SCPatBoy

With our silence in FA so far i wonder if we are quietly working on a trade for a high profile player?

PatsWickedPissah

No. Next question, please.

oldrover

Yeah, I hear we're THIS close to landing Terrell Owens, John Abraham and Ty Law.

Phokus

After our DB struggles, i wouldn't mind ty law coming back

Feep_FLA

Big high-profile trade? No! Next question......

Bill's Girl

Come on, the real reason BB and SP have been so quiet is because they are working on thier Jive and Tango skills for the next season of Dancing with the Stars!

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hwc

I hear we are working out the details of a trade for Dante Culpepper. It's obvious, isn't it? I mean if the Pats weren't trading for Culpepper, they would have been making telling us what big name free agents they are signing.

shirtsleeve

Yeah, and Edge is all but a done deal! Oh, and Drew Breeze is gonna be TB's back-up!

There are obviously a bunch of star gazers all worked up this year. Perhaps this is profiling, but it usually seems to me that the under 25 crowd is generally infatuated with big names and big star status. Not just in football either. Perhaps its because this generation is plugged in to the many various media sources unlike any generation before. Thus, they are accustomed to, no expectant of, the total media hype surrounding thier lives. Sad, really.

But that is not how the Patriots do things. No player is bigger than the team. Period. All players are value graded, with the emphasis being on obtaining maximum value for the dollar. This enables the team to stretch its dollars among many very good players and very few "superstars". Thus the whole team is stronger and more competitive.

If you don't like that approach, start watching the Redskins. You will love it there.

Willie55

The reason they're so quiet is they are in Israel with Kraft and Tom. They forgot free agency started.

Relax. They are always quiet at first.

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holyredeemer

scpatboy, I can see what you're saying and it's a possbility, hell everything is a possibility. Funny though how everyone that responded to your post has to act like a pompous I KNOW EVERYTHING PATRIOTS jerk. Nobody knows the Patriots method you guys, if they did, they would not only copy it but it would also make the pats predictable. The pats have certain tendencies, but those are made to be broken. If the pats are working on a high profile trade then good for them.
I'm sure they wouldn't do it if it was bad for the company. So, please get off your high horses and disband the whole (Patriots don't sign stars) mentality. It makes you sound stupid. If the team is going to be better, then BB is going to do it.