Is it finally time to rebuild??

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by ethat001

This is exactly what I meant. Sure, every year every team tries to get younger. BUT rebuilding means that you (1) keep your draft picks, and (2) trade away older core great players to get more picks or younger players. Just like NE trading Randy Moss - good player but the 3rd round pick is more valuable to the team in the long-term. Brilliant.

For us, it'd be any of these guys:
- Cooley
- S.Moss
- C. Rogers
- A.Carter

These are great players but -- how would they help us in the next 3 years? They'd all be older than 31-32 by then, and past their primes. Better to have a younger player that can be around for 10 years.

That is what I meant about rebuilding. Again, I'm not sure we're going to do it. If we get lucky with picks and trades, we can put together a good team each year. But rebuilding has the potential to make a great team for a decade, like NE/Ravens/etc.

I'd add Landry as the most tradable player we have. Certainly I don't want to see him go, but what if a scenario like this comes up:

LL, AH & our 1st rounder to NO (the GW connection w/Landry) for multiple picks, e.g. their 1st-3rd? I'm just sayin, Landry is the only guy that could generate a blockbuster deal. I would hope Orakpo is off limits unless we get a H. Walker type offer.