Tunescribe

I think at this point a No. 1 from anybody, including "something else" (mid-round pick, player), would be acceptable just to get out from under this fiasco. What a bummer it has come to this, especially if he goes to Seattle, a team I like. Then I'd have to root against them.

Dragda

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I'm going to have to disagree with you. Too much bad blood now. It would have been close to keeping Bledsoe around to back up Brady another year.

MrBigglesWorth

Let's not give up now people. I realize alot of people are angry, but I'd rather have him back for two reasons:

1. I'd want him for games 11-16 if he potentially did sit out till game 10, which would be foolish on his accounts. And I'd want him in the playoffs where you really need him.

2. You can franchise him next year. No one is going to pay two 1st rounders and if they do I'm sure the Pats will happily accept. We saw when Curtis Martin left the damage done. He had quite a career AS A JET.
What's he going to do next year? Sit out till game ten again and lose all those pay checks which will be substantially higher?

We just have the wait for the tantrum to be over with the agent and player and once they realize they can't win they will come to their senses.

The money looks about the same around 5.5-6 mill. It's all about the guaranteed money which we do not know.

zippo59

I really hope the Pats get another receiver out of this, even if not necessarily from the Seahawks (i.e. they take the picks they get a trade for a good solid WR)

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I don't see Branch returning to the Patriots. I think the situation has deteriorated past the point of no return; as they said on NFL Live, "It's getting ugly, folks".

I was one of the ones who figured this would work itself out and Branch would be back by week 1, but it's gone too far. I think the team resigned itself to getting the best deal it could for him when it gave him permission to seek a trade. I think they'll take the best deal on the table and that will be that. I hope Tomase's report that Seattle is willing to give their #1 is true, but I also hope we can somehow get a decent WR who can help us this year. If Seattle were to throw in Engram, even if we gave back a mid-round pick next year, I'd jump on that in a New York minute.

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CrazyDave

That'd work for me as well.

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PromisedLand

I disagree. It's time to cut our losses. A 31st overall pick in 2007 is better than a disgruntled WR with whom the relationship has turned ugly. See Glenn, Terry, 2001.

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zippo59

They can add into the deal that if their 1st round pick ends up being bellow a certain level the Seahawks have to throw in another pre-decided pick.

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PromisedLand

I just looked up Engram on nflpa.org. He's in his last contract year for $1.4M, just a bit more than Branch's cap number this year. Perfect. It works for both teams.

Branch plus our 07 #4 for Engram and Seattle's 07 #1.

edit: here's the link to nflpa.org:

http://www.nflpa.org/Resources/Activ....aspx?id=23876

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Tunescribe

What makes you think after all this that BB would even activate him if he comes back after week 10? If he doesn't sign with us before start of the regular season he's done. The mitigating factor in all this is the fact that he's already under contract.