SamBam39

watched the weasel's press conference last night.
sickened me.

after all this crying about wanting to be paid big for his big talents, as soon as
he gets his money what does he say to seattle fans?

'I hope ya'll aren't expecting me to come in here and be all that, I'm just a piece of the puzzle'

what a slimy loser.

he's immediately trying to lower expectations and remove pressure off of himself. he wants the dough for being great, but not the spotlight.

typical classless, ignorant jock.

he is soooo not the high character person we oncve thought he was. he's a selfish little weasel who'll say anything to make himself happy.

sorry loser - there ARE big expectations on you now, you idiot.

Brownfan80

I thought that part of the PC was strange as well. It's like.. Uh, Branch, we're paying you to be more than a piece of the puzzle, right?

SamBam39

I think after signing the deal he started to realize what he's gotten himself into. he's being paid like reggie wayne and the team traded a 1st rounder for him - he better produce and produce big - there's gonna be a lot fo pressure and he'[s never even had 1000 yards - I think he's getting real nervous thinking about how this is gonna go if he doesn't hang big numbers...

heh heh what a tool

richpats

That's the thing about his NE experience that will burn him in Seattle- here he was only supposed to be a part of the puzzle, in Seattle he is supposed to be the MAN.

He will be like Jay Cutler in a way. Seattle, like Denver, got really close to a SB title and there isn't much room for improvement besides winning the SB. So what happens if Seattle or Denver doesn't win with Branch/Cutler? They will be disappointments since they were acquired specifically to get their teams over the hump.

I like Hasselbeck but he's no Tom Brady and Branch will discover this very soon.

big mike

IMO, what's sickening is how quickly posters here go from singing the praises of a person while he's a Patriot, but as soon as he's on another team, he's suddenly a talentless, selfish hack. That is sickening.

As much as people complain about Peyton Manning, if he became a Patriot, you guys would suddenly be saying he's the best quarterback ever. And if Brady were traded away, you'd all of a sudden decide he's nothing special. Sickening.

DonBlackmon55

he'll be cut in 2 yrs. mark it down. Then he'll be a 29yr old washed up WR trying to latch on in Detroit or Cleveland. The way Seattle has $$ locked into their WRs, Walter Jones, Alexander, and their upcomers, there's no way they can afford it past 2007 season. Plus they have plethora of young defensive players who'll be up for renegotiation.

Holmgren is going for broke in 2006. He knows this is his last shot, so he could care less for a 2007 pick that may pan out by 2009

This is where SP/BB are brilliant to keep the Patriot juggernaut going for the next wave of talent.

SamBam39

wrong-o!

we didn't change our opinion of him when he went to another team.
we changed our opinion of him throughout this entire holdout. try to follow along, will ya?

and nobody ever said he was talentless, so again, you are completely wrong.

but that's ok, there's always a certain percentage of people like you.

DonBlackmon55

He received priase when he derved to. He is getting crucified now, deservedly so becasue He is a lying SOB, a classless b**** who refused to honor what he signed. Now that he got his bling, let him go find a cure for his son. If he tears his ACL, I wont be shedding any tears, I will just be

Other than that he is a good guy and was a SMALL piece of the 2 championships the TEAM brought us while he was here.

Keegs

Hey troll, they aren't bashing him cuz he isn't a pat anymore. It is becuase of how he acted and how he left. I consider this very similar to Adam V., both left like ********s.

It's not just the fact that they left. I'm on here everyday reading and i have NEVER seen anyone say Williie will play bad or call him talentless and selfish.

You need to read the posts better and shut your mouth until you actually get it.

I know i wouldn't say Peyton is the best ever. He is a choke. The pats would never get him. If they did, i would still think it is Montana and Brady.

but you probably just said that to stir things up... i hope so at least. Otherwise you are lost.

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Oswlek

I hate to be the bad guy, but Branch is a damn fine receiver. He also had shown nothing but humilty and graciousness until this contract dispute happened. He has legitimate family concerns as one of his twin boys is confined to a hospital.

NE obviously wanted him back because they were so conscientious about the manner in which they negotiated with Givens. Plus, they offered nearly as much compensation to Branch as he finally received from Seattle as their intitial offer. It is clear that they thought very highly of him and wanted him on the team. The one thing that they completely underestimated is Branch's issues with signing a 5 year deal, which has been the major sticking point of the "negotiations."

Branch is not all of a sudden a bad WR because he left the Patriots, nor is he a bad human being. I would wager 3 months income that nobody in Seattle will complain about him as a teammate either. So he left our favorite team. How does that make him so dispicable? I have seen several threads about how the players need to move on and focus on the Jets. Well, I think it's best if we follow our own advice.