Would the Steelers Trade Mike Wallace before the draft?

[JensK]

I don't understand why Wallace is doing this. He is only hurting himself in the worst kind of way for various reasons:

First of all, as mentioned elsewhere, he cannot be traded anywhere if he has not signed the Tender. Meaning, if Steelers actually decide to play this all the way through, he could end up sitting a whole year doing nothing. As far as I understand the rules, he'd even be a RFA next year as well if he did not offer Steelers his service this year, putting him in the same boat as right now.

Obviously, neither camps want that to happen, however Wallace is not exactly showing the Steelers that they should feel at all inclined to help him at all; be that in signing him nor trading him.

Secondly, teams are not interested in paying big money to divas. Sure, if he was 32y old and on the decline you can throw a couple of mils after a player, but you are not going to throw 10 million+ per year after a guy who quite obviously are much more interested in making money than staying in football shape. He could EASILY attend to OTAs and still gain everything he wanted. In fact, chances are probably bigger that way.

When this is said, we really have no idea whether or not this is actually true, as none of all this have been stated by Wallace nor his agent.

[Goodfrom55]

Depends on what trades are on the table. I wouldn't though; unless the Steelers were positive they had no chance of signing him to a long term deal. Like some of you have said, we have only heard one side. Would like to hear from Wallace himself.

[Goodfrom55]

Remember, if he goes unsigned / untraded by the time the draft is over, he loses all leverage against the Steelers and gains nothing by sitting out.

Steelers will get something done, they always do.

[JollyRob68]

I sound like a parrot but I'd tell him & Bus Cook to use this time to GEt Sign by another,seek alternate RFA compensation or Have teams call to negotiate a trade. Rams Have player & Multiple picks, Cards Have a Player and low second rd & 4th rd pick & Vikings have the picks Cap space & picks to deal. One person suggested picking up their 2nd,3rd,4th and giving our 5th,6st,& 7th.The total point value = the 21st pick. It's said teams can only have 10 picks in the draft total. Not bad at all to have double picks in 2,3,4.

[Cricker24]

First of all, I don't trust anything La Crapfora says and I also don't put a lot of stock in the Trib either. Let's just wait and see what happens. The Steelers won before Mike Wallace and they'll continue to win without him.

Chris

[Real Deal Steel]

Look,

Wallace wants the big contract. And Bus Cook is also driving this too. With that in mind, the front office should straight out approach the Rams and ask them for the # 6 pick for Wallace in a straight swap. Start with the Rams and work our way down the line of teams that we know are considering taking a wide receiver with their first pick.

Wallace is going to learn the same hard lesson that Holmes learned by going to the Jets.

I'd settle for a 2nd and a 5th round pick for Wallace but if we can get a 1st rounder, so be it.

[coldrolled]

. It's said teams can only have 10 picks in the draft total. Not bad at all to have double picks in 2,3,4.

Browns have 13 picks this year?

13

1.4, 1.22 (from ATL), 2.5, 3.4, 4.5, 4.23 (from ATL), 5.4, 6.5, 6.35 (Compensatory), 6.36 (Compensatory), 7.4, 7.38 (Compensatory), 7.40 (Compensatory)

[Nolrog]

It's all posturing.

[Steelersfan]

Maybe its just me but I see Wallace like some other WR's the steelers have had over the years. Randle El comes to mind. Played great for the team and I would of loved for them to stay, but they asked way too much for what they did.
If that's the case here then see ya later Mike. I love the speed he ads but just not worth top dollar.

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[SteelDad]

Patience is needed here because this is essentially posturing by Wallace and Cook.

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