Rockliff are we just laying the seeds early for this time next year?
Despite rocky being contracted for next year already, they've been trying to get him to resign all this year.
With all the other turmoil at the brions going on, you would think the club will try and sort his future out this year rather than have question marks over their captain leaving as a RFA all year in 2017.
Having rocky still unresolved would make it tough for a new coach etc to start with a clean slate.
So i reckon the brions might be keen to trade him this year (for say pick 10) instead of him leaving as a RFA next year.
Even if that would probably get them pick 3 or something in compo (assuming 2017 is another cellar dweller year for them)
Long story short- where the lions are at, pick 10 in this years draft COULD be worth more to them than pick 3 or so in the year after draft.
Because it speeds up their rebuild a bit and they can put rocky behind them, clean slate.