Patspsycho

Boston to the Bayou - The Boston Globe

So when the Saints beat the Colts this coming Sunday, we'll have had a "hand" in that victory.

pherein

This is absolutely true, Payton has tried to emulate the Patriots from day one, and allot of our free agent signs were from the Patriots, because we knew they would be well disciplined. I dont think anyone but us realized that even with rookies and bad luck injuries the Patriots were in the playoffs again, this is something Payton wants to emulate. Thou most are looking at Brees trying to build his own career , most forget Payton is trying to do this also. He wants the Saints in the playoffs consistently.

woolster22

I hope to god they pull off the win. It would be nice to see Manning get beat on for 60 minutes too, not injured, but helped up off the turf by a lineman or 5 all game long would be nice.

RayClay

Hoping the Patriots will emulate the Patriots success in the future.

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pherein

I think your going to be surprised how well we do , and I know D.Sharper was not to happy about Peyton calling him Jamie.

Patspsycho

No way! No more kicking the scrap pile, no more signing senior citizens, and definitely no more of those underpaid contracts that leave players fuming and headed out of town.

Jangles

wait

what?

NENGFAN

In the interview at the Pro-Bowl Manning was talking about the Saints defense and called D. Sharper as "Jamie"....I believe he has a brother called Jamie but still - quite an insult!

upstater1

About those contracts, the grass is not always greener.

The money offered to Branch was not all that much lower than what he got, but when you look at players like Givens, Ty Law, and Branch and compare them to Bruschi, you realize that taking less to stay with the Patriots could mean you end up making more. Givens and Branch got the up front signing bonuses they wanted but if they had taken a little less, they might be looking at big second contracts instead of getting released from their first contracts. Ty Law never made back the money he rejected from the Patriots.

It may work out for Asante but the fact is, a guy like Bruschi took less and played for 14 or 15 years, and he was NEVER cut and forced to play for the veteran minimum, like almost every other old veteran, even the ex-Pro Bowlers. Over the span of his career, he made more than a guy like Takeo Spikes who came in at around the same time and supposedly cashed out in Buffalo, only to be cut from them and to sign for minimal dollars elsewhere, not to mention the fact that Bruschi never doled out a 5-10% commission to an agent because he knew he was taking less to stay with the Patriots so there was no reason to negotiate anything.

Disco Volante

Globe: Polian rebuilt NFL with Patriots in mind

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