JSn

As we look at a year of significant players hitting FA next year, and most of us feel Vince is the most important one to retain, I wonder who are the Vince Wilfork's and Richard Seymour's of the past?

Are there players in the teams history that were still ballers but were considered a risk to move on that made you legitimately worried about how they would be replaced? Who? Why?

Looking forward to some retrospect from the guys and gals who lived through the lean years of Patriot's football.

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patsfaninpa

I felt like crying when we traded Mike Haynes to the Raiders. You just don't trade hall of fame talent when they can still play.

MassPats38

Curtis Martin.

patsfan13

Haynes and the Hannah/Gray holdout. Best CB in the league and the best OG.OT combo in the NFl.

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Tucker

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Bring Back Antowain!

Well, I haven't been around a long time, but I've been a Pats fan since birth (my dad made sure of that).

Growing up, my favorite player had been Curtis Martin. I remember actually meeting him at the team hotel the night before a game in 95 or 96 (so I was only five or six), and he really was an inspiration to me playing running back through out my youth years.

However, after 97, Curtis bolted to the Jets under Parcells. I remember being in the car with my dad. I was only 7 years old.

He was forced to explain to me that football was a business, like everything else in the world.

I was really heartbroken, and I'll remember that day for the rest of my life.

Kind of off base, but that is one player who I guess was considered a risk to move...

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mgteich

I never knew how we would replace Coates, Armstrong or Law. We never did.

Tucker

this was way before my time, but what was the deal with Plunkett leaving town?

He was with the Pats before the Raiders, right?

Patjew

Not from so long ago, but my answer is Ty Law.

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jeffbiologist

For all those Vince fans with short memories.....Ted Washington.....He left and we havent won a super bowl since.