Confirmed: Bruce Allen has been fired

[Coff]

I wonder if this decision will affect the Trent Williams situation. Can the team woo him back with the firing of Allen?

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Coff

I wonder if this decision will affect the Trent Williams situation. Can the team woo him back with the firing of Allen?

Trents situation was always about money and wanting a new multi-year contract with more guaranteed money. All the drama aside, Trent Williams is old, injury prone, and one drug test away from a 1 year suspension. He’s not the type of player you bring back at the kind of money he’ll demand. He’s the kind of guy you trade to clear cap space and get draft picks to improve your teams future.

Our offensive line did just fine without Trent Williams this year. Well do fine without him next year. If we bring him back, I’ll have lost any confidence in the new front office.


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[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Trents situation was always about money and wanting a new multi-year contract with more guaranteed money. All the drama aside, Trent Williams is old, injury prone, and one drug test away from a 1 year suspension. He’s not the type of player you bring back at the kind of money he’ll demand. He’s the kind of guy you trade to clear cap space and get draft picks to improve your teams future.

Our offensive line did just fine without Trent Williams this year. Well do fine without him next year. If we bring him back, I’ll have lost any confidence in the new front office.


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Count me among the few who could care less if Trent comes back. He was already on his last legs before the holdout. He was still playing well, but the injuries were piling up. Jay even said at one point over the last couple of seasons that Trent had a degenerative knee condition and would one day need a replacement. Trent made his bed and he needs to lay in it now. I agree with all of your points, we need to move on beyond Trent

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Coff

I wonder if this decision will affect the Trent Williams situation. Can the team woo him back with the firing of Allen?

Don't want him back. I'd also move on from Kerrigan as well. Out with the old.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Don't want him back. I'd also move on from Kerrigan as well. Out with the old.

Kerrigan can only comeback if he takes a pay cut

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Kerrigan can only comeback if he takes a pay cut

My thing w/ Kerrigan is we have to start getting rid of guys a year early vs. a year too late, regardless of pay cuts or team status. Let the guy go be a role player on a contending type of team. Joe Montana and Jerry Rice ended their careers on different teams, if they can then so can Ryan Kerrigan.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Don't want him back. I'd also move on from Kerrigan as well. Out with the old.

Agreed. It amazes me that some of the same people here who are excited by Bruce being gone are wanting the team to make the same dumb type of moves that Bruce would make. Keeping guys like Williams and Kerrigan is only something you should do if you are "close." We aren't. We have a good base of young talent, but we are rebuilding. If we're giving anyone big money (and we should have a lot in the offseason), it needs to be young, rising players.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Agreed. It amazes me that some of the same people here who are excited by Bruce being gone are wanting the team to make the same dumb type of moves that Bruce would make. Keeping guys like Williams and Kerrigan is only something you should do if you are "close." We aren't. We have a good base of young talent, but we are rebuilding. If we're giving anyone big money (and we should have a lot in the offseason), it needs to be young, rising players.

This is kinda how I lean, but the thing with Trent is super important position with a top 5 talent there. Add a year, up some guaranteed money and offer a short term deal. Then gather a plan to move on from Trent.

Kerrigan should go...

[los panda]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

This is kinda how I lean, but the thing with Trent is super important position with a top 5 talent there. Add a year, up some guaranteed money and offer a short term deal. Then gather a plan to move on from Trent.

Kerrigan should go...

Kerrigan, Williams, Norman, Reed, and Davis just off the top of my head.