Sanders???

[steelfin]

To be honest- this won't show how much the Steelers see in Sanders. The Patriots could offer a contract designed so that the Steelers just can't match, financially, and Sanders is gone, no matter how much they wanted to keep him around.

If Sanders goes, along with Wallace, Lewis, Mendenhall, Starks, Colon etc... a wheel, somewhere, has fallen off this wagon.

The Pats won't over-pay for him....If the Pats offer him fair market value and the Steelers don't match, then we know what the FO thinks of him...

If the Steelers really want him they can make it happen. There is no way someone will offer him a bid deal...He hasn't done that much.

The hardest part about losing him will be that he knows the system and the Steelers way.

I am fine with trading him for a 3rd round pick.

[Chadman]

The Pats won't over-pay for him....If the Pats offer him fair market value and the Steelers don't match, then we know what the FO thinks of him...

If the Steelers really want him they can make it happen. There is no way someone will offer him a bid deal...He hasn't done that much.

The hardest part about losing him will be that he knows the system and the Steelers way.

I am fine with trading him for a 3rd round pick.

But that's the thing- 'fair market value' for Sanders is likely to be more than the Steelers can afford. Given the current Cap situation, the Steelers really need Sanders to play on the RFA tender.

[steelfin]

But that's the thing- 'fair market value' for Sanders is likely to be more than the Steelers can afford. Given the current Cap situation, the Steelers really need Sanders to play on the RFA tender.

If the Steelers don't have enough money to resign and #3 receiver than the FO needs to do a much better job of handling the salary cap.

I just think if Sanders leaves it will be a non issue...