What would you trade?

[mike340]

Trade Betts for offensive line help. (Or we might even be getting Duckett to use in a trade? Highly unlikely.) You won't get anything worthwhile for Rock. Also might be able to trade Patten. Thrash can still get open and catches the balls that come his way. (He will NOT be traded.) We will trade from positions where we have lots of (good) depth (WR and RB) for positions where we don't have depth.

If we have troubles with the DBs, we may have an extra 7 to 10 points against us in a game (at worst.) (If Sean Taylor can avoid friendly fire collisions (Springs, Smoot, ...) our DBs should have fewer injuries.) But the rest of the defense should be able to adjust.

But if we have troubles at offensive line, and guys are getting into the backfield frequently:
1) Drives stall because rushing yardage is sporadic instead of regular. More of a chance of getting tripped up in the backfield on 3rd and short or being stuck in 3rd and long.
2) The QBs get hurt and fumble. (Now you're on backup QBs.)
3) Our defense is on the field more time (i.e., if the offense can grind it out, the CBs aren't on the field as much)
4) The QB has more time to pass.

Easily worth 7 to 14 points on the offense. (At least from what I've seen of the difference between our starters and backups.) And since they're keeping the other team off the field, that's worth another 4 +/-.

Remember the playoffs last year. We need the OL to get its job done, and with our division, someone's probably going to go down during the year.