Browns want Ben Tate

[DieselDeac]

They've wanted him since we took him at 58 and they took Hardesty at 59.

(different regimes, I know, but it's a funny coincidence).


My guess, we trade Tate for a 4th rounder if we continue to look like we are not a contender, and keep him if we show signs of life.

Trade deadline is Oct 29th, btw.

 

[BullNation4Life]

No Way! They aren't trading Tate. If he walks next year for a big contract, the Texans would be in line for a3rd or 4th round ompensatory pick. Why lose a valuable player in season?

Seriously? You would rather have a 3rd of 4th compensatory pick than a 3rd or 4th round pick, maybe even a 2nd for Tate? Why keep a player you are not going to sign at the end of the year and can get something for him? they got Wood (That's what she said!) and can get a 3rd down back...

Sooo glad you are not the GM...

 

[blitz90]

Instead trade Foster for a draft pick. He got paid and went into jerk mode like most do. Plus i personally think he's still hurt and not 100% and never will be.

 

[Coolhand_Luke]

I agree. Even though I like him a lot, trade Ben Tate for a2nd and draft one on the O-line. Lord knows we need a few good men on the front.

 

[TheIronDuke]

After his fumble cost us another game I doubt he sees the field much. If the Browns want him anyway we should ship his fumbling ass up there ASAP. Anything more than a 4th rounder or so would be more than we'll end up getting in a compensatory pick when they sign him in the offseason. Cierre Wood can do what Ben Tate does but better.

 

[YeaLikeRightNow]

After his fumble cost us another game I doubt he sees the field much. If the Browns want him anyway we should ship his fumbling ass up there ASAP. Anything more than a 4th rounder or so would be more than we'll end up getting in a compensatory pick when they sign him in the offseason. Cierre Wood can do what Ben Tate does but better.

Agreed...time to bring in the Wood!

 

[Thorn]

After his fumble cost us another game I doubt he sees the field much. If the Browns want him anyway we should ship his fumbling ass up there ASAP. Anything more than a 4th rounder or so would be more than we'll end up getting in a compensatory pick when they sign him in the offseason. Cierre Wood can do what Ben Tate does but better.

I hardly think Tate's fumble cost us the game, there was to much other stuff going on to pin the loss on Tate.

 

[silvrhand]

After his fumble cost us another game I doubt he sees the field much. If the Browns want him anyway we should ship his fumbling ass up there ASAP. Anything more than a 4th rounder or so would be more than we'll end up getting in a compensatory pick when they sign him in the offseason. Cierre Wood can do what Ben Tate does but better.

what beer goggles were you wearing?

 

[TexanBacker93]

After his fumble cost us another game I doubt he sees the field much. If the Browns want him anyway we should ship his fumbling ass up there ASAP. Anything more than a 4th rounder or so would be more than we'll end up getting in a compensatory pick when they sign him in the offseason. Cierre Wood can do what Ben Tate does but better.

I don't think the fumble cost us the game except maybe in that Kubiak benched him the rest of the game and we could have used him in the 4th. We still had the lead at that point and should have still been able to win the game. Kubiak's coaching cost us the game.

 

[HOU-TEX]

Eh, I don't put much blame on Tate. Sure, he should've held on to the ball, but I reckon most RBs would've fumbled in that situation. Having a player swat the ball from the backside would be hard to defend against, no matter the grip on the ball. We saw it on TV but no way he could've felt it coming

 

[TheIronDuke]

Maybe "cost the game" is a little harsh but it was the same exact thing he did last year against Denver where his fumble turned the tide and let them right back in it. I wasn't wearing beer goggles as I was stone-cold sober so I know exactly what happened. Right after his fumble I bet my wife then and there that the Seahawks would come back within 6 points at least and even posted in the game thread that that fumble will be as costly as the one in Denver was.

Anyway, Tate won't be getting used much this season so I say ship him off while we can to a team that wants him. The leash Kubes has on Tate is more like a choke collar.

 

[Speedy]

Marshawn Lynch fumbled and they didn't take him out of the game. Not saying that Tate is Lynch, or maybe he could be with a full load, but I think it's stupid to end Tate's day after the fumble when Tate has a better yard per carry average, almost double that of Foster (6.7 - 3.8). The guy produces too much to not use him.

 

[Insideop]

Maybe "cost the game" is a little harsh but it was the same exact thing he did last year against Denver where his fumble turned the tide and let them right back in it. I wasn't wearing beer goggles as I was stone-cold sober so I know exactly what happened. Right after his fumble I bet my wife then and there that the Seahawks would come back within 6 points at least and even posted in the game thread that that fumble will be as costly as the one in Denver was.

Anyway, Tate won't be getting used much this season so I say ship him off while we can to a team that wants him. The leash Kubes has on Tate is more like a choke collar.

It's too bad his leash on Schaub isn't the same!

I can't blame Tate completely for the loss but it did start the ball rolling (pun intended) in the wrong direction, and once it starts, it's very hard to stop. Especially, it seems, for the Texans! If I were Kubes I'd bench both of them and start seeing if you can win with Yates or Keenum. As for Tate, he's gone after this season anyway, so you might as well trade him now and get something for him.

 

[ObsiWan]

Marshawn Lynch fumbled and they didn't take him out of the game. Not saying that Tate is Lynch, or maybe he could be with a full load, but I think it's stupid to end Tate's day after the fumble when Tate has a better yard per carry average, almost double that of Foster (6.7 - 3.8). The guy produces too much to not use him.

Truth!
Maybe you sit Tate for a series or three but for the entire half??
That's just crazy to sit that kind of production when the game is so close and could have been won via the running attack.

And when will Schaub get "taught a lesson" like this?

 

[YeaLikeRightNow]

Truth!
Maybe you sit Tate for a series or three but for the entire half??
That's just crazy to sit that kind of production when the game is so close and could have been won via the running attack.

And when will Schaub get "taught a lesson" like this?

I dunno how many times I can handle this but if I Google "Rex Ryan / Mark Sanchez", I get heebie-jeebies down my spine.

 

[infantrycak]

And when will Schaub get "taught a lesson" like this?

Name the starting QBs this has happened to in the last few years?

 

[ObsiWan]

Name the starting QBs this has happened to in the last few years?

Whisenhutt (sp?) benched first-round pick Matt Leinart in favor of Kurt Warner out in AZ because Leinart wasn't getting the job done.

Tampa Bay JUST benched their starter for a rookie.

While I get your point that it's very rare, it has happened.

There are probably other examples.

 

[thunderkyss]

Whisenhutt (sp?) benched first-round pick Matt Leinart in favor of Kurt Warner out in AZ because Leinart wasn't getting the job done.

Tampa Bay JUST benched their starter for a rookie.

While I get your point that it's very rare, it has happened.

There are probably other examples.

But we're 2-2 with losses to the Super Bowl champs & a 3-0 Seahawks team.

 

[infantrycak]

Whisenhutt (sp?) benched first-round pick Matt Leinart in favor of Kurt Warner out in AZ because Leinart wasn't getting the job done.

Tampa Bay JUST benched their starter for a rookie.

While I get your point that it's very rare, it has happened.

There are probably other examples.

I am sure there are more but like you say very rare. Even for the ones you pulled neither was near as successful as Schaub has been and perhaps more importantly, both were benched by coaches other than the ones who drafted them.

 

[ubecool454]

They can have Foster instead.

ditto

 

[ubecool454]

Marshawn Lynch fumbled and they didn't take him out of the game. Not saying that Tate is Lynch, or maybe he could be with a full load, but I think it's stupid to end Tate's day after the fumble when Tate has a better yard per carry average, almost double that of Foster (6.7 - 3.8). The guy produces too much to not use him.

JMO ...Tate is better than Lynch. Lynch has the more stylish shoes though..haha

 

[ubecool454]

I keep Arian and trade Tate. We draft another next year and start over. I seem to be alone in thinking that Tate has nowhere near the kind of elusiveness and vision that Foster shows.

Wood could step into Tate's shoes right now and he wouldn't be that big a drop off. Besides we seem to be casting off pieces due to salary cap issues left and right. A team doing that is going to need to replace those pieces with less expensive draft picks in order to keep up. Time to part with Tate and fill another need.

I like Wood but he isn't as nasty as Tate. You are probably not alone in your thinking just by the number of Foster Jersery versus Tate Jerseys I see around town but you have to remember that Tate was a 2nd round pick and Foster was undrafted. That says a lot to me. I've been a Tate fan since his days at Auburn and I want to see the guy do good. He is being wasted here and I don't like it. Trade him so he can be the guy.

 

[Playoffs]

Jerruh & the Cowgirls are trolling for RB help before the trade deadline, fwiw.

 

[chicagotexan2]

If the texans lose against kc the season is dead then I say move Tate for a first day pick if you can get it.

 

[EllisUnit]

JMO ...Tate is better than Lynch. Lynch has the more stylish shoes though..haha

No way is tate better than Lynch, that guy runs people over and is very hard to bring down, while tate in his own way is not bad he is not near the bowling ball lynch is.

 

[thunderkyss]

If the texans lose against kc the season is dead then I say move Tate for a first day pick if you can get it.

If the Colts lose we're still alive. We still got Indy twice... at home after the bye. Then an easy stretch of games after that. We can still be in good shape come December.