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Another three-way trade!

Express receive:
LG Clay Schneidmiller (86, 26)
SS Orlando Montgomery (85, 26)
C Scott Quessenberry (80, 26)
DT Dana Dorsey (79, 24)
LT Spencer Jordan (78, 27)
LT Denzelle Good (77, 26)
WR Tajae Sharpe (76, 24)
Orcas 2nd round pick (61st overall)
Orcas S18 2nd round pick

Orcas receive:
LT Derrick Taylor (77, 25)
Express 1st round pick (31st overall)
Express 5th round pick (159th overall)
Express S18 7th round pick

Pioneers receive:
SS Keanu Neal (96, 26)
RG Wyatt Teller (82, 24)

Express will incur a $2.11 mil cap penalty to turn $7.48 mil in cap hits into $13.07 mil in cap hits

Orcas will incur a $400k cap penalty to turn $6.28 mil in cap hits into a $2.79 mil cap hit

Pioneers will incur a $930k cap penalty to turn $11.9 mil in cap hits into $6.73 mil in cap hits

This is effectively two trades. One has the Orcas send two 2nds, a young emerging G, a rotational DT, and a young OT (with a base salary over $1 mil less than the one they are trading for) for the 31st pick, a young OT, and two Day 3 picks. The Express then send through two transactions the G they just received and SS Neal for a haul of young players from the Pioneers.

The Express had a bunch of starters hit free agency just as new management rolled into town. Their UFA plans kept getting a bit derailed due to cap space/roster hole issues. While it hurts to lose a star like Neal, who was holding out, moving him was ultimately the best way to keep a healthy cap situation to sign the players they wanted to keep and their upcoming rookie class and get a bunch of young players back to fill holes and play pivotal bench or even starting roles. To help facilitate this, they also send out the 31st pick while acquiring two 2nds and several players, the headliner of whom was then flipped.

The Orcas, while mostly existing in this to help, do use what few trade assets with value they had left to move back late into the 1st for a potential high-reward player down the line.

The Pioneers get a star in Neal, a SS who has recorded at least one sack, INT, FF, and FR in each season of his career. They already had a great young tandem at the position, but Neal was still a clear upgrade on their incumbents, and they had a ton of young players to spare that the Express wanted and needed. They also acquire Teller who could compete for the outgoing Schneidmiller's old spot.

All parties understood the trade parameters, financial impact, histories of players involved, and what each team hoped to achieve. This trade is now official.