So Will We Have The Money For Betts????

[MonkFan4Life]

I say keep Betts if he'll stay. He and Portis in the backfield would be a good tandem IMO. As long as Betts doesn't run like a pussy and runs like he has been in the last couple of games.

[GTripp0012]

I think hes better than Duckett, but with a healthy Portis atop the chart, I think I'd take my chances with a rookie late round pick, and spend the money to extend Cooley's contract.

[MonkFan4Life]

Good point. That money could go to extending Cooley and also Sean Taylor.

[firstdown]

I have always liked Betts and he has always stepped up when we needed him to start. I think his value is going up everytime he gets on the field which is going to cause us to loose him.

[The Zimmermans]

I dunno man, portis now has injury problems, and bett's seems to be on the rise......bett's might have high value

[JWsleep]

I agree, Southpaw. A few games does not make an NFL career. I think the FO really likes Betts, but I think, given our GLARING needs elsewhere, it wuold be a mistake to break the bank for him. CP is better, and not just at running. He's a better blocker, which matters a lot. WOnder if some of those missed bltiz pickups were on Ladell?

We're strong at RB. Use the money elsewhere: D line, DBs, O-line.

[onlydarksets]

Unless we do a sign-and-trade.

[onlydarksets]

Of course, the problem with that is that we have to gauge his market value, which we don't seem to be very good at doing. Plus, we have to avoid a big signing bonus, otherwise we eat that too. However, if it lets us get a decent player in return, it might be worth it.

[celts32]

It won't even come down to money...if someone offers him thier starting job he will leave.

[wilsowilso]

Betts has had a history of durability issues and he isn't really all that great imo. He is good, but not great and he wants to start so that pretty much means he is gone. We can't afford him anyways.

[MTK]

The problem is we would have to re-sign him at a nice chunk of change, and who knows if he would even be open to that. You'd have to think he will be eager to test the free agent waters and who can blame him? He deserves the shot at a starting job and it's not going to happen here.

[The Zimmermans]

Yeah, Betts might have vision problems, cause he never picks up the right blitzer. He needs to stand further behind the line, cause the linebackers run right by him half the time. Poor JC

[freddyg12]

Today's WashPost (see the link on the Warpath about Novak being cut, end of article under "notebook") reported that a deal is near done. I don't know whether to be happy or scared that he signed for too much. It must be a good deal for him to not test the market.

[onlydarksets]

Could be a sign-and-trade. I guess better to spend a little extra to get some trade value out of it than to get nothing at all. However, I can't imagine why Betts would not want to test the market.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Could be a sign-and-trade. I guess better to spend a little extra to get some trade value out of it than to get nothing at all. However, I can't imagine why Betts would not want to test the market.

Trade deadline has passed, and it would make little to no sense for another team to try & deal for him now when he'd be a fa in march. Only way that makes sense is if a team really thinks it will be a bidding war