Teams starting to show interest in AB

[Dwinsgames]

so it begins

[AtlantaDan]

so it begins

Initial offers

Team #1 - box of donuts
Team #2 - wash Colbert's car
Team #3 - 2021 7th round conditional draft choice if AB makes All Pro next season

Steelers will be tested by paying the roster bonus in March if they do not like the offers and tell teams if that is it we will wait for the draft to see if something more reasonable is offered

[fansince'76]

Initial offers

Team #1 - box of donuts
Team #2 - wash Colbert's car
Team #3 - 2021 7th round conditional draft choice if AB makes All Pro next season

Steelers will be tested by paying the roster bonus in March if they do not like the offers and tell teams if that is it we will wait for the draft to see if something more reasonable is offered

Holding out for a stale 6-pack of Iron City Lite...

[86WARD]

Interview with Colbert is on espn.com if anyone is interested.

[hawaiiansteeler]

Holding out for a stale 6-pack of Iron City Lite...

I would play hardball and insist on a fresh 12-pack...

[DesertSteel]

Honestly, teams would be stupid not to inquire. If I was a GM I'd factor in the toxic culture that seems to be in the Steelers locker room and think I could get the AB of previous years - a diva with a leash.

[pepsyman1]

Initial offers

Team #1 - box of donuts
Team #2 - wash Colbert's car
Team #3 - 2021 7th round conditional draft choice if AB makes All Pro next season

Steelers will be tested by paying the roster bonus in March if they do not like the offers and tell teams if that is it we will wait for the draft to see if something more reasonable is offered

I'm still laughing too hard at "box of donuts" to read or type any further...lol. I've still got tears in my eyes

[pczach]

I would play hardball and insist on a fresh 12-pack...

It would have to be cold too.....

[Fire Goodell]

I would play hardball and insist on a fresh 12-pack...

Iron City is one of the worst beers I ever drank, I'd have to be paid to drink any more of that

[BlackAndGold]

Come on Cardinals, give us your 2nd and 5th.

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

Come on Cardinals, give us your 2nd and 5th.

I think they can do better.

[steelreserve]

Iron City is one of the worst beers I ever drank, I'd have to be paid to drink any more of that

I can't say I liked it very much either. The light version actually tasted better than the regular, which is probably the only beer I can say that about. That at least was acceptable, but ... yeah, I don't find myself reminiscing about either one much.

[BlackAndGold]

I think they can do better.

I don't see a team giving up a 1st.

The 33rd overall pick plus a 5th is a good haul.

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

I don't see a team giving up a 1st.

The 33rd overall pick plus a 5th is a good haul.

I do and three teams already showing interest early!

[teegre]

The 33rd overall pick...

The first pick in Day 2 is a trade-down scebario’s wet dream. Overnight, teams realize that “Name McGuy” is still on the board!!! In turn, you can trade back from that pick in exchange for a nice haul.

Oh... and, instead of a R5 this year, I think that we could get a R1 pick in 2020.

[Mojouw]

I wouldn't even keep talking with anyone who didn't start with a 2019 1st rounder and a 2020 2nd rounder.

[AtlantaDan]

I wouldn't even keep talking with anyone who didn't start with a 2019 1st rounder and a 2020 2nd rounder.

Start?

Sort of like a car dealer expecting someone buying a new car to make an opening offer to pay above list price

If that is Colbert’s bargaining position he will have plenty of time to figure out how to get AB, Rosenhaus and the team to work together on handling AB not being traded

[Steeler-in-west]

Start?

Sort of like a car dealer expecting someone buying a new car to make an opening offer to pay above list price

If that is Colbert’s bargaining position he will have plenty of time to figure out how to get AB, Rosenhaus and the team to work together on handling AB not being traded

maybe that’s what really needs to happen.

[Mojouw]

Start?

Sort of like a car dealer expecting someone buying a new car to make an opening offer to pay above list price

If that is Colbert’s bargaining position he will have plenty of time to figure out how to get AB, Rosenhaus and the team to work together on handling AB not being traded

Khalil Mack was worth 2 #1's, a series of pick swaps, and a shiny new contract.

Amari Copper was worth a #1 and and he was going to need a new contract.


Figure Antonio Brown kinda falls between those two in value. If they can't get two high draft picks, don't trade him. The cap hit is the same either way. Sure Rooney will be pissed he has to cute the dude checks, but...

..If AB doesn't play, then he doesn't get paid. Actually the best cap scenario for the team. If he decides he randomly wants to play, then let him. As soon as he breaks rules, suspend him.


Trading AB for garbage draft picks and a massive cap hit in 2019 is dumb.
Say AB decides to not report if you don't trade him. Great! The cap space rolls into 2020.
Maybe he chooses to show up and play. Then fine, tell him he was every interest in balling out to rehab his trade value.

If they are willing to tolerate the social media and regular media circus and PR crap-fest, they can't lose. The only way they lose is trading AB for like a 2 and a 4.

[NCSteeler]

I do and three teams already showing interest early!

Means they called and said what's it going to take, then said oh ok thought you were kidding about not giving him away

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[86WARD]

Khalil Mack was worth 2 #1's, a series of pick swaps, and a shiny new contract.

Amari Copper was worth a #1 and and he was going to need a new contract.


Figure Antonio Brown kinda falls between those two in value. If they can't get two high draft picks, don't trade him. The cap hit is the same either way. Sure Rooney will be pissed he has to cute the dude checks, but...

..If AB doesn't play, then he doesn't get paid. Actually the best cap scenario for the team. If he decides he randomly wants to play, then let him. As soon as he breaks rules, suspend him.


Trading AB for garbage draft picks and a massive cap hit in 2019 is dumb.
Say AB decides to not report if you don't trade him. Great! The cap space rolls into 2020.
Maybe he chooses to show up and play. Then fine, tell him he was every interest in balling out to rehab his trade value.

If they are willing to tolerate the social media and regular media circus and PR crap-fest, they can't lose. The only way they lose is trading AB for like a 2 and a 4.

Exactly. There's no reason AB is less valuable than Khalil Mack or Amari Cooper. None.

[NCSteeler]

Exactly. There's no reason AB is less valuable than Khalil Mack or Amari Cooper. None.

Mack yes, Cooper no way. If trade brown and our 3rd round for Mack

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[Mojouw]

Exactly. There's no reason AB is less valuable than Khalil Mack or Amari Cooper. None.

The Amari Cooper trade is the best thing that ever happened to the Steelers in regards to AB. Cooper was left for dead and totally under-performing in Oakland (or wherever the Raiders are from now). Everyone said the Cowboys overpaid to turn around their garbage offense. But what happened? Cooper provided a jolt of life and one of the most vanilla and easily defended attacks in the league started to look like it had juice.

Not take a better WR in AB + a better coach than Garrett = WOW!

So yeah, I ain't talking to anybody who doesn't start throwing around high round picks over 2019 and 2020 like candy.

[hawaiiansteeler]

Colbert’s comments mean 28 teams have shown no interest in Antonio Brown

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 23, 2019

The leading receiver in the NFL over the last five seasons is available in a trade, and 28 teams have shown no interest at all.

That’s the flip side of Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert’s recent comments: Colbert said three teams have reached out to express interest in a trade for wide receiver Antonio Brown. Meaning 28 teams have not reached out.

Brown has 576 catches over the last five seasons, by far the most of any wide receiver in the NFL. What does it say about Brown that Steelers owner Art Rooney II declared on January 10 that the Steelers were like to trade Brown, and as of February 22 only three teams had even bothered to pick up the phone and call the Steelers to ask what it would cost to acquire him?

It says that teams think Brown is a problem in the locker room. It says that teams think Brown, who will turn 31 in July, isn’t going to be the same kind of player in his 30s he was in his 20s. It says that teams think Brown isn’t worth the $12.625 million base salary and $2.5 million roster bonus they’d have to pay if they traded for him.

to read rest of article:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...antonio-brown/

[Shoes]

Colbert’s comments mean 28 teams have shown no interest in Antonio Brown

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 23, 2019

The leading receiver in the NFL over the last five seasons is available in a trade, and 28 teams have shown no interest at all.

That’s the flip side of Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert’s recent comments: Colbert said three teams have reached out to express interest in a trade for wide receiver Antonio Brown. Meaning 28 teams have not reached out.

Brown has 576 catches over the last five seasons, by far the most of any wide receiver in the NFL. What does it say about Brown that Steelers owner Art Rooney II declared on January 10 that the Steelers were like to trade Brown, and as of February 22 only three teams had even bothered to pick up the phone and call the Steelers to ask what it would cost to acquire him?

It says that teams think Brown is a problem in the locker room. It says that teams think Brown, who will turn 31 in July, isn’t going to be the same kind of player in his 30s he was in his 20s. It says that teams think Brown isn’t worth the $12.625 million base salary and $2.5 million roster bonus they’d have to pay if they traded for him.

to read rest of article:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...antonio-brown/

What? Did this guy really expect there to be 31 teams interested in AB? This is what I expected, 3-5 teams.

[Dwinsgames]

Iron City is one of the worst beers I ever drank, I'd have to be paid to drink any more of that

you never had Carlings Black Label have you LOL

[Shoes]

you never had Carlings Black Label have you LOL

I'd rather drink Drano.

[Dwinsgames]

Khalil Mack was worth 2 #1's, a series of pick swaps, and a shiny new contract.

Amari Copper was worth a #1 and and he was going to need a new contract.


Figure Antonio Brown kinda falls between those two in value. If they can't get two high draft picks, don't trade him. The cap hit is the same either way. Sure Rooney will be pissed he has to cute the dude checks, but...

..If AB doesn't play, then he doesn't get paid. Actually the best cap scenario for the team. If he decides he randomly wants to play, then let him. As soon as he breaks rules, suspend him.


Trading AB for garbage draft picks and a massive cap hit in 2019 is dumb.
Say AB decides to not report if you don't trade him. Great! The cap space rolls into 2020.
Maybe he chooses to show up and play. Then fine, tell him he was every interest in balling out to rehab his trade value.

If they are willing to tolerate the social media and regular media circus and PR crap-fest, they can't lose. The only way they lose is trading AB for like a 2 and a 4.

I cant say that ....

it would just depend on who was selected with that 2 and that 4 ....

we have had 1st round busts ( see Artie Burns , Jarvis Jones ) per example ...

we have hit home runs with later picks See AB himself ....

Holmes was traded to the New York Jets in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft (the Steelers eventually traded the pick to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a sixth round pick, which they used to draft Antonio Brown, and reacquiring Bryant McFadden ... so the round isnt the sticking point as much as what you do with it but I agree you want as high of picks as possible as it maximizes your chances

[Born2Steel]

“Mabel, Black Label”.

2 cases for AB? Deal!!!

[Shoes]

“Mabel, Black Label”.

2 cases for AB? Deal!!!

and a straight jacket.