tombonneau

Hindsight is 20/20, but in this case so is Pats management's foresight. Amazing that they obv. saw this situation coming. Maybe not a Deion holdout & trade, but they clearly knew they might have troubles with a re-signing/extenstion thus went after Mason in the 05 offseason. (And they obv. knew they would not attempt to re-sign Givens bc his market value would be well above their's.)

Damn shame they missed on out Mason too, as this WR would be in much much better shame with him in a uni.

Kdo5

[QUOTE=tombonneau]Hindsight is 20/20, but in this case so is Pats management's foresight. Amazing that they obv. saw this situation coming. Maybe not a Deion holdout & trade, but they clearly knew they might have troubles with a re-signing/extenstion thus went after Mason in the 05 offseason. (And they obv. knew they would not attempt to re-sign Givens bc his market value would be well above their's.)

Damn shame they missed on out Mason too, as this WR would be in much much better shame with him in a uniQUOTE]
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Why get Mason when you can have Chad Jackson

edzo44

The Patriots did not exactly "miss out" on Mason! Mason decided to go elsewhere at the prodding of someone else. (I seem to remember reading something about his wife not wanting him to come here because she had relatives in the area he ended up and that was the deciding factor in not taking the offer to play here.) Anybody else remember hearing that?

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jefmblrd

I remember reading that the time. They were talking about on EEI the other day and echoed the same story.

PatsChick87

Yes that's the way I remember it. Also worth mentioning is that they offered MORE MONEY than the Ravens, I'm sure this is hard for the "cheap camp" people to believe!

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patsox23

Just goes to show you that the conventional wisdom is wrong - Belichick is perfectly willing to spend big-time $$$ on FA's if he sees the value. Like Colvin, Mason was a very good bet and he went after him with a very strong offer. This bodes well for FA signings in the future.

Ichiro

I still haven't resovled this Derrick Mason issue in my mind two years later.

I can't believe he actually wanted to play for the Ravens (with Kyle Boller at the time) instead of Brady and the Pats for MORE money. Huh? Wanting to live in Baltimore instead of greater Boston? There is no comparison between the two. Baltimore is a city with some of the worst crime around. It just does't make any sense to me, and I've looked at every angle.

hwc

I heard that ****amamie "wife" story just like the rest of you. But, I don't believe it for as long as it would take me to scarf down a Maryland crab cake.

Folks, it's always about the money!

alamo

We've seen enough instances of players taking a bit less money because of other factors (such as location or team) that your statement is undeniably wrong. Money is usually the biggest factor but not the only one, depending on the person.

Why should it always be about the money for players when it's certainly not always about the money for people outside of sports? Lots of people live where they live and work where they work for reasons other than money, when they could probably do slightly better financially by making a change.

Miguel

Then why did Mason take less money to go to the Ravens???

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