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Originally Posted by Chico23231

Washington Redskins look in-house first to replace Phil Taylor - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN

good stuff here. IMO, best case scenario would be to move Niles Paul to SF with someone Tomsula has worked with at Nose. Im fairly certain Kyle Shanny was a big Paul fan.

No. Niles is too important for us. We trade him and we have nobody capable of filling the FB role. Jay still calls plays requiring a FB, even though we have nobody listed as FB. Paul is that guy. I get where you're going - trade from a position of strength, and TE is such a position. But Paul is a special teams ace, plays that FB role, and makes for valuable depth at TE. That versatility guarantees he dresses every game day.

The NT spot is important, but we can scrape it together using McGee, Ziggy, or if Mbu or Francis step up then even better.

If we do think of trading, Niles would not be one of the guys I'd think of as a candidate.