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what if BB is thinking of changing to a 4-3? and therefore does not need an expensive nose taclke like wilfork, and will settle instead with lesser priced DT's?
wut if he also gets rid of seymour, and we lose both these guys, and then Brace and Warren are the only 2 ppl left, and they play the 4-3, and we add a quick DE with another DT?
you never can know wut bb is thinking, but maybe, just myabe, BB's solution to the pass rusher problem is going to a 4-3 with more pressure directly from the DL, much like the giants, and hence leaving space for 3 LB's Mayo, and AD with whomever else shines (if u recall, he only drafted one LB this year).....
wut if this season he used the time to complete the backfield, and now he'll focus on the front 7?
it would be very interesting to say the least
If it comes down to Seymour or Wilfork, I'd rather see us keep Seymour personally. Nose tackles may be harder to find overall, but Seymour is a rarer talent (there isn't another 3-4 DE in the league who can do what he does) and a three-down player.
Franchising Seymour would cost a ton of money obviously, do you really think it's possible that we'd give him almost 20 million guaranteed--just for one yr?
What would the figure be, approx.?
You guys are so daft. Belichick won't let them walk. he's already proved that.
Belichick constructed this DL, as a key priority in building his Championship teams. Seymour won't even turn thirty until mid season. He already gets Haynesworth money; or more appropriately Hayneworth gets Seymour money, since Seymour has been getting that for 4 years. A small pay raise of a million a year keeps him for his career. Wilfork will be signed for $7 million a year long term. Supposedly, Tough but doable as that is only a $3.5 to 4 million kicker on what he makes now. So the Pats can keep BOTH for a $5 million more a year. Tedy's retirememt will provide more than half that sum. Its a piece of cake.
Signing Mankins may not be necessary yet. That leaves Bodden, Woods and Neal. Finding money for them doesn't seem outrageous either.
And the rest of that could come from Green coming off the books. I like the guy, but if he's the piece that has to go to keep Seymour and/or Wilfork here, then so be it.