Quote:Not one of them is going to command anything of significant value in trade. At the end of the day, if we don't carry 5, it's because we've released the weakest link. Trading talent that can be productive doesn't help your team. Cutting the weakest player at a position does.

Even a 7th round pick would represent significant value vs outright releasing the player.


We've been on the other end of the spectrum before. We traded a 6th round draft pick for Dwight Lowery from the Jets due to them having a log jam in the secondary. He would've been released but to avoid having to bid for his services on the open market we gave up a pick instead. I don't see why the same couldn't be applied to a semi-productive pass rusher. If Caldwell likes the upside of Davis and Smith instead he could opt to do just that.

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