When I type about contracts and personnel, which I loathe -- let's talk sports on the field, huh? -- it's generally easy enough for me to figure a title (See: "Sign Brian Campbell," and "Trade for Jay Cutler").

As folks continue to speculate about Jason Peters wanting to be the league's best-paid left tackle, and the Eagles holding two first round picks, looking to pick up protection for Donovan McNabb, it did not lead me to a new, simple personnel title like, "Trade Jason Peters."

Oh, I'd trade him, but it's not as clear-cut as you might think.

Had I typed this out a month ago, it would've been emotion-fueled, with lines about the ungratefulness of an athlete with an already-reworked deal and the economy, but that isn't the case today. The guy has a short career, and if he wants to be the little kid in the corner asking for a third helping of cake, or in his case, 33rd, then let him ask for the whole can of frosting -- rainbow chip, I suppose. Send him somewhere that wants to pay him more than $11.5 million-per-year, and pick up something nice in return.

Now those of you pencilling the Bills in as a Super Bowl contender may want to disagree, and that's fine. In fact, I go into any season thinking any team with a defense can make a move, and with the uncertainty regarding Tom Brady, the Jets' lack of quarterbacking and my belief that the Dolphins are overrated, Parcells or not, the Bills aren't a playoff impossibility.

Trading Peters obviously makes the draft a lot more interesting, and pops a lot of questions:

A) Do you move Langston Walker to left tackle, Kirk Chambers to right tackle and draft a guard in the second or third round (Oklahoma's Duke Robinson, Oregon State's Andy Levitre and LSU's Herman Johnson would be in the mix)? Then, that first rounder can stay at Penn State DE Aaron Maybin or Texas-sized monster Brian Orakpo.

2) Do you use that first pick on a tackle, and use your second first rounder -- if it were the Eagles, the pick would be No. 21 or 28, on a linebacker like Southern Cal's Clay Matthews or Brian Cushing or maybe, just maybe, Oklahoma State's tight-end-du-jour Brandon Pettigrew.

D) Do you sign Orlando Pace or another veteran left tackle to a one-year deal and put Chambers at guard? Then use both first round picks on whatever the heck you want. Heck, trade one to the Giants for their two second rounders.

34b) Trade Peters and use both No. 1's to trade up with Detroit, then take UB's Drew Willy. Lure Turner Gill away from the North Campus. Then... next year, trade Marshawn Lynch and use the pick on James Starks. After Owens' resigns at a discount, draft Naaman Roosevelt, too. In two years, you'll want Davonte Shannon as free safety, so keep that in mind.

If you don't trade him, and give the man his money, let's get nutty with trivia. What do these players have in common: Mike Gandy, Max Starks, David Diehl, Matt Light, Tarik Glenn, John Tait, Marvel Smith, Walter Jones, and Tra Thomas.

They are the last nine left tackles to start a Super Bowl, and only three (Gandy, Starks, Diehl) have not been Pro Bowlers. The other six have 20 selections for Hawaii. Of those guys, only Jones has been the highest paid tackle in football, and the Seahawks couldn't even win the NFC West last year.

So, do you believe those tackles made their quarterbacks better, or were they better because guys named Brady, Manning and McNabb were making decisions behind them?

There's a brilliant book out there by Michael Lewis that many of you have heard of or read called, "The Blind Side." It deals with two stories; How Bill Walsh turned the tackle covering the quarterback's blind side into the most important position on the field, and how a young man named Michael Oher became the most sought-after tackle recruit in the nation.

Now, you'd think after reading an entire book on how important left tackle is -- and agreeing -- I'd find it imperative to ink Peters to a deal. However, I do not. Also, it's Oher's draft year out of Ole Miss, and our own Joe Buscaglia has him slotted in the first round of his latest mock draft.

Or...

You can let him rot for as long as possible on the sidelines. It's a terrible idea for the locker room and the field, but it's funny. The guy seems to be a real piece of work.

Lots to think about, but would you deal Donohoe's diamond?

I would: nick@wgr550.com