Time to trade CJ???

Why is this even being discussed? Chris Johnson is easily the most talented player on this offensive roster. He still managed to to break a thousand yards despite the fact that every team we've played has done everything they possibly can to limit him. Chris Johnson is all we have got on offense right now. He is our franchise player.

 

If he continues to have ridiculous demands regarding his contract again this offseason then I think a trade is definitely possible. But hopefully he'll come off this "history deal" stuff and be reasonable so we can get the deal done. A month ago I would've been all for trading CJ for draft picks/talent to rebuild. Now that Fisher is gone though, we may actually start properly utilizing his unique talent.

Our offense doesn't really need to be "rebuilt", from a personnel standpoint anyway. We have a lot of talent. I feel like our O-line is just one missing piece away from being truly dominant again. That combined with a decent QB and a HC who doesn't have a phobia about throwing the ball and we'd be dangerous. The defense, however, is another story entirely....

 

How exactly are his demands ridiculous? I understand that he is open about wanting to be the among richest players ever, but he's also had one of the best 3 year runs to open a career ever.... Pay then man or trade him while he has huge value to a team smart enough to pay him.

 

I agree....CJ is asking for more money, and I don't blame him. However, I would remind everyone thinking that CJ is the franchise to remember the 1988 Cowboys deal of Herschel Walker to the Vikings for many draft picks. Walker did fine for the Vikings, but the Cowboys drafted their team of the 90s largely off of that one deal.

CJ's max value is about now (maybe last year)...we should decide whether we pay him what he is worth, then build an offense for him (not Eddie), or whether we try to use his value to fill many other holes the team has.

I would be fine either way. What I don't want is for us to keep trying to run him like he is Eddie George....surest way to end his career in another 2-3 seasons.

 

To me, saying you "deserve" to be the highest paid non-QB offensive player in the league 2 years into a 5 year deal is indeed ridiculous. I'm not arguing that he's not underpaid. He definitely is. I just think his demands are a bit unrealistic (at least they were during the last offseason).