Can The Bills Trade Leodis McKelvin?

[BillsImpossible]

No

I knew you had a crush on him.

[BillsOwnAll]

Player for player trades are very rare in the NFL.

I'm talking a draft pick or two. It would be nice to have an extra 2nd or 3rd round pick next year to trade up if need be.

why tear apart the best unit on the team? Maybe Ryan will have gramhm start and leodis can come off the bench? How
Many times has this team not had viable backups?

[Downinfloflo]

Yah but we wouldn't get nearly the talent like McCoy for mckelvin. I'd rather have mckelvin then some mid round pick who could be cut in training camp.

That was luck, Not VALUE!!

Chip wanted McCoy out, Bills happened to have a guy he coached in college.

[cookie G]

Can we trade him for Joe Flacco?

That's who we should have drafted in teh first place.

[Shady25]

Kiko thinks trading Leodis for anything other then a 2nd rounder would be silly..

Buffalo does have Robey and Graham but Leodis can definitely play #2 with Gilmore, he has improved every year since his rookie year.

[BillsOwnAll]

That was luck, Not VALUE!!

Chip wanted McCoy out, Bills happened to have a guy he coached in college.

Call it what you may, the point still remains mckelvin is worth more to us then a Mid round pick.

[YardRat]

With McKelvin we have three guys (him, Gilmore and Graham) that can step in and play the top two spots, plus a solid nickel in Robey. Cockrell and/or Butler should move up in place of Brooks. That gives us six that can play, maybe add a rookie or cheap FA, but I wouldn't deal McKelvin. FWIW, I'd re-sign Thigpen anyway and relieve Leodis of return duties.

[Mr. Pink]

McKelvin is worth a box of practice tees.

Who the hell is gonna trade for him and give up anything for him?

[Downinfloflo]

Call it what you may, the point still remains mckelvin is worth more to us then a Mid round pick.

I don't want to see him go.

[GreedoII]

just cut him and get more space. He's not that good anyway

[mightysimi]

just cut him and get more space. He's not that good anyway

I thought he has turned the corner the last 2 years. He was our leader in interceptions in only 11 games. Why throw that away for nothing?

[stuckincincy]

Leodis has a $4.9 million cap hit in 2015 and 2016.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-b...odis-mckelvin/
McKelvin turns 30 in early September and will become an UFA in 2017.
$4.9million is cheap for teams in desperate need of a legitimate starting cornerback.
Corey Graham proved last year that he can replace Leodis McKelvin.
Graham won the season opener in Chicago playing out of his mind great against the Bears.
Then he had another great game against Miami and the Bills were 2-0.
[ul]http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/10611/corey-graham[/url]
A week later, Marrone and Schwartz effectively benched him for some unknown reason that still lingers and wreaks like limburger cheese.
Graham turns 30 years old in July.
Corey Graham has a $4.45 million cap hit in 2015, $4.675 million cap hit in 2016, and $4.775 million cap hit in 2017 and becomes an UFA in 2018.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/corey-graham/
What's Leodis McKelvin worth on the open NFL market?

You raise an interesting topic. McK sort of reminds me of CIN's TE Gresham - both picked #1 in the 1st half of their draft classes, and both really not justifying their selection positions.

McK's contract won't be bought by any team via a trade. I can't see BUF just dumping him - he's a fair CB, is decent in the return game, and who do they have in the pipeline to replace him?

[BillsOwnAll]

Do you not remember the last 15 years of the bills not having a legit Corner after McGee got hurt every year? Good teams have depth.. It's actually nice having a few respectable corners on the team

[BertSquirtgum]

Mckelvin good. Keep Mckelvin.

[streetkings01]

You can never have enough corners...........why create a hole when our backup corners are Brooks, Robey and Cockrell?

[SpikedLemonade]

McKelvin finally played some good football last year on a reasonable contract.

Why get rid of him?

I imagine his return opportunities will be drastically reduced this year.

[zone]

Man this board is borderline worthless but for some reason I still look and it.

[Mace]

McKelvin finally played some good football last year on a reasonable contract.

Why get rid of him?

I imagine his return opportunities will be drastically reduced this year.

He honestly played his best in Pettine's Ryan scheme.

Still, nothing much would surprise me this offseason. No more returns though. Please no more returns, he could hurt himself.

[better days]

McKelvin signed a contract that was more than fair to the Bills to remain a Buffalo Bill.

McKelvin wanted to remain a Buffalo Bill.

What kind of message would it send to the other players when their contact is up to trade McKelvin now?

Why should any Bills player resign with Buffalo if they KNOW the Bills will just turn around & trade them?

[jimmifli]

He's played well for 3 years in a row and is somehow still improving. He's going to be the 32nd highest paid CB in the league this year, the guys ahead of him are:

Jimmy Smith	Ravens	$6,898,000	$6,898,000
Prince Amukamara	Giants	$6,898,000	$6,898,000
Tramon Williams	Browns	$6,500,000	$7,500,000
Davon House	Jaguars	$6,500,000	$9,000,000
Cortland Finnegan	Dolphins	$6,475,000	$5,475,000
Greg Toler	Colts	$5,833,334	$5,500,000
Brandon Browner	Patriots	$5,500,000	$5,500,000
Jerraud Powers	Cardinals	$5,350,000	$4,350,000
Tim Jennings	Bears	$5,250,000	$4,500,000
Morris Claiborne	Cowboys	$5,175,069	$2,607,887
Leodis McKelvin	Bills	$4,900,000	$3,900,000

I think he compares favourably to most on that list. And more importantly, it's really hard to find guys of that calibre, even harder if you will be signing them to be the 3rd CB. We have 3 CBs that can start, and two that can rock the slot.