Warren94

Per Reiss of course.

Deus Irae

That'll piss off Wilfork.



Get your popcorn ready.

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farn

Was just on my way to mention it...

Patriots, Kaczur close on contract extension - Reiss' Pieces - Boston.com

Something tells me Nick's not seeking "Wilfork money"... he might not even get "Seward money" !

LloydBraun

He was scheduled to make $2.27 this year, so perhaps this extension will lower that number. That could possibly help with the Vince talks.

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BelichickFan

Wilfork's looking to break the bank, Kaczur isn't. And if you dispute the first statement, the Patriots have shown they'll extend players early IF AND ONLY IF the team gets a solid deal.

Jimke

Instead of dealing with the high salary items, the Patriots may

look to extending players like Gostowski, Kaczur, and Woods.

MoLewisrocks

Well, he's probably not looking for a double digit signing bonus or salary approaching that...

He was set to be one of the many 6th year RFA's. But given his present salary that would have made him a $2.5M RFA RT which is between the two top tenders (first round and first plus third). So he was going to make close to $5M over the next two years any who. Let's see what his signing bonus and first two years salaries or his guaranteed money is under the new deal. His new deal could easily lower or simply maintain his cap since where he was drafted he's mostly salary now and got little in the way of signing bonus (only $132K in remaining amortization).

Miguel has us at $3.5M under the cap (although I can't find what Walter is signed for so I'm not sure he's factored him in). And there may be a couple of million in cuts over the next two weeks if some of the largely salary veterans don't make the roster.

Most of the big boys get roughly half of their deal guaranteed. If Wilfork is looking for $50M+ ($8M+ per over 6) the Krafts could be reluctant to commit to that knowing that year 3 of his deal (or less than half way) he could be locked out... There are some guys you will commit to doing that for (like a franchise QB who's already a HOF lock). Can't do it for all of 'em.

I have a feeling that there are multiple philosophical differences underlying not getting the Wilfork extension done involving cap, cash and value...

mgteich

I don't think Gostkowski is an easy extension.

ctpatsfan77

What makes you say that? I don't see anything suggesting it'll be difficult, either.

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spacecrime

How do all the long-time Kaczur detractors feel about this?

What happens when they extend Maroney next year? Lots of weeping and gnashing of teeth, I'll bet.

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