Aaron Curry Trade Rumors: What Can Seahawks Get for Disappointing LB?

In a lot of ways, the NFL is like a continent with stable countries but it also has its share of Banana Republics.

It is within those Banana Republics that every so often you get the standard "regime change."

Same in the NFL. When things start smelling bad, when there are more losses than wins on a consistent basis, then you can bet on the old reliable regime change.

The Seattle Seahawks went through one and like a third-world country, when the revolution comes, it's every man or woman for themselves. In the NFL it's football players, who are all men, sorry ladies.

When regimes change, if you're a high draft pick, that means you're a highly-paid player and you better perform to a high level faster than you can say "Fidel Castro," or your butt will be shipped somewhere else.

That is exactly where Seattle Seahawks linebacker Aaron Curry finds himself today.

Curry was the fourth pick in the NFL draft in 2009 which basically puts him in the tax bracket that Barack Obama is eyeballing for more dollars to solve our economic woes. Now he's looking at perhaps being out the door.

The first sign of the impending exit of Curry came when his rookie contract was "renegotiated" cutting it from six to four years.

The second sign of the apocalypse for Curry came when he was benched. The sands of time in the hour glass are running out. Quickly.

Nothing says disappointment like the coaching staff sending you to the bench.

Aaron's a Wake Forest man and he's bright enough to make out the scribbling on the wall that says something like: "What the heck can we get for Aaron Curry and who wants him?"

The answer to the first part of the question is pretty simple: Not much. This is a league where most teams, and note the disclaimer "most" teams, know what the price of tea in China is at any particular moment. Likewise, those teams also know when someone simply wants to unload an underachiever, or in this case, a fellow named Aaron.

There is no shortage of teams with defensive needs. Just look toward the bottom, even the middle of the standings and even solid contenders like New England have their share of concerns.

What Curry does have going for him is that he's a very young guy and youth is a good thing. It may simply be a matter of putting him in a system where he can succeed, but that's what Pete Carroll said he wanted to do with Curry when Seattle paid him a king's ransom to become the head coach.

With Curry's hindquarters making an impression on the bench, can a change of scenery be far behind?

Seattle will get some calls.

The NFL can be a lot like American Pickers:

One man's junk is another man's treasure.