with all of this trade talk

[76west]

This is the beauty of our offense, we currently do not need a superstar WR for it to work.  We run the ball almost 50% of the time, and oh by the way have the #1 rushing offense in the league.  We are #6 in points per game at 27.0, and have moved the ball against any defense so far at will.  We have role players, and we just take what the defense gives us.  We're 6-0, let's not fix what ain't broke.

Exactly!!!! 6-0

[TNPanther]

Regarding Patterson, I've said this before and I'll say it again. The dude was dumb as a brick, at least while he was at Tennessee. He couldn't learn the simple playbook that Derek Dooley installed and therefore was limited with the route tree. The main reason he declared for the NFL early instead of staying at UT for another year was because he was failing all his classes and was going to be expelled for poor academic performance the next semester. I don't think he'd do well even with Shula's offense.

[DaveThePanther2008]

If we got him for like a 2020 7th rounder I wouldn't mind.   I would love to see what Ricky Proehl could do with him.

 

[AceBoogie]

A 6-0 team and people want the GM to give up draft picks for an old ass receiver or a guy that can't read a playbook. No thanks. Let Gman keep his picks because he usually hits a home run with them. 

Well Steve is old, but he'd still instantly be the #1 wr for the rest of the year. Already knows the playbook, and would open it up for other guys like funchess, Ginn, and philly. If we're strictly talking football it's a deal that should get done. However it won't because it's about more than football at this point. 

[NYPantherFan]

I read this afternoon that Boldin could be an option if 49ers shop him

[Seltzer]

Regarding Ealy, a starting caliber DE is worth more than any WR in almost every situation.  You could make the argument that the Panthers goofed in trading up to take Funchess, but I don't think there was any mistake at all in taking Ealy instead of Jarvis Landry.

[tiger7_88]

Regarding Ealy, a starting caliber DE is worth more than any WR in almost every situation.  You could make the argument that the Panthers goofed in trading up to take Funchess, but I don't think there was any mistake at all in taking Ealy instead of Jarvis Landry.

The Usual Suspects would rather be like the Falcain'ts, with all the WRs a quarterback could dream about having while, at the same time, not being able to block anyone on offense or stop anyone on defense.

[NcPsa10]

• Gil Brandt of NFL.com offers seven trades he’s like to see made before next week’s trade deadline. Here’s the ideas proposed by Brandt:
• 49ers trade TE Vernon Davis to the Broncos.
• Bears trade RB Matt Forte to the Broncos.
• Chiefs trade OLB Tamba Hali to the Falcons.
• Bears trade WR Alshon Jeffery to the Giants.
• Lions trade WR Calvin Johnson to the Panthers.
• Chiefs trade ILB Derrick Johnson to the Packers.
• Cowboys trade G Ronald Leary to the Steelers.
• Chiefs trade CB Sean Smith to the Patriots.

 

Calvin Johnson, WR, to the Panthers

 

The thing that might make 1-6 Detroit want to move Johnson -- his high salary -- is also the thing that makes trading him very difficult. However, this is about trades I'd like to see, and Johnson to thePanthers makes sense. 6-0 Carolina has obviously been pretty good, but the team needs a wide receiver, and I'm not sure how far the Panthers can get without adding help. And while the 30-year-old Johnson might be picking up fewer yards per catch this season (13.3) than at any other point in his career, he would definitely qualify as help. Of course, Johnson's true value -- the face of the Lions' franchise would be worth a second-round pick at least -- is much higher than what the team could likely get for him on the market: something like a fifth-rounder, given the level of money involved. Perhaps the Panthers, who would also have to do some tinkering to make the numbers work, would do well to look toward Jeffery instead.