Pats726

I wonder...it's quiet...Branch's agent hasn't said a peep in the last few days...Has he wised up?? Are they talking again..or are they just entrenched and waiting a next move....

desi-patsfan

Maybe Deion wised up and roped in his agent.

sarge

Perhaps he has seen how well his methods have gone over with the fans and decided it would be better for him and his client if he shut his mouth rather then come across like a whiney baby crying that his client would not be able to make ends meet on 6 mil a year.

arrellbee

Don't forget - it's all about re$pect.

MoLewisrocks

He's still talking but to Curren...and the rhetoric is racheted down a notch. Still no progress though...

"Jason Chayut , the agent for Branch, said yesterday he believes the Patriots will fine the wide receiver the maximum amount allowed by the league for players who fail to report. That's $14,000 per day. Chayut said he hasn't received a bill yet (that's not the way it works, apparently). Nor has there been any movement on a deal getting done. If the Pats are charging full freight, Branch is up to $56,000 in fines already. . . . "

5 Rings for Brady!!

Don't worry, once Borges needs another article, he'll call up Chayut and stir up the bee's nest.

Even talking to Curran in details, such as speculating whether Deion is being fined or not, is probably more than needs be said. But it is one step better than slamming Bioli, for sure.

I still would like to believe that Branch will tell Chayut to 'cool it' if Branch realizes exactly what is being said in the newspapers. He should put Chayut under a muzzle, and hopefully he will realize that soon.

Pats726

I agree..ramping it down quickly MAY be the first step..but I still see the ball in Branch's court...he's under contract NOT reporting..until he reports..then if I were the Pats, I would NOT talk or forward anything...

fgssand

Please take all the Deion Branch articles, editorials, message board discussions, radio talk show material, ESPN and other TV media pieces and couple it with the free time on Deions hands and he has to be aware of all that is being said about him.

Deion could end this now, come out ahead (by signing what we offered) if he wanted too. The fact that he hasn't, baffles me.

What is he thinking and who is advising him? I really thought Deion was smarter than he is exhibiting through this.

5 Rings for Brady!!

Come to think of it, the fact that the Pats have not contacted Chayut about the daily fine is a good sign if you are willing to believe that the Pats would rather give Branch a chance to have a change of heart and meekly come back to camp on his own, BEFORE Bioli gets into the real ammo by way of the daily fine.

I wouldn't doubt that Bioli would overlook the fine if Branch simply gets his behind into camp.

The silence treatment from Bioli is no doubt due to the inappropriate things that Chayut said thru Borges.

There is an old salesman term about 'whoever talks first after the proposal is made will be the guy who gives in'. That appears to be Chayut. He is going to Curran and simply making up speculation about 'probably' being fined because he's got nothing else to say.

BelichickFan

Deion needs to get with the program or move on. I want him on the team but with the RB and TE we have, I would have no qualms with trading him. None.

With Jackson, Caldwell, Brown, the TE and the newfound depth at RB, I am ready to go. If we could trade cheap for a veteran WR who could be ready to go fully by midseason, all the better.

My first preference is to get Deion in but if not I bet there's a team out there who'd give up some good draft picks at this point and by this time next week I would move on that.