Source: Deal Done; Coles For Moss

i think there is more to the trade with terms disclosed but if we get the cap hit hard i'll be pissed out my friggin mind

Right on!

I'll be pissed if Coles suddenly decides to get surgery on that toe of his...but wouldn't it be something if Coles didn't pass his physical on Tuesday because of that toe? Unlikely though

What a relief! :) I think that we are really lucky that Coles became so dissatisfied, and precipitated this trade. His health is such question mark, but he was blocking other players from getting a chance because we had so much invested in him.

But the difference in our wide receivers - the speed of these players - man! This is going to open up our offense. It's not so much the plays that open it up - its speed. We didn't really have it last year. Now we have a considerably more seasoned quarterback who knows what Gibbs wants, and we have the offensive line ready to go, the players with blazing speed and playmaking ability at receiver, and Clinton has always been ready.

This team is playoff bound!

I really need the undisclosed terms on the trade before my take on it. Right now, if it were the two straight up, given Coles unhappyness, I'll take the trade. We get rid of a whiney player, get a dangerous player in return (even if he's not as complete as Coles).

Now, if we get screwed cap wise, its going to be a different story. I just dont get how we could be taken advantage of so that we would take a, say 9 million dollar hit. So we'll see.

I guess they figure with the restructuring of Samuel's contract and losing Pierce would put us far enough under the cap to take that $9mil hit this year now all we have to do is have enough money to sign a #9 pick, the rest of our pick's shouldn't be major contract's, and clearing it this season if we can free's up money next season, as someone stated earlier Cole's and Trotter will save us next season around $10 mil.

If any other team made this move move we would be pointing and laughing.

It makes our front office look increadably weak. One player decides he doesn't have enough money he whines a little in the press and presto chango we drop everything and give him whatever he wants . Coles ins't the first disgruntled WR in the NFL and he wont be the last but this gives a message to anyone here under contract . Not happy withyour 3.6 million this year ? Spent most of your 11 million bonus given to you 2 years ago ? well hit up the FO they a push over.

I thought we were turning the corner here but this move reafffirms us in the joke/laughing stock status in the NFL teams.

art monk was 6'3, thats not exactly a smurf.

i don't think this trade makes the skins' front office look weak. it's quite the contrary in my opinion. coles wanted to be a free agent and was willing to give back money to do so but the skins said "HELL NO" if we are going to lose coles we want another wr to take his place. hey coach gibbs , who would you like , asks the dan , i'd like to get santana moss, answers gibbs. the dan replies by saying,i'll make it happen, regardless of whether coles wants to go back to NY. they are also showing that the free spending days are over, they offer a fair contract and say take it or leave it. they finally have a real plan and thats to get unselfish players who want to play for the organization and to weed out all the ones who don't. we just found out where antonio's heart really was, he just wanted a big payday, screw him and screw coles too.

It's a good trade either way you look at it. I wouldn't have agreed with getting rid of Coles for nothing, but at the sametime, it is always better to get rid of any player who doesn't want to play for you. I'm glad to see that we're getting a receiver that is pretty much Coles' equal. Hopefully Patten will be a good acquisition for us.

Do we still draft Mike Williams?

A trade is always going to result in one team getting less "value" than the other, it's the nature of the trading game.

Coles is the more accomplished WR, but Moss isn't exactly a slouch either. If we can keep him healthy (maybe keep him off punt returns), he can be a very dangerous player.

We made the best of a crappy situation. Coles wasn't happy here and he wanted out. Would he have sucked it up and played hard for us if he stayed? I think he would have. But there's also the toe situation and the team had it's concerns regarding that. Maybe they used that as an excuse, or maybe they foresee more problems for him down the road, who knows.

Either way I'm just glad it's over and both sides can now move on. You don't want a disgruntled player on your team, that's just a ticking timebomb.