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Veteran Starter w/Big Long Term Deal
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ne insider said:1. Early on we called every team we thought might be interested and all of them basically told us no deal wanted except for kc. At no time did we ever make a demand for a specific draft pick or a player be involved. That is bad business since you pigeon hole yourself and your trading partner. The best trades are those that work for both teams perceived benefit.
2. We were so tight up against the cap we needed to create room quickly to sign fred taylor and baker who were our prime targets in early fa. They fit what we wanted perfectly. We feel we are set at rb now and baker is the type of combo tight end we like. Above average blocker and a good receiver which makes him a 3 down te.
3. We called all the teams again several days before the fa period began and except for kc we had no interest. Our feeling was they were trying to play hardball because we were against the cap and if not for kc they were correct but we were doing the trade asap.
4. Vrabel will always be revered as long as i am involved in football but we needed to clear the cap. There was no desire to cut mike but his play had slipped and with bruschi, guyton, mayo he was not going inside. Kc stepped up and took him on friday for the proverbial pick to be named later which was really cap space or cash to us. Great move for kc since he will help them and a better move for us since we freed up the money to immediately sign taylor and baker. It was a win-win and was really separate from the cassel trade but was done with a belief the cassel trade would follow. Mike knew what was going on every second and was imho not upset at all because in essence mike will be the 3-4 coach on the field for kc which is what he has always wanted to be. The paperwork was at the nfl on friday signed and agreed to since mike passed his physical it was finalized. When cassel was traded we tidied up the pick to be named later by linking it to the #2 on saturday. There never was going to be a pick later. Kc did us a big favor here. Reese did an amazing job with bill during this entire process and has already eased the loss of someone as important as scott.
5. The cassel trade was agreed to later in the day but unlike other teams we wanted to tell matt and scott wanted to talk with thigpen. The paperwork reached the nfl mid saturday. When schefter announced this our phone started ringing off the hook. By the way shefter knew before paperwork got to nfl but kept his word and did not announce it. Detroit, denver (don't really understand that one), bucs, vikes, and several others wanted in. We could have just shafted kc and pulled trade back but we were never really offered a better deal than detroit's #33 and we would not shaft another team we already had a deal in place with.
6. We were never offered a first by anyone.
7. We received calls every minute on the minute it seems from espn and they were not hung up on but they get nothing from us. Shefter somehow knew before we let it out, he is good, and i believe he was asked to wait til we had told all parties involved and he was a man of his word which is why he has access to us.
8. Mortenson is a liar. We would never tell anyone about a failed trade. It is bad business and unethical and why would we want to make ourselves look bad?? That should have been a red flag for everyone. Espn has no access to anything patriots unless a player talks with them and most have little use for them. Worst yet the information was wrong about the late offer from denver which was a #2 and a conditional pick next year if i remember right. Bad trade for us since a #2 pick in the upcoming draft is priceless at the top. A lot of teams want to drop into the second round this year.
9. Some of the above info i was privy to and some is heresay and from talks with someone involved so take it for what it is worth.
I find it laughable that anyone would believe bill would do anything to harm our football team but then we are taking about espn and the espn mindset of news without credibility are we not?????
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