I'm not against moving him if we can get great value for him. Is this totally hypothetical or are there rumors floating around?[/QUOTE]

Totally hypothetical as far as I know.

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All hypothetical get rid of Ladell, Brandon and Mark, the rest will depend on the new Head Coach

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We could pay for a room at the assisted living facility for Phillip Daniels

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I have a feeling people are going to want to get rid of Snyder in a few days. Especially if he brings in a college coach. I don't think he will,but he's shocked us in the past.

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I think we need to look at a RB in the 2nd to 3rd round this year. CP's got 2 yrs left before he loses his effectiveness. Betts is a great backup and I don't think we get the value in return that we lose by trading him.

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If we resign Rock and can get good value( Solid starter ), I have no problem trading Betts. Realistically, I doubt anyone is going to give up anything special for him. Decent running backs are a dime a dozen and it's one of the easiest positions to draft.

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[QUOTE=BleedBurgundy;406247]I think we need to look at a RB in the 2nd to 3rd round this year. CP's got 2 yrs left before he loses his effectiveness. Betts is a great backup and I don't think we get the value in return that we lose by trading him.[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure that CP has 2 years left in the tank and will basically hang it up at 28. Betts is indeed a great backup, but what "value" do we lose by trading him? He had about 300 rushing yards last season at about 3.7 yards per carry. An insurance policy that gets us 300 rushing yards at RB (where players are most fungible) isn't worth a 2nd round pick IMO. Assuming we could get a 2nd rounder, I'd support trading Betts and using the 2nd rounder to draft a starter or a backup at a more important position (e.g., OT, DT, DE).

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[QUOTE=firstdown;406236]You know if Al is such a big advocate of Ladell why couldn't they find a way to work him more into the system this year. I said in the second 1/4 of the Seahawk game that they needed to try and run right up the middle with Betts which may have worked.[/QUOTE]


Well,
Our line was in bad shape.
Portis has moves and Betts doesn't.
Portis can run draws and break wide, Betts cant.

If you aren't winning the battles up front smash mouth blocking, Betts aint your man.....last year, we had a full Oline on all cylinders...that why he did so well then...thank goodness we have portis. He can still get yards with an unorthodox running game.

Betts is a backup because of this limitation.

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I am one that is always open to dealing a player depending on what we would get back in return. If a team offers us a #1 draft pick for Betts then we would be acting on the best interest of the team to trade him.

Now, if someone were to offer a 2nd round pick, it would depend on where the pick was if I would consider trading him, but again I'd consider it. I feel we could pick up better player in the first two rounds as franchise running backs are found in the 2nd round often.

What I am saying is this isn't a yes or no situation, but if it is good for the Skins, then you take advantage of it.

However we need to stay away from Denver. BTW, do the Jets need another RB, we tend to do well when trading with them in most instances.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;406260]I'm not sure that CP has 2 years left in the tank and will basically hang it up at 28. Betts is indeed a great backup, but what "value" do we lose by trading him? He had about 300 rushing yards last season at about 3.7 yards per carry. An insurance policy that gets us 300 rushing yards at RB (where players are most fungible) isn't worth a 2nd round pick IMO. Assuming we could get a 2nd rounder, I'd support trading Betts and using the 2nd rounder to draft a starter or a backup at a more important position (e.g., OT, DT, DE).[/quote]

I agree, as long as we resign Rock. Losing both and being left with an injury prone Portis would not be smart.

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[QUOTE=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;406260]I'm not sure that CP has 2 years left in the tank and will basically hang it up at 28. Betts is indeed a great backup, but what "value" do we lose by trading him? He had about 300 rushing yards last season at about 3.7 yards per carry. An insurance policy that gets us 300 rushing yards at RB (where players are most fungible) isn't worth a 2nd round pick IMO. Assuming we could get a 2nd rounder, I'd support trading Betts and using the 2nd rounder to draft a starter or a backup at a more important position (e.g., OT, DT, DE).[/QUOTE]

I think finding a backup for Portis wouldn't be hard. Like I said Marcus Mason showed great promise this preseason I think he could take Betts place because I feel Rock is done he wants to start somewhere other than special teams. Then you have plenty of quality backups coming out of the draft. Like SGG said what value do we lose by trading him.

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[quote=Mattyk72;406220]And the offseason is in full swing.

:doh:[/quote]


yes it is prepare for the should ladell be our starter and has CP lost it threads

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Betts will be here long aft CP is gone!! Hail keep believin!

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;406235]Portis is indeed injury prone, Betts is indeed a good back, and it's important to have a reserve who can step in and play well should Portis get injured or need a rest. That said, if we could get a good replacement for Betts and a high pick for Betts (e.g., a high 2nd rounder), I would favor such a trade. We have more needs than we have picks or cash to spend in FA. If we can get a decent replacement for Betts, why not? IMO, a 2nd rounder is worth more than an insurance policy RB who put up 300 rushing yards last season.[/quote]I agree.

No, we shouldn't trade Betts for nothing. But if we can get draft picks for him and trade him before his roster bonus goes through, we can win this deal.

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Betts is better at catching passes and Rocky is better on 3rd and 1
You would get more by trading Portis or Sellers
[QUOTE=GMScud;406273]I agree, as long as we resign Rock. Losing both and being left with an injury prone Portis would not be smart.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;406210]You'd have to offer up more than Betts to get either of those guys.[/QUOTE]

he's right about that..as far as portis's backup we do have Marcus Mason. anybody remember him?

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[QUOTE=jamf;406253]If we resign Rock and can get good value( Solid starter ), I have no problem trading Betts. Realistically, I doubt anyone is going to give up anything special for him. Decent running backs are a dime a dozen and it's one of the easiest positions to draft.[/QUOTE]

I think ladell holds more value then you think. RBs are not always automatic's.
Look at cedric benson, jj arrington, ron dayne, cadillac willliams, and ronnie brown. All first rounders within the last 7 drafts that i would classify as busts.

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[QUOTE=Schneed10;406208]Absolutely ridiculous idea. It was bad enough that you mentioned trading Ladell and letting a practice squad bum be our #2 RB, but it was even worse to think Peppers or CJ would be good trades for our salary structure, let alone that LB would garner that much in a deal.

RETARDED THREAD.[/QUOTE]

jesus dude ease up.
when people shoot down topics like this in such a rude way it drives people away from the forum board.
he's just throwing out a topic to discuss and see what everyone has to say and you jump on his back like he's a total fool?
what is that?

not cool

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[quote=sevier2;406359]jesus dude ease up.
when people shoot down topics like this in such a rude way it drives people away from the forum board.
he's just throwing out a topic to discuss and see what everyone has to say and you jump on his back like he's a total fool?
what is that?

not cool[/quote]

If it drives away threads involving the suggestion of trading Ladell Betts for Julius Peppers, then I'm all for that. Those kind of treads hurt the forum, in my humble opinion.

I don't have a problem with people suggesting we should trade Betts (though I'd disagree). It's trading him for someone like Peppers that's ludicrous. Peppers would destroy our salary cap structure, and it's just flat out implausible.

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Any player is tradable if you get great value. I mean we would entertain offers for JC if someone offered 10 picks or something crazy like that.

But once a player is re-signed, unless the contract is specifically structured for an out, it usually means the team is sticking w/the player until his services are no longer needed & cut him. (Schneed, correct me if I'm wrong on the cap end of things)

That said, we re-signed Betts for a reason. He had a great 2006. He played as well as you could expect this year, he rarely even got a whole series to himself. I don't disagree w/the coaches on his pt, CP was healthy enough & needed to maintain a rythm. If you remember early in the year they tried to rotate the 2 a lot & it didn't work well, aside from the Miami game where we pounded them to death.

We'll need CP & Betts (I would bet any amount of $ that 1 of them misses at least 1 game in 08 due to injury) & we don't need to draft a rb even if Rock isn't here, given our other needs. Maybe if there's a gem player in the 4th or beyond, but even then I think we'll be looking for gems at other positions.

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Again, I'd LOVE to have Betts and Portis sharing the load. But, I still believe we have greater needs at other positions that could justify the trading of Betts for draft picks.

We need to start thinking about gradually replacing, and immediately adding depth to, the O-line. We need a new #2 WR if you are unhappy with ARE (which I am not). We need a new SS if you are unhappy with Doughty. We need a new CB if you think Springs will be gone, Rogers will not be back from injury, OR Leigh Torrence should be relegated to dime duties. We need a LDE if you think Philip Daniels will be cut, retire, or needs to be replaced within the next season or so. We need a new DT if you think Griffin will be cut and Golston isn't read to step up OR we need more depth. We need new linebackers if you think Washington will be cut, Fletcher is getting old, Rocky will not be recovered from the torn MCL and ACL, and HB Blades hasn't shown enough to replace any of our current starters on a long term basis. While I think we have a great roster in place and do not intend to overstate the need for new personnel, I think we have several areas in which we could improve by adding new young guys via the draft.

Moreover, with all due respect to Portis, Betts, and every other RB in the league, RBs are the most fungible players in the league. When former 4th round pick Rudi Johnson went down with injury, the undrafted Kenny Watson stepped in and nearly created a RB controversy in Cincy. Willie Parker, who also went undrafted, replaced Jerome Bettis without missing a beat. 7th rounder Ahmad Bradshaw, 4th rounder Brandon Jacobs, and 7th rounder Derrick Ward stepped into Tiki's shoes and produced the 4th ranked rushing attack in NY. 4th rounder Marion Barber made the Pro Bowl in Dallas. Brian Westbrook replaced the fan-favorite Duce Staley in Philly and was a late 3rd rounder. UFA Ryan Grant seems to be destined to replace Ahman Green in Green Bay. Ernest Graham was running as well as, if not better, than the Caddy in Tampa. And the list goes on.

Betts is a nice luxury, but one that I'd give up if it meant we'd be able to draft another Rocky McIntosh at another position of need. All that being said, this is pure offseason speculation.

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Betts signed a very cap friendly contract for a RB of his caliber. The last thing we should be doing is trying to trade good players that are not cap killers. Betts will be a reasonably priced starter if they ever part with Portis.

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I think you definitely keep Ladell Betts. I know he didn't do much this year, but you gotta have a dependable #2 back and Ladell is that. What we need to do is to look in the draft to fill our offensive and defensive lines. If you have a young, strong, and fast offensive line, then it's going to be a lot easier developing good running backs.

SGG: You really think Portis hangs up the cleets at 28?