Trade Cam Heyward

BENCH MINKAH! HE CANT TACKLE!!

 

Again serious question on a frivolous thread. What would an expensive, aging, but still capable Cam fetch in a trade?

personally, I doubt you’d get more than 3rd rounder for him. So... you might as well keep him. Curious if others see it the same or not.

 

We've been in that "so close to a SB" mode for like 7 years now.

 

Agreed! Great player but aging, and a big salary... Crappy teams aren't trading for him...And teams that are good,close to being over the top... Aren't spending that kind of dough...When they don't know how many more "great" seasons he has left!

 

let me repeat this for you...TOMLIN WILL NEVER BE FIRED! if you dont understand that, you havent paid attention to 2020

 

I think Cam is exceptional, yet like any other player that age will slow sooner than later. Some DL were still good at 34..not many. He has a couple of years in the tank, and gives you all pro level play...most 3rd rounders do not. So yes ride that bus because he is still one of the best.

 

He only made All Pro this year...he sucks.

 

I started the thread that Minkah can't tackle but I never advocated for his benching. That would be purely stupid. He still can't tackle very well though and takes some bad angles quite a bit.

 

Cam Heyward has grown man strength and he might still be productive at 32, 33 or even 34. He might lose a step but speed is not his game.
There are plays where he pushes the LT and holds off the guard with one arm, some games I find myself watching Cam do his thing he is a beast.
His sack count might never be double digit but the push he gets is incredible and does a lot to free up the OLB on his side.
I think he has great value to the Steelers but think at his age he might only garner a 2nd or 3 rd round pick. Unless they get both picks then trade them to gain another 1st rd pick then trade that 1st with our own 1st rd pick to get a top 5 pick . Then they get Trevor Lawrence who has fallen to 5 for something to do with his birthday party and no one came. Steelers were the only team that understood it was because of covid.
Oh sorry lost my mind I think I was writing the script for DRAFT DAY 2.

 

I didn't mean this to be frivolous, but that is a fair point. I'm thinking a contender who needs a piece of front might be a little more motivated buyer. Tampa/NO/GB might all be looking for a piece for their aging franchise QBs, for instance.

Compromise - keep him until the trade deadline, if the Steelers are as bad as I think they'll be, fire sale time.

 

He is worth more to the Steelers than they’d get back in a trade. It may free up some salary cap down the road but salary cap is overrated, it’s all about production, and you are virtually guaranteed that with Cam. He doesn’t usually miss much time either.

They can’t trade him anyway, too much dead cap after that recent extension. If the teams needs to free up money they can restructure guys like Tuitt, Cam, Nelson, Boswell, extend or release / retire Pouncey, DeCastro, Ben, Haden. Trading Cam Heyward makes no sense when you have other options.

 

If Pouncey, DD, Ben, and Haden are gone, it would be cruel to deny Cam a shot at a Super Bowl before he retires.

 

If Cam wants to leave that is a different matter entirely, I don’t think there is any evidence of that. He has publicly stated that he wants to be a Steeler for life. I would imagine that he’d be devastated if the team traded him.

The team needs to move on from some of the expensive veterans and hit on their next few drafts, if they do that they’ll be as close as anybody. QB is the biggest piece of the puzzle when Ben goes of course.

Aside from KC (who are in deep cap trouble themselves) where can he realistically go that’ll guarantee him a better shot at a SuperBowl?

 

This thread is pointless...

 

We go from sign everyone to trade everyone.. there's some hot messes on this board

 

No!!!!! Glem m is our 5th string QB that can write his own ticket. He will outlast all of them.

 

I thought I read that by adding another game the cap total may not be as bad as projected.

 

I can't wait to see what will be posted when the season is finally over.

 

Trade him for somebody who wants Tomlin and Ben gone.

 

We wouldn’t get crap back in return

 

11 actually

 

Too late -- he tanked his value tonight. Dominated by backups all night.

Maybe he should just hang it up.

 

Heyward and Tuitt frustrate me, there are some games they dominate, especially early in the season ... Then there are some where they are totally a non-factor.

We have so much money tied up in the guys, they need to produce every time they go out there.