patsox23

for now. Hopefully we'll bring him back into the fold. Hate to see this, though. Yuck.

http://www.boston.com/sports/footbal...ginest?mode=PF

italian pat patriot

i agree. let's really hope to bring him back...

anyway: thks Willie !!!

smg93

He'd be nice to have back. It looks like it comes down to money again but at 34 years old, I wonder if the fact that he's played here his whole career and is comfortable with the system he's in will help play a bigger part on his decision to stay or go versus a younger free agent like Givens for example. I'm sure a reasonable deal will be offered by the PATS. Let's hope it's good enough.

Mike the Brit

You expect bad news, but when it comes it's still bad news!

I need a rant, so here it is:

I HATE stupid contracts with stupid, stupid inflated ridiculous numbers at the end of them. For a supposedly smart franchise, they are DUMB, DUMB, DUMB. You have uncertainty and bitterness and have to end up cutting the guy anyway and don't even get a compensation pick when he goes and signs with a division rival -- as is his perfect right and I have absolutely no problem with him for doing.

OK, rant over. Happy Thursday, everybody.

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smg93

I hope I don't get you into another "rant" mode with this question , but why is this practice done anyway? Is it more for a player/agent to "boast" that he got a lot of money from the team? It mystifies me too that this practice continues.

Happy Thursday to you too!

DarrylS

The only person reporting this so far this AM is Borges, have not seen it anyplace else except there and on the message boards. If you read the article it is based on second hand information, not saying it is wrong, maybe just don't want to believe it.

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BionicPatriot

I don't think this is to serious yet. Not just yet. I think we're going to see a situation similar to Troy Brown last year.

Fingers crossed everyone!

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NEPatriot

The team that worries me the most is SD. He's from Long Beach, lives in LA, and they've got the cap room to overspend. Let's hope he's back, although at a more reasonable price.

dhamz

Without that last year added to spread out cap hits, Willie would have had to have been cut long before this year. There is no bitterness. Willie himself last week called it a ghost year that he always knew would never get paid.

The reason it is always such a ridiculous # is because if it wasn't, the team might suddenly enforce the ghost year that the player didn't want. If Willie was only going to make 2 million per the last year, the Pats keep him and his gesture of extending the deal for the sole purpose of giving the team cap relief has now cost him a year of free agency and a chance for a signing bonus. So they make the number prohibitive and the player is covered.

stinkypete

I haven't seen this anywhere else; ESPN, profootballtalk, patriots.com, only Borges seems to be reporting this.