Box_O_Rocks

Sigh, which game tape shows Asante as the #1 CB? I agree he is improving in terms of his big play ability, but he is more likely to give up the big play than Hobbs. I hope to see him re-signed, not only because he is an improving player, but also because he understands the defense and that has been a four year process for him.

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edgecy

It is what it is and what it is is that Samuel won't be here after this season. You can take that to the bank.

ATippett56

You beat me to the punch!

ATippett56

Meanwhile, Deion Branch was a Super Bowl MVP and Tom Brady's favorite wide receiver.

ATippett56

Personally, if the Buffalo Bills do not franchise Nate Clements, I would rather acquire Clements than re-sign Samuel if the contracts are somewhat similar.

VJCPatriot

Defense wins superbowls. Not necessarily Deion branch.

I'd like to see Samuel signed. He has stepped up big time. This defense needs playmakers.

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Miguel

The Bills can not franchise Clements. They gave up that right as part of their agreement with Clements this year.

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MoLewisrocks

He had no choice but to after the way he played for most of 2005. Even Rosenhaus would have been hard pressed to get him anything more than an incentive and option laden deal with little bonus money. So they rolled the dice with an eye toward 2007.

Asante is a ballhawk. That's fine when you can make the pick. Until this season he struggled with his hands. And the QB's he has amassed his 6 picks against in just 3 games are not exactly the creme de la creme of the league even when they aren't struggling (Culpepper (2), Losman (1), Grossman (3)). When this front 7 doesn't mount an exceptional pass rush, or we face elite tandems, Asante is often still lost in the shuffle. Early on in Sunday's game he gave up a 47 yard completion to the NE 7. When the game was still scoreless and our offense was scuffling to sustain a drive. He was in position to break up the pass, but he played for the INT and missed. Luckily for him Grossman fumbled a botched handoff on 3rd and 5 and Seymour recovered it. Otherwise we might have been down 3 or even 7 and the entire tenor of the game could have changed dramatically. And the talking heads who saw this marquee game might not be touting a member of this heretofor much maligned secondary quite so loudly.

I hope he stays, but I doubt he will. I think he likes us and all, but he wants his biggest possibly payday more. It's a free country and he's well within his rights, but coming off a season in which his value plummeted and heading into a contract season, he chose not to participate in the off season program here this spring because his wife was expecting their second child. We do have some pretty nice hospitals in the greater Boston area. I think if he gets a big offer from a team closer to home and hearth he is gone. I think BB would be winning to give him a pretty nice deal with lots of incentives, but it will be the guaranteed money than makes his decision.

5 Rings for Brady!!

Well, I've been calling him an inconsistent #2 for a long time, amid some protests. When I say he looks like an established #1, I mean in very recent history, which is why I emphasized that he has improved and also needs to keep up the level of play. In other words I am personally not all that sold on the fact that he will maintain a high level of play until I see it through the playoffs. Perhaps I should have emphasized that point but then somebody would accuse me of busting on him. That's how it goes around here.

Maybe it sounds like I'm giving him too much credit for a good game, but I certainly don't mean to imply that I see him as a shut down corner or pro bowl player. Just serviceable, if you will. In our system, we don't often seem to have shut down corners, except for the Ty Law years. And perhaps Hobbs will fill that role, size limitations and all. He is a gamer.

I have always said that Asante will likely be gone in free agency for greener pay days, and I don't feel any differently about that.

SoonerPatriot

I'd like to see him return, however let some other team throw a mountain of money at him and then find out he's basically a glorified nickle back.

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