I think the Steelers will trade Dan Moore

The Steelers want volunteers not hostages.

 

That mentality is not working well for them. It never has.

 

It worked out well for them in trading Pickett, that third round pick they got from the Eagles allowed them to draft Payton Wilson.

 

It’s a little early to be making that claim.

 

Unless Fautanu can start week 1, I'm not moving him. Ideally the backup T is a swing T, and Dan Moore isn't that. Steelers OL has been extremely lucky these past two years in the injury front and that luck isn't likely to continue, I think having Moore for depth is very important even if if isn't a swing T, albeit teams typically keep 9 linemen and Moore could ultimately be an odd man out. It's kinda tough to foresee what the Steelers do with Moore.

 

I think the only way to get value is a player swap, plus maybe a pick.

He is a proven, serviceable LT. Those aren't easy to find.

Could be a piece in a trade for a WR.

 

I wouldn't trade him. Maybe talk trade in season when deadline comes around and you get desperate teams willing to give up more than the worth.

 

Dylan Cook is your swing tackle this year They kept him on the active roster all last year so nobody could claim him. And unlike Dan Moore he says he can play both LT and RT.


This is what I see on the Bench for Game Day.
Dylan Cook - Swing Tackle
Mason Mcormick - Backup Center/Guard Combo.
Spencer Anderson - Jack of all trades.

Inactives:
Either Nate Herbig or Dan Moore. Whoever is left on the 53 man roster.

 

That’s not the Tomlin Way

 

Nah, Payton is going to be one of the steals of the draft .

 

It would not surprise me if they traded him, but only if someone more suited to being what they need (a swing tackle) becomes available, and if Jones and Fautanu look like they will do the job at L and R tackle.
A third rounder for Moore could only come if they put an expansion team in Somerset, because that is where any GM who would cough up a third for Moore should be sent.

Note: for people not from the Western Pa. area, telling someone they should be sent to Somerset used to be one of the worst things you could say, even worse than calling them a jagoff. Basically you are saying they are crazy. If you say “You oughta be sent to Somerset! to someone of a certain age”, you had best be ready to defend yourself. The expression is not used much any more, and those of the present generation may not have ever heard it.

 

Who is the swing tackle then?

Who says Dan can’t play RT … all we know is he wasn’t asked to play there, he was thrust into the LT position after an injury. He is a vet, if he has an offseason to work at it, I bet he could do it.

 

He has expressed his discomfort with moving to right tackle. He was asked to work there during the preseason last year. It seems like a more natural fit for a tackle who excels in run blocking, but struggles in pass protection. Money could also be a factor. Left tackles are paid a lot more.

 

Dan says he can't play RT. He says it is like wiping your but with the wrong hand.

This is a job, you can always tell your employer "No", if he is asking you to do something you believe will decrease your value to the rest of the world. I wish Dotson would have told the Steelers to kick rocks when they made him move from the RG to the LG position for Trae Turner.

 

No. Dan moore did not say he can’t play rt. That’s what people like yourself like to add.

 

Maybe, maybe not. Unlike some around here I’m not one to count my chickens before they hatch

 

See: AB Trade. Also: Martavis Bryant trade. Also: Chase Claypool Trade.

 

Y’all crack me up with the pff rankings.

 

See LaGarrette Blount. See James Harrison. If you think letting the inmates run the asylum is a good idea, best of luck with that approach.

Did Claypool ask for a trade? I don't remember that. Claypool was them trading a disappointing player.

Bryant wasn't traded just because he asked out. He had already been suspended a full season before that. There were other issues.

 

My point is that we got rid of, and got real value for, players who were past their "best by" date. The whole point is you saying that the "volunteers not hostages" thing isn't working out. And it has.
And remind me, what did Blount and Harrison accomplish after they left?

 

Thank you for making my argument for me. The Steelers traded Bryant because it was best for them, not because he wanted out, so it isn't just a matter of volunteers instead of hostages. That statement doesn't apply at all to Claypool, either.

The very year Blount got the Steelers to cut him, 2014, he helped the Patriots win the Super Bowl. He ran for 148 yards and three touchdowns in the AFC Championship team. The Patriots most likely got away with tampering with Blount. Because the Steelers didn't want hostages, they handed a conference rival they help they needed at running back. How do you not see that he is the best example of the "volunteers not hostages" blowing up in the Steelers faces?

Blount had a rough 2015, but he ran for 1,161 yards and a league-leading 18 touchdowns in 2016, when they won the Super Bowl again. He also played on the Eagles' championship team the year after, so Blount accomplished quite a bit after the Steelers foolishly gave him away for nothing.

Harrison had two sacks in a playoff game for the Patriots after the Steelers cut him loose. Both players should have been benched and/or suspended rather than cut.

 

I totally agree with the Blount one. He should have been left to rot instead of giving NE what they wanted

 

I think of that one every time I hear about "volunteers, not hostages." I picture Bill Belichick laughing his ass of at the Steelers' expense as the Patriots signed Blount.

 

If they trade Dan Moore away, it will be the same type of trade they did last year with Dotson. Pick Swap, with the Steelers moving up a couple of rounds. Like Dotson, Moore has been the starter, but is being demoted to backup.



The Steelers acquired the Rams fourth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and their fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The Rams received Dotson, as well as the Steelers fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and sixth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

 

I agree with those who say.... keep Moore for 1 more year. He will provide quality depth at LT.... and he could likely play LG or RT if he had to.