(UPDATED) Report: Lions Trade Redding to Seattle for Peterson

Per Profootalltalk.com

I know he is not 27 years or younger but he seems to be the perfect free agent pick up for us since he can rush the passer and play the pass. He may not be that expensive to obtain off the market. He seems like the perfect option for us to be our Marcus washington for the next 3 years. Now we can draft de and ot with our first two draft picks.

JULIAN PETERSON THE NEXT VETERAN TO BE CUT? (http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/03/14/julian-peterson-the-next-veteran-to-be-cut/)

Posted by Mike Florio on March 14, 2009, 9:12 a.m. EDT
The purge of high-priced veterans that began roughly a month ago still continues.
KJR-AM in Seattle reported Friday that the Seahawks soon will release linebacker Julian Peterson (http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/seahawks/2009/03/13/report_julian_p.html).
Signed through 2012, Peterson is due to earn $6.5 million in base salary this year, $7.5 million in 2010, $8 million in 2011, and $8.5 million in the final year of the deal.
Per Mike Sando of ESPN.com, Peterson has declined to reduce his salary (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3979489).
The team’s alternative offer isn’t known, but Peterson’s agents would be wise to find out whether someone else would pay Peterson more than that before telling the Seahawks to stick it.
So, basically, that seven-year, $54 million contract (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/seahawks/2006-03-28-peterson_x.htm) that Peterson signed amid much fanfare three years ago is, in the end, a three-year, $23.5 million deal.
And that’s precisely why league insiders typically focus on the three-year payout when assessing the real value of a contract.

Dude can still play and has a high motor. He's worth a look for the right price, not sure he's going to come cheap though.

Would be an awsome addition. Maybe this is what they are waiting for.

For the right price, this guy could really help us. 80 something tackles and 5 sacks last year.

Now this would be a smart pickup for the right price. He's 31 and still playing at a high level.

hell yeah, hes not too young but he is a nice piece to the puzzle. he is waaaaay better than anyone on the FA market at LB. And other than Rey M. and Orakpo id take him over most of the other draft prospects. Especially since we dont seem too interested in Crowell.

Would ruin our chances of getting Maualuga. So I don't like it.

As everyone said, at the right price sounds like a solid move. He's a local kid that was a Redskins fan growing up so it'd be a nice homecoming.

It sure is refreshing to have linebacker threads with no mention of Lavar, or Briggs.

But relative to this thread, I say that this guy would be a great fit for the Skins. Count me in.

Probably should have signed him rather than Carter when they were both free agents with the Niners. The Skins should bring this DC native home...