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Big C, you are right that Miami would never go for a Gardner-Ogunleye straight up trade. However, as Hogskin pointed out, the point of mentioning Gardner was that Miami needs a second wideout and Gardner seems disposable at this point. Miami would especially like a guy like Gardner since they already have a speedy WR in Chambers and need a possession WR like Gardner. Though Miami would have a ton of suitors trying to get Ogunleye, I think that we definately would have a shot at him. A trade for Gardner and a 2nd rounder might suffice and though I hate how we give up picks every year, this one can be justified.
As some of the "old Warpathers" might remember from what I said in the preseason last year (I was constantly bit-hing about our crappy front four), I am a FIRM believer that the dline is perhaps the most important "group of positions." I think that defense is the foundation of any solid team, the dline is the most important part of the defense, and the dline's ability to rush the passer and cause disruption in the backfield is key to winning any matchup.
Griffin is a nice addition and Wynn is a decent run-stopper, but we don't have any true pass-rushing threat. No, Arrington does not count since he's a LB and anytime we bring him to the line, our D's "backfield" is that much weaker. Noble is coming off a catastrophic injury. Upshaw didn't show much, besides getting flagged a lot, last year. And our only pass rushing threat from last year, a guy old enough to be some posters' dad, has retired.
Basically, we need help on our dline and bad. Analysts said that Dallas needed help on their dline and they have Glover and Ellis. Who do we have?
NO PASS RUSH=TIME FOR QB=COMPLETIONS=POINTS FOR DALLAS
NO RUN STUFFING DTS=POOR RUN DEFENSE=TIRED 'SKINS D
We need some help, so I say go get Ogunleye. I don't think it's possible that we could overpay for him considering our dline's sad current state.
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