pats1

That's a terrible analogy; Branch has played marginally better in Seattle in three seasons than Galloway has with the Pats.

Bobs My Uncle

If the Pats are gonna trade for someone I'd rather it be Roscoe Parrish so that they could have a bonafide punt returner.

pats1

The salary would be a stumbling block; currently his base salary (what the Pats would have to pay) for this season is almost $5M, which is around how much cap room the Pats have left. Trading Galloway in a companion deal would only clear $1.15M off the books.

EDIT: I forgot that portions of that salary have already been paid; Branch's salary the Pats would take on would be 11/17 of $5Mish, while the Galloway salary the Pats would clear would be 11/17 of $1.15M.

parthasas

You are right, I let my emotions get in the way, but it is understandable I guess

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pats1

Edelman's had some nice returns. In fact, Parrish is only averaging 6.1 yds/ return (on 12) this season, while Edelman is averaging over 10 (on 6).

BradyManny

Trades & contracts confuse me, so forgive me if this is way off - but couldn't we rip up his contract upon the trade and write a new one, like we did w/ Moss? Seattle has to pay the rest of his signing bonus his contract for this year can get re-written?

pats1

Yes, but you still need the cap room to initially absorb the contract before the renegotiation. Brady had to tweak his deal the night of the trade in 2007 in order to fit Moss' old contract under the cap.

It's the same situation as the Peppers deal in the offseason - the Pats would have needed to clear enough cap room to absorb Peppers' huge franchise tag hit ($15M?) before they could restructure. The only other option would have been the Panthers signing an extension first, but when they traded him the SB would have accelerated and hit them; the only way around that would have been to work a SB-less deal that wouldn't have any acceleration on the trade.

parthasas

Given that Morris might be out for some time, that Steven Jackson prospects seems very inviting

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robertweathers

From rotoworld regarding Branch

9/12/2006: Signed a six-year, $39 million contract. The deal includes $13 million guaranteed. 2009: $4.94 million, 2010: $5.47 million, 2011: $5.95 million, 2012: Free Agent. Cap charge: $$7,546,240 (2009).

Not sure how the $$ id spread out but it's fair to say there is no way on god's green earth that BB is paying Branch $5.47 next year and $5.95m in 2011.. Only way he comes is to renegotiate and we all know how much Branch loves the almighty dollar...I'm sure Chayut is chomping at the bit to have Branch make the vet minimum....

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bostonia3333

Before calling Branch old and decrepit(including myself), I just took a look at his profile and was shocked to see he's still only 30 years old. Galloway is 40! Looking at Branch's stats in Seattle, they haven't been horrible and to my surprise there hasn't been any dropoff in yards per catch(13.5-13.7ypc) and TD receptions. In fact his yards per catch increased in Seattle and his touchdowns were exactly 4 per year from 2006-2008. Not bad I think. These stats would dwarf anything Galloway would do for NE.