I simply can’t see the value in trading him. It may be true that he is at his best as a will linebacker in a 43. But I think with the right coaching he can be more than adequate as an off ball linebacker in a 34. If we ask him to do mainly coverage, cleanup, and not call the defense and put a bigger run stopper true 34 inside linebacker next to him, I don’t see where we’re hurt with having him. And since most of us agree we can’t get fair compensation toreplace him with a player of at least his caliber in return, This is not a hard decision for me. We can’t get better getting rid of our good players.

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