Yay or Nay: Free Agents

[pats1]

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
Burgess
Faulk
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

 

[bigcountry75]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract) (yes)
Burgess
Faulk (yes)
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork (yes)

Gostkowski (RFA) (yes)
Mankins (RFA) (yes)
Woods (RFA)

Everyone else is a NO

 

[TriplecHamp]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
Burgess
Faulk
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

The Bolded are the only ones I want to see and expect to see back, maybe Burgess as well if the price is right.

 

[NEfan32]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden
Faulk
Wilfork
Mankins
Gostkowski

Watson maybe but I prefer Tony Scheffler

 

[zipster9]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
Burgess
Faulk
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

costly-realistically? no.
no.
yes. but he may retire.
yes. but a backup.
no. there are many high-school punters we can sign.
no.
no.
no.
yes.

 

[fumbrunner]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract) - re-sign!!
Burgess -re-sign if he comes cheap enough, otherwise let him go.
Faulk - re-sgin
Green - same as Burgess
Hanson -meh
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement) - will probably retire
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option) - shadow roster
Watson - who else is out there for TEs?
Wilfork - LONG TERM DEAL PLEASE!

Gostkowski (RFA) - re-sign
Mankins (RFA) - re-sign the probowler.
Woods (RFA) - meh

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[Rob0729]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden - Yay as long as he doesn't ask for too much
Burgess - Yay, if he takes a value deal and a limited role. He was pretty decent towards the end
Faulk - Yay, will finish his career here.
Green - Nay
Hanson - Nay
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement) - Nay, will retire
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option) - Nay, will retire
Watson - Nay, he will draw interest elsewhere
Wilfork - Yay, will be franchised and if he doesn't get crazy with his demands, a long term deal.

Gostkowski (RFA) - Yay
Mankins (RFA) - Yay
Woods (RFA) - Yay

 

[ATippett56]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
Burgess
Faulk
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

Bodden - Yes
Burgess - Wrong side of 30
Faulk - Of Course
Green - Wrong side of 30
Hanson - Wrong side of 30
Watson - Only at a discount to the market
Wilfork - Best player on the Patriots defense

 

[jays52]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

boddenby any means necessary
burgess vet min? Yes. If not? No.
faulk yep
greennope
hansoni know a high school kid who's prolly better
nealif he doesn't retire, then yes
seau the man's served his time, let him surf
watson looks like tarzan, plays like jane. Have a nice day.
wilfork pay him now

gostkowski (rfa) best kicker in football, lock him up
mankins (rfa) i wouldn't go crazy to get it done. If he's up for a hometown discount then yeah. He peaked in 07.
woods (rfa) meh

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[A.C Vegas]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

one thing you all should remember there is not likely to be a cap next year and i am all for "buying" a championship

 

[TealSox]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract) - YES
Burgess - YES
Faulk - YES
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork - HELL YES

Gostkowski (RFA) - YES
Mankins (RFA) - YES
Woods (RFA)

-Wilfork and Mankins are cornerstones to this team and MUST be re-signed if the Pats intend to keep the status quo.

-Faulk has yet to show me that he can't contribute in every game. He should be kept to assist with the transition to the new offense scheme.

-Burgess is the veteran who could play the role of a leader on the defense, till someone wants to step up and put it on their shoulders. The play calling needs to work towards his strengths to allow him to get pressure on the QB.

 

[slash83]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

The only ones Im hoping for are Wilfork, Bodden, Faulk.

 

[pats1]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

-Wilfork and Mankins are cornerstones to this team and MUST be re-signed if the Pats intend to keep the status quo.

-Faulk has yet to show me that he can't contribute in every game. He should be kept to assist with the transition to the new offense scheme.

-Burgess is the veteran who could play the role of a leader on the defense, till someone wants to step up and put it on their shoulders. The play calling needs to work towards his strengths to allow him to get pressure on the QB.

It was; Burgess only played on passing downs and almost always was rushing. He didn't produce. I haven't heard anything about him being a team leader.

Kevin Faulk has been one of the most consistent and durable performers on this team.

 

[Barnsie]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

Bodden - yes, if price is ok
Burgess - yes, if price is ok
Faulk - yes
Green - no
Hanson - yes
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement) - no
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option) - no
Watson - no
Wilfork - yes

Gostkowski (RFA) - yes
Mankins (RFA) - yes
Woods (RFA) - no

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[mgteich]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

I would keep whoever might be valuable. I certainly would not pay alot for Burgress and Green, but I would rather have them in camp than not.

The keys are to re-sign Wilfork and Bodden.

We will tender all the RFA's.

yes- Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
yes -Burgess
yes- Faulk
yes- Green
no- Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
yes- Watson
100% give him what he wants - Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

 

[TriplecHamp]

Re: Yay or Nay, Free Agents

one thing you all should remember there is not likely to be a cap next year and i am all for "buying" a championship

And Yankee fans are blasted for it

 

[SeymourTrophies]

I don't think we'll have Watson, but I think he has done well for us, despite the fact he isn't used well in the passing game.

Wilfork, to me (yes, I realize I'm not BB, I don't pretend to be), could be turned into two solid players on the defense via trade. We need to fix the defense, and gambling on trading Wilfork could be one way it happens.

All the others I agree with. No one is excited about bringing back Green or Burgess, but I would welcome them back at the right price, which is not 5 mil a piece, btw.

 

[chevss454]

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
Burgess
Faulk
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

We need some tough players with a will to win. We need football players with guts and heart. Losing Rodney and Bruschi hurt this team far more than just losing their play on the field.

 

[HEY BRO! WHAT UP?]

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract)
Burgess
Faulk
Green
Hanson
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson
Wilfork

Gostkowski (RFA)
Mankins (RFA)
Woods (RFA)

Keep Bodden unless there is a better option available, keep Wilfork (even though I think he is overrated but there isn't anybody else), Gost and Mankins will be easy to retain. Faulk is Mr.Clutch, but it's time to go into a different direction. I'm sure Watson wouldn't want to re-sign if given the chance. If I was a TE, I'd be bored to death playing in their offense. Everybody else not highlighted can take a hike

 

[gpds69]

Bodden (cannot be franchised per his contract) -YES
Burgess- NO
Faulk-Yes
Green -NO
Hanson- NO
Neal (has stated he will consider retirement)
Seau (likely not an early-season 2010 option)
Watson- NO
Wilfork- NO....lets get faster on D, and to costly.

Gostkowski (RFA)- YES
Mankins (RFA)- Yes
Woods (RFA)

WE need to get faster and younger on D. Wilfork is top 3, but will cost way to much, and signing him will cost us down the road with other FAs.