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Raymond · 03-05-2009, 07:34 PM

This latest does seem a bit contrived. I will give him credit for two things though..

1. He/She keeps his posts very rare as this is only the 13th in a couple years.

2. Both the espn board and this talks about it. Mission accomplished.

Blizzzard · 03-05-2009, 07:36 PM

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I look at NE insider like my lady looks at The Hills. I just let myself believe it's true, who cares if it is or isn't... I think that makes Belichick/Pioli kinda like if Specer and Heidi broke up then Spencer somehow got Audrina in the divorce even though she's nowhere near past her prime like Vrabel is. Or something like that.

'MO

Ian · 03-06-2009, 10:12 AM

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3. We called all the teams again several days before the fa period began and except for kc we had no interest. Our feeling was they were trying to play hardball because we were against the cap and if not for kc they were correct but we were doing the trade asap.

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4. Vrabel will always be revered as long as i am involved in football but we needed to clear the cap. There was no desire to cut mike but his play had slipped and with bruschi, guyton, mayo he was not going inside. Kc stepped up and took him on friday for the proverbial pick to be named later which was really cap space or cash to us. Great move for kc since he will help them and a better move for us since we freed up the money to immediately sign taylor and baker. It was a win-win and was really separate from the cassel trade but was done with a belief the cassel trade would follow. Mike knew what was going on every second and was imho not upset at all because in essence mike will be the 3-4 coach on the field for kc which is what he has always wanted to be. The paperwork was at the nfl on friday signed and agreed to since mike passed his physical it was finalized. When cassel was traded we tidied up the pick to be named later by linking it to the #2 on saturday. There never was going to be a pick later. Kc did us a big favor here. Reese did an amazing job with bill during this entire process and has already eased the loss of someone as important as scott.

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5. The cassel trade was agreed to later in the day but unlike other teams we wanted to tell matt and scott wanted to talk with thigpen. The paperwork reached the nfl mid saturday. When schefter announced this our phone started ringing off the hook. By the way shefter knew before paperwork got to nfl but kept his word and did not announce it. Detroit, denver (don't really understand that one), bucs, vikes, and several others wanted in. We could have just shafted kc and pulled trade back but we were never really offered a better deal than detroit's #33 and we would not shaft another team we already had a deal in place with.

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Detroit, denver (don't really understand that one), bucs, vikes, and several others wanted in. We could have just shafted kc and pulled trade back but we were never really offered a better deal than detroit's #33 and we would not shaft another team we already had a deal in place with.

I have my doubts that someone so intelligent that high up within the organization would use that type of language, nor do I feel someone inside would publicly bash a guy like McDaniels who left the organization in a positive manner and maintained a good relationship with everyone. I've read many other of his posts, but this is the first one I've read that is basically just a summary of all published reports with a different spin. But then again what do I know

upstater1 · 03-06-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Raymond

This latest does seem a bit contrived. I will give him credit for two things though..

1. He/She keeps his posts very rare as this is only the 13th in a couple years.

2. Both the espn board and this talks about it. Mission accomplished.

All it would take to post rarely is another screen name.

***Box_O_Rocks*** · 03-06-2009, 01:16 PM

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But then again what do I know

H'mmm, I smell a set up.

***Clonamery*** · 03-06-2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by solman

Sure the information is all publicly available, but very few on this board could be so convincing.

THAT is downright hurtful. My 3rd Grade Teacher had high hopes fer me and (your) just shov'lin' sand into the hole I dug.

lobster · 03-07-2009, 10:48 PM

If the rumor is true, the Pat’s are planning to keep their early 2nd round pick from KC and they see a lot of perceived value in that position in the draft. Also if a lot of teams are looking for 2nd round picks, the Pat's might swap their other two 2nd round picks for a mid-round 1st next year - when they may need to draft a starting DL for example.

***Dragda*** · 03-08-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Raymond

I absolutely have no clue what you are are refering to here....?

I figured it was about the Red Sox. Whenever I don't know the names people are talking about on here, it turns out to be a baseball analogy.

Pats726 · 03-08-2009, 12:05 PM

I would have liked him to look forward a bit more than back...that would have been a lot more interesting than rehashing all that we knew...LOL....but if he had done that...it would have shown more about him...looking back like this is a lot easy and says little...