Once AGAIN, Ron Borges shows us his "football intelligence is on par with that ... - New England Patriots Forums

CampPen33 · 08-25-2009, 01:25 AM

of a trash dumpster" =classic

Check out this nonsense.

***Deus Irae*** · 08-25-2009, 02:15 AM

The buyback is an interesting approach.

peterforpats · 08-25-2009, 06:05 AM

:disagreement::disagreement:what part of that article is nonsense? seems every other team IS making deals to lock in their players. I don't see the patriots doing it. that may be their plan, but eventually they will lose good (and great) players because of it. I also think it affects players on the field. they can see and their attitude is affected.

RayClay · 08-25-2009, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by peterforpats

:disagreement::disagreement:what part of that article is nonsense? seems every other team IS making deals to lock in their players. I don't see the patriots doing it. that may be their plan, but eventually they will lose good (and great) players because of it. I also think it affects players on the field. they can see and their attitude is affected.

The part where anyone thinks Borges is doing anything buy trying to stir up bitter contract impasses.

Sells scandal sheets, you know.

***DarrylS*** · 08-25-2009, 06:21 AM

Borges loves the role of resident contrarian.. ever since he was passed over by BB years ago, he is unable to let it go...he needs to move on, or stay stuck on BB vitriol.

CampPen33 · 08-25-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by peterforpats

:disagreement::disagreement:what part of that article is nonsense? seems every other team IS making deals to lock in their players. I don't see the patriots doing it. that may be their plan, but eventually they will lose good (and great) players because of it. I also think it affects players on the field. they can see and their attitude is affected.

Could someone who knows the forum really well (mods) find and bump that killer thread explaining why Kraft may look forward to an uncapped year? This may help shed some light on this situation to people who haven't a clue.

xmarkd400x · 08-25-2009, 08:08 AM

An uncapped year is overly friendly to the owners. Players remain RFAs longer (6 years instead of 3 or 4, I believe). Players can only get certain pay increases (30% year over year, I believe). Also, there is no minimum. Right now, no NFL team is allowed to be like the TB Rays.

The NFLPA's goal is to get as much money into as many NFL player's hands as possible. With an uncapped year, there will be a setback, because less players will make less money.

***Mike the Brit*** · 08-25-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by peterforpats

:disagreement::disagreement:what part of that article is nonsense? seems every other team IS making deals to lock in their players. I don't see the patriots doing it. that may be their plan, but eventually they will lose good (and great) players because of it. I also think it affects players on the field. they can see and their attitude is affected.

[Hi there, Ron!

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I got up this morning, took a leak, noticed that the sun had risen in the East and that Ron Borges was still bitter and twisted.

The idea that the Patriots are being inconsistent because they make a very team-friendly deal with Nick Kaczur (reduces immediate cap and doesn't carry significant downside risk) but are holding off on things that will cost serious money is just so obviously absurd not even a Herald reader could fail to notice.

Are you that desperate for ways to diss the Patriots, Ronnie? I mean, honestly, I could do a better job of being a buzzkill. Rip them for getting shafted on the Cassel trade, for shipping out Hobbs without being sure of what else they have in the cornerback cupboard, for assuming that they would be signing Jason Taylor. Any of that would at least have a little bit of plausibility. But this ...

Synovia · 08-25-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by peterforpats

:disagreement::disagreement:what part of that article is nonsense? seems every other team IS making deals to lock in their players. I don't see the patriots doing it. that may be their plan, but eventually they will lose good (and great) players because of it. I also think it affects players on the field. they can see and their attitude is affected.

Pretty much everyone on there is crap.

This, for example:

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Obviously the box didn’t get bigger, it got smaller, and so Wilfork sits and waits for a contract extension that likely isn’t coming.

Except that Kazcur's cap number just went down, so it DID make the box bigger.

***jmt57*** · 08-25-2009, 09:16 AM

It may be the NFL's preseason, but Borges is already in mid-season form. Second guessing Brady's return two days ago, and now pulling a page from his 2006 xeroxed archives by implying Kraft is cheap, the front office is incompetent, and the Pats are doomed because they treat their players so badly.

Perhaps the first line of the article should read "I am a contrarian" rather than "Life is a contradiction."