Grizzafted

I read that the Broncos are likely going to release Al Wilson for cap reasons if they can't seal a trade with him.

So, he failed the physical in New York, and I doubt anyone's going to give up the draft picks that Denver would want for him after that. So, the next question is, would we shoot at trying to sign him to a contract with a lot of incentives? Can a neck sprain really end a player's career?

Elway

It's kind of strange when Denver has one of the best neck specialists in the world (Dr. Robert Watkins) who clears him to play and he flunks a physical in New York.

zippo59

If Wilson is not healthy enough to pass a physical what makes you think he will be healthy enough to play.

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zippo59

Maybe he flunked for another reason.

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Pats726

We'll see..if the injury is that serious..maybe NOT..

TealSox

Lets put it this way....

Do you want to rely on the draft to get the Pats 2007 MLB and hope that he picks up the defense in short time?

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Do you think the Pats should stick with what they got at the MLB position with fingers crossed?

OR

Do the Pats need a quality veteran at the MLB position like Seau or Wilson? And would you rather have Seau coming back from a broken arm or Wilson with an injuried neck that he played with most of last season?

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Sign a vet. Draft a youngster late and mentor him to the position. Done.

mgteich

With your logic we should sign Ted Johnson. The issue is whether he healthy or not. If not, we shouldn't sign him just because he's a veteran.

And yes, I agree that we should sign a veteran or two. My choices have two of Hartwell, Seau and Gardner. However, it is not clear that any of them are healthy enough to count on in 2007.

italia44

nah.......Wison has also lost a connsonent(L)

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groundgame

Broncos would make the Patriots pay the highest price of all, to acquire Wilson, if the Pats were interested.

Grizzafted

The point is that they're probably going to release him. We could sign him for whatever we wanted at that point and not owe Denver anything.

I just don't know much about the injury itself. Obviously it's severe enough that New York, in all it's hurt-for-linebackers glory, didn't want to take the chance. But for me the question is whether the cost had something to do with it, i.e. the risk of the injury wasn't worth losing the draft picks or paying him his current contract.

If Denver releases him we'd be free to try to sign him on any terms, without owing Denver anything. I think that's right, no?

I would think it's appealing to him to continue playing for a contender, and if there's a chance that he could be back to form by mid-season, why not try to bag him to a one or two year contract, something like we worked out for Stallworth? And you can't compare him to Ted Johnson, Wilson is only 29, and multiple concussions is a different injury issue than a neck sprain. Even if we do pick up a young MLB in the 1st round this year, it would be nice to have a backup, and I think Al Wilson with a neck sprain is better than Junior Seau coming off that arm injury.