It's Time to Trade Taylor

[Fade]

If he is restricted--It will still be a good chunk of change, especially if Mafe & Hall establish themselves this year like I believe they will.

What this means in the grand scheme of things, is Seattle can be a little more patient and look to move him next off-season after they tender him.

Which they are probably going to do, unless they get bowled over by an offer before the deadline this year.


@ Scout

I believe your crystal ball to be correct.

 

[Appyhawk]

The light is just coming on for Mafe and he is shining in it. Hall is barely getting warmed up and as I anticipated he already looks like the real deal. Both are better against the run than Taylor. Sooner or later we're going to have to give up someone. I can't see it being one of the first two.

 

[Maelstrom787]

A part that should be considered perhaps a bit more heavily than it usually is -- team chemistry. This is a team that thinks it can compete now. Really, they never have not thought themselves competitive.

Moves like this can be demoralizing, especially when the roster of edge players is finally looking deep.

A trade, depending on the offer, looks optimal on paper given Taylor's situation as @Fade laid it out - but I wonder about how it'd affect the team in actuality. You want fresh guys and a deep stable of edge rushers available throughout the year if you wanna go deep.

Draft picks are fun, but I'd only consider something with a player in return.

Something like Bilal Nichols and a third would have me really intrigued, but accepting just a draft pick or picks in return just feels too much like giving up.

 

[olyfan63]

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Moves like this can be demoralizing, especially when the roster of edge players is finally looking deep.

A trade, depending on the offer, looks optimal on paper given Taylor's situation as @Fade laid it out - but I wonder about how it'd affect the team in actuality. You want fresh guys and a deep stable of edge rushers available throughout the year if you wanna go deep.
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Yup. We lost SB49 when Cliff Avril went down in the 2nd half and nobody else could get pressure on Brady. I'm sure Pete remembers this VIVIDLY and wants to make sure we always have a stable of legit pass rushers to use for must-pass situations, especially in postseason games.

Multiple good edge rushers are a necessity, not a luxury. And they do get injured.

I have no clear opinion on your team chemistry thing; I think the guys all understand (or quickly learn) that this is a business. That said, experience and familiarity with the scheme and the players always helps the D unit as a whole. (except when Cody Barton was involved, lol)

 

[Throwdown]

You keep guys like Taylor, he’s a closer. One of the few guys in the league that knows how to get to the QB, 9.5 sacks as a part time, you either figure out how to develop the other side of things to make him adequate or you make him a third down specialist.

You want QB killers on your team, it’s a good thing to have.

 

[keasley45]

Let's keep Taylor for another year. Maybe with a better D-Line in front of him, and Bobby organizing the D, he'll do better all-around. Also, in any case, he's a good situational pass rusher and that's a great thing to have.

Can anybody think of D-Linemen or LBs for whom the "light bulb went on" in their 3rd year in the league? We know it happens with WRs. Or is it rare for Edge/LB players?

What do people see as Taylor's ceiling? Chris Clemons? Cliff Avril?

This. The light bulb was 'off' for the entire front 7 last year, save for Nwosu.

 

[keasley45]

I dont see the sense in selling low on a guy who is underachieving, just to get a marginal pick in return . Then have to watch him lead the league in sacks for someone else when he settles into a consistent system and blossoms.

 

[Lagartixa]

Thank you Jville!!!

That means he is still under contract for 2 more seasons. His contract would toll for his 1st season.

Both OverTheCap and Spotrac say he's a RFA after this season.

That makes it look like his contract didn't "toll." He's listed as having two years of experience, but he's on the fourth year of a four-year rookie contract. That means he'll be a player with three seasons of experience and and expired contract in 2024, and so he'll be an RFA.

In his rookie season, Taylor was placed on the reserve/NFI list. The Seahawks had the option not to pay his salary, or to negotiate some lesser payment, but time against the contract's four-NFL-season length was counted when Taylor was on the NFI list, and from what I've seen reading about it just now, that's the way it works - time passes on the contract of a player who's on NFI, but the team is not obligated to pay his salary.