olyfan63
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Sgt. Largent":1xjwkbog said:olyfan63":1xjwkbog said:Ace_Rimmer":1xjwkbog said:Might be a good idea to shut RW down for the year so as not to hurt his trade value more? Spin it as the season was lost, and we want him to heal up.
Yeah, seems like Russell being "figured out" by the rest of the league could already be killing his trade value, magnified by his recent ineffective play. Ever since the Cards overtime loss during the failed "Let Russ cook" campaign, the game where the Cards figured out in 4Q & OT that 2 deep safeties was the way to perplex and confuse Russell, the rest of the league seems to have had his number.
How does shutting Russell down help his trade value?
You'd be shutting him down at the bottom of his trade value, injured and playing terribly. You have to keep running him out there and hope he improves. That's it, that's your trade value.........because benching Russell now tells the rest of the league he's done.
Good points. I agree playing the "damaged goods" Russell has already hurt his trade value quite a bit, and with your assertion that Russell's trade value may now be at its lowest. I was thinking more like a scenario where Russell is given a couple games off to fully heal and get right, and then comes back strong and the offense starts to click. Shutting him down *for the year * was Ace's concept, and agreed, likely to keep his trade value at its current low level.
If I was an NFL GM evaluating whether to trade for Russell, right now I would be looking at his huge drop-off in play and in W/L results (2-6 W-L this year), and would consider it a very risky option. It's hard to tell which factor is leading to Russell getting crap for results.
Is it...
* Because the talent around him is crap
* Is the new Waldron scheme (thus far) crap, and/or. not a fit for Wilson
* Has Russell has lost that "it" factor due to a) aging/loss of athletic ability b) Loss of focus & desire, or c) the league-wide "book" on how to play Russell has neutralized his strengths such that he'll never be a top QB again unless he makes massive adjustments, or d) Some combination of, or all of, the above.