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When you have a guy who has made what Cassel has in his career and he can lock in nearly 15m for 1 year, he's going to do it and do it quickly.
Fair enough, that's a good answer. But what he gains in security he loses in flexibility and autonomy. Unless, as others have speculated, a deal has already been worked out in principle.
This sucks. Now the Patriots can not sign anyone of much value in free agency. 14 million is more then Brady ever made in one year. I thought the Patriots were team first.Cassel is not worth 14 million.
Actually, it gives him more flexibility as it is only for 2009. If he is traded to another team, he pretty much has to agree to the trade by signing a long term contract. Otherwise the new team is trading to rent a player for one year who will then hit the open market as an UFA unless they chose to franchise him at a 20% raise over $14.5 million or $17.4 million for 2010.
As one of the posters noted, if he gets traded, he'll probably get a large signing bonus and a long term contract that will make him more money than the tender that he just signed.
Don't teams now need to give up TWO 1st round picks to get him now?
If that's increasing his flexibility I'm missing something.
This sucks. Now the Patriots can not sign anyone of much value in free agency. 14 million is more then Brady ever made in one year. I thought the Patriots were team first.Cassel is not worth 14 million.
That depends on Brady's health.The Patriots have to move Brady or Cassel. How could they have almost 30 million on 2 players? Brady is due a 3 million dollar signing bonus Feb 27th and 5 million for the year.If they traded Brady they would save 8 million on the cap. They can not trade Brady because he wouldnt pass a physical. So there defensive help will come from the draft or not at all unless Cassel is traded.
I hope this doesnt back fire on them. The patriots need defense more then they need Cassel.
This draft has a lot of talent in it. Why are some fans worried about signing free agents? The team can use some secondary help which seems to be there in this years first round and defensive help in general down the line. But next years team is pretty solid already especially on offense.
I like how this is playing out ... we will end up having at least 4 picks in the first three rounds for the next 3 years if we trade Cassel. Even if we don't trade him this year he's $$$ in the bank for future drafts and we already have 4 picks in the first 3 rounds this year. There is no emergency to move Cassel IMO.
They can trade him for lesser compensation. Trading him to the NFC for, say, a fifth round pick is better than getting a third round comp pick and having the Jest sign him.Don't teams now need to give up TWO 1st round picks to get him now?
If that's increasing his flexibility I'm missing something.
That depends on Brady's health.
I trust the FO to do these things the right way.
i'll admit it i really didn't see that coming. to can someone get this straight for me please. now he has signed the tag. do teams have to give up 2 1sts for him for him to be traded? or can we still work out other deals? because if not then i think its going to be a little bit harder to get a trade now
They can trade him for lesser compensation. Trading him to the NFC for, say, a fifth round pick is better than getting a third round comp pick and having the Jest sign him.
How about some of the the sooks in this thread trust that the adminstrative brains trust have a plan, have had one for a while and will be working to do what is best for the Patriots.
This is a strategic move by the Patriots, of which the outcome will be demonstrated in the coming months.