BigMike

Bob Ryan made an offhand remark in a column a few weeks back about this. Is this claim correct? It sems wierd to me the Pats payroll would be that low....

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signbabybrady

Do you have a link?

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ctpatsfan77

It probably depends on what number you're looking at. The Patriots almost invariably spend right up to the cap; I think one year they came within $1 (without going over, of course ).

I think he's looking at the actual cash outlays for 2008, rather than the salary cap figures, but I have no way of knowing for sure.

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xmarkd400x

I think the Pats like to frontload their deals with big signing bonuses since they are more cap friendly. This would lead to the "salaried" portion being significantly smaller than if they did all salary and little signing bonus.

SVN

so what ?? where the @@#$%$ was this information when we went 16-0 and before brady got hurt. ? i hate this !@@@@$#$ crap writers come up with when teams lose a game ..
sorry ..venting..

DaBruinz

Bob Ryan is talking out his arse.. What he's talking about is strictly SALARY. It ignores all the bonuses players get and could earn.

Salary doesn't much if you don't factor in the bonuses that the team paid players.

The Pats can and do use their salary cap money. Every year.

ch3oh

I can't find the link, but I believe the Pats were well under the cap this year.

BPF

I don't know where he got that info but it seems wrong to me since the Pats are in the top 5 in "committed cash" since 2000 @ $694 million: Pats in top 5 in "committed cash" since 2000 @ $694 million

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BradyManny

Bob Ryan has grown to hate the Pats for some reason. I wouldn't trust him anything football related. Strike that, I wouldn't trust him anything sports-related. He doesn't know shyt about basketball anymore and made a fool of himself w/ a lot of the things he wrote about the C's last year. He could've just come out and said "I don't watch the NBA anymore, but let me pretend like I do and continue to talk about the C's", would've saved a lot of trouble. He's lucky he still has a job given he has little to no value anymore.

signbabybrady

I fixed your post for you

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