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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I love Vince but it's unfortunately not up to him.
The guy obviously deserved a long-term contract 1-2 years ago, but the team missed the boat when he could have been cheaper, and now is afraid to give him a deal with the labor uncertainty.
The guy is going to get franchised, and he'll probably hold out of training camp, but I think we'll see him on the field for week 1.
It's a sad state of affairs for a team that ought to be making its best players happy at this point in time, but they got on this road a while ago and it doesn't seem like there are any detours left.
I'm sure we'll franchise him if we don't sign him. The point is that he's not going to be happy about it. The Pats already got an extra year out of him on his rookie contract. 6YRS. They shouldn't be screwing with this guy. How's he going to help lead the team back if he's not happy with his situation?
Wilfork sadly was not mediocre enough to get a contract, ask Sanders and Kazcur what you need to do to stay.
Sadly the Pats tend to run in place these days. Draft picks are no longer about improving the team but rather replacing the people that leave.
Wilfork sadly was not mediocre enough to get a contract, ask Sanders and Kazcur what you need to do to stay.
Thats why its hard to get excited about meriweather, since he probably has 2 years left as a Patriot.
Whatever... Eventually the pats have to realize you need to sign some of your young stars.
Because wilhite and brace are no samual and wilfork.
Doesn't sound like the Pats have made a push to sign him. He said he would like a long-term contract not a franchise. Tone of voice makes it sound as if he played his last game for our boys.
He can get what he wants but he has to be Franchised first before some other team trades for him and gives him the long term contract."I want a long term contract or I want to be free."
Fair play to him.
I've agreed with nearly every move BB has made with regards to letting high priced free agents go, whether it be trading them, cutting them, or letting them walk. I supported the Seymour and Branch trades, thought Ty Law wanted too many years, thought Milloy was over the hill, and thought Asante wasn't worth what the Eagles gave him. But letting Vince walk I cannot accept.
He is a premier NT, a team leader, and has done all the right things. For the first time, I don't think players would simply shrug off letting a player go as "The Patriot Way". I think trading Vince, letting him walk, or even franchising him could have a negative impact throughout the locker room. Unless he is asking for an astronomical contract with too many years, the Pats have to pony up and re-sign Vince.
I'm sure we'll franchise him if we don't sign him. The point is that he's not going to be happy about it. The Pats already got an extra year out of him on his rookie contract. 6YRS. They shouldn't be screwing with this guy. How's he going to help lead the team back if he's not happy with his situation?
This also won't help with bringing in potential free agents, seeing as how they treat their players when it comes to contract negotiations. Wilfork is definitely worth signing long term.
I agree. This guy has done everything that the Patriots have asked from him and he has performed on the field and he needs to be rewarded for it. He is the only player in his class drafted in the first round that was still playing under his rookie contract this season. He is a team leader, does anything the team asks from him and plays the game as hard as anyone on the Patriots. It would be BB's worst move as a Patriot if he lets Vince walk.
No player is happy to be franchised. I disagree with your assessment of him being unhappy and will affect his production. It didn't hurt Asante Samuel. If he is franchised, he is in another contract year. He has incentive to play well and hope the Pats will either give him a long term deal or franchise and trade him. He plays like crap and his value especially in a franchise could cost him millions.
I didn't say he wouldn't produce. I said he'd be "unhappy." He said that himself in the interview. You interpreted his not producing from that somehow. I asked how they expect him to lead others. When he's not happy with his own situation. You need cornerstones on a great team. He's good enough to be one.