Trading thoughts

[21cOwner]

I don't know if this has been brought up before but I would like to see the trading window have balance cash and counter offer. This makes trading so much easier and quicker.

Thanks
BOB

[waltwa]

i am unaware of cash in nfl trades. in fact name the last trade in which nfl teams traded player for player. it is rarely done anymore. trades in the nfl are expensive players (in relation to the salary cap) for draft choices. i follow the 49ers pretty religiously and i can't remember their last player for player or player for player and cash trade. it seems all trades and there are few of those are players for draft choices or draft choices for draft choices.

[bblaney]

To my knowledge in the last 20 years or so there hasn't been a trade for cash for a player, but player for player has happened every few years or so, especially if coupled with draft picks. I think they should keep the trades similiar to what the game has now, as it is a smiulation and who doesn't want to trade for that player they want from X team and get rid of someone they don't like???

[21cOwner]

I am pretty sure the NFL like the NBA caps cash as a trading tool. Except, if we can use cash as a trading tool at least balance it out or get rid of it all together. Here are a list of trades I found, it doesn't include the Ricky Williams deal either. Obviously, its harder to make trades in the NFL because the offense/defense playbooks are so complicated that it takes veteran free agents all offseason to learn them. Of course, populare games such as Madden allow you to trade guys left and right which is more fun if less realistic.

April 21, 2002 12:54:29 PT The Atlanta Falcons traded a 2003 third-round pick to the Houston Texans for a fourth-round pick (No. 116 overall).

April 21, 2002 13:38:13 PT The trade of QB Drew Bledsoe from the New England Patriots to the Buffalo Bills for a first-round pick in the 2003 NFL Draft is finally official and approved by the NFL, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN.

April 21, 2002 11:04:54 PT The Cleveland Browns traded a fifth-round pick (No. 147 overall) and a sixth-round pick (No. 189 overall) to the Oakland Raiders for a fourth-round pick (No. 122 overall).

April 21, 2002 12:13:20 PT The Dallas Cowboys traded a seventh-round pick (No. 237 overall) and 2003 fifth-round pick to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round pick (No. 168 overall).

June 13, 2002 14:04:42 PT The San Francisco 49ers have announced they have acquired QB Cade McNown, a former first-round pick of the Chicago Bears, from the Miami Dolphins for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2003 NFL Draft.

April 21, 2002 11:02:55 PT The New England Patriots traded a fourth-round pick (No. 131 overall) and a fifth-round pick (No. 144 overall) to the Denver Broncos for a fourth-round pick (No. 117 overall).

April 21, 2002 11:02:14 PT The New England Patriots traded a fourth-round pick (No. 131 overall) and a fifth-round pick (No. 144 overall) to the Denver Broncos for a fourth-round pick (No. 117 overall). The Patriots used the pick to select LSU QB Rohan Davey.

June 20, 2002 19:50:37 PT According to John Clayton of ESPN, the Seattle Seahawks have traded CB Ike Charlton to the Jaguars for a seventh-round draft choice in 2003.

April 23, 2002 14:31:54 PT ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have traded WR Jonathan Pittman to the New York Jets for P David Leaverton.

[WhosTheBestCop]

Instead of a balance cash function which is barely used in the NFL, they really don't wheel and deal in money, there could be some kind of balance trade with draft pick funtion.

So you offer a trade if it still is rejected press the button and the team you are trading with could say ok throw in these drafts picks and it's a deal.

A Counter Offer function would be good to as long as money wasn't the deciding factor.

I just never hear of a NFL buying players like MLB.