MassPats38

Ditto. Belichick is lying about not receiving a better offer to conceal his inferior deal with Pioli? To what end? Where's the precedent with Belichick? All good conspiracy theories need at least a few data points, or the call goes out to don the tin foil helmets.

carolinatony

I never thought BB would turn down a #1 pick instead of a 2 because it costs more to sign that pick. That never made sense to me.
In BB we trust.

JFK

maybe BB gave Pioli his word...He should be a man of his words.
He won't admit he took a lesser deal..I won't

PATSYLICIOUS

I sure as heck believe this over the notion of us passing up a 1 and a 3 out of favor. At the most, give Pioli a chance to match it.

JoeSixPat

Maybe most GMs still question whether Cassel can do anything near what he did in a system that doesn't have Randy Moss and Wes Welker... i.e. they think he may look more like the guy in pre-season than the guy at the end of the season.

I still find that tough to believe as I'd have to say Cassel showed a lot of poise and leadership making BIG throws when it counted most - but the fact that Pioli seems willing to take a wait and see on a long term contract suggests that he too may have some doubts.

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PatsWickedPissah

Yes, let's IGNORE BB's all too rational explanation that stuff like 3 way deals take time, that contracts take time to get signed and that there are lots of parties, lots of contingencies and lots of RISK that any small issue blows the deal. It's obvious that the tin hat crowd here has never done business deals. I do admit to inexperience in negotiating complex N way deals.

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Sean Pa Patriot

The main thing is the obvious these teams had 1 month to get thier acts together, and did not want him, KC did, Denver was too late end of story..

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We going to take it one game at a time

Gwedd

BINGO! We have a BINGO!

patchick

OK, I read that as "we took the best offer that we could get done immediately, to maximize the combined value of trade compensation and free agent acquisitions." Which was the only reasonable thing to do, right? So what is left to this dry husk of a story?

groundgame

Did anyone really think Belly would come out saying, "Yes, we were offered two first-rounders by one team, but we declined that offer because we did not want to trade our Pro Bowl calibre QB to one our toughest playoff rivals (Denver),"