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dzrams
He has a $10M salary cap hit in 2017. It's not like he's a QB or other highly coveted skill position player.
No one would trade significant draft assets while picking up that salary for a LB. It would be much smarter for any team interested in a LB to simply buy one in free agency and avoid having to part with draft picks.
Maybe we'd get a future 7th for him. But IMO it's more likely that he's not tradeable at this point.
Because he's a perfect tool for Greg Williams defense. There are no LB's available that are like him. There are no other teams that have money like Cleveland. Cleveland has a need, the DC, the trade chips, the enormous amount of cash available and the need to spend it.