Cramden

Stated that if he were Asante he'd sign the tender. He said his situation last year wasn't comparable in that he was leaving only $1mil plus on the table if he held out and Asante would be leaving $7.7 mil. No WAY would he leave that money on the table and he figures neither will Asante.

Good interview. He's happy in Seattle but he still regrets things turned out the way they did with the Pats and he puts the blame on both sides.

Seymour93

He left a situation where he was the #1 WR for a HOF QB and a team that is competing for SB's every season. Now he's not the top dog and he's playing in the also-ran NFC West. I would be depressed if I were him.

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He Ban Me

At some point though, you have to let the organization know you're not going to be taken advantage of. That was lose-lose for both Pats and Branch.

Seymour93

I would enjoy being taken advantage of by the Patriots. Ohh well I guess everyone's different. Maybe that extra Ferrari and yacht is really worth it.

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Cramden

Without digging up the whole Branch debate I found it interesting perspective coming from one holdout speaking of another potential holdout. More evidence that Asante has no intention of leaving all of that money on the table and what he's doing is just some old fashioned Saber rattling.

fgssand

LOSE - LOSE

Player not happy.....

Old teammates not happy...

Old team front office not happy...

New team probably wishes they had their #1 back right about now...

Asante - take note.

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Seymour93

It's easy for Branch to talk now.

There's more demand for good CB's than WR's so the situation is a bit different.

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Cramden

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you but are you saying because Asante is a CB he's more apt to leave $7.7 mil on the table and holdout? If so I disagree.

If a trade doesn't happen the worst case scenario imho is that Asante signs the tender after the last pre-season game and plays all 19 games for the Pats next year.

mavfan2390

No...worst case scenario is he holds out until week 10 then comes back to accrue a season, and in process screwing the Pats. If the Pats try to franchise him again, they'll have to pay 20% more than the franchise tag this season. (I think it's 20 please correct me if I'm wrong).

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Cramden

Well you may be proven right but "IMHO" there is NO way a player leaves almost $500,000 per game on the table considering that's roughly equivalent to his annual yearly salary to date.