I don't think Port can/will up the offer. It appears we've done our best to get a third party involved but nothing seems to satisfy the bummers.
This is the key.
We've publicly stated we've tried our pick 17 with several players thrown in but the Bombers haven't been interested in anyone we've thrown up, and on top of that we've even included players from other clubs in our attempts to get the deal done. I can only assume all these newer names like Giles, Cooney and Lowden that have been linked to the Bombers are other players we are trying to incorporate into the deal.
At the end of the day though, if we've tried our best to get Essendon a fair deal which is around the pick 17 and an AFL ready fringe player, then there is not much else we can do. This is the most we can offer, and more importantly it is probably all we can muster given who might actually be silly enough to head to Essendon.
So really from here it is actually up to Essendon to take what they know we CAN offer and try to extract some extra value out of it. If they cant do that then they take the best we can offer and move on, or they lose Ryder for free at the end of trade period.