Trade Brady?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

That was why we suggested spelling him a bit with Peterson. We also need real game time to evaluate Peterson who is a potential free agent going into 2027.

This year we may not have had much opportunity to spell Oliveria. Games were always close to the final gun. Only a couple of games where we had a win locked up.

The running game needed to be diversified from the get go, Demski is no longer used as a diversion and Pokey and White only get the occasional jetsweep, while Chris Ike rots away on the sideline as does Peterson on the PR. I won't be too surprised if Clercius, Peterson and MCI all leave in FA, they have not been utilized effectively in Wpg.

[Tecno]

What if we bring back Condell and he demands a trade? I can't imagine he's happy with how he was used in 2026.

Well, even "underused" Brady won the rushing title, so he can't really complain about that.  It means he gets touches, especially since he never has any 70Yers like Horvath.

If he gets less touches than he wants, it's almost always due to our O going 2 & out repeatedly most games.

[Tecno]

That's the problem. We don't even look to find that import RB on an ELC to stash on the PR in the event of an injury.

Don't forget we have a history of being pretty crap at finding quality IMP RB.  You might have to go back to '12-'14 (pre-AH) to find one.  And even then I think they were pretty bad.  Might have to go back to Blink!

The other teams find quality young IMP RB.  Doesn't mean we will.

[Tecno]

Well if Montreal offers us Alexander or Philpot then yes. Any trade always depends on what the return will be.

I'd trade for Alexander, but not Philpot.  If you paired Philpot with even a Dru-level QB the results wouldn't be much better than what we have now.  Absolutely none of those 60Y downfield or long-crosser plays MTL is doing would happen here.  The OL can't hold for more than 2.5s and the QBs can't move.

Actually, I might not sell out for Alexander -- I'm convinced the hammy will act up sooner rather than later, and repeat nearly every season.  And when that hammy acts up in the post-season, MTL will have the same result as last year.

I might trade Brady for Rourke or Kelly though.  Neither is as good as Alexander, but there's no reason to think they'll be plagued with injury going forward.