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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.Okay, I was exaggerating on the second point but no, I totally agree with the OP that the Pats need a major disruptor on defense--the kind of player that's been missing since perhaps Willie McGinest. The bend don't break 2 gap defense is getting us nowhere. We needed players on D this year, but chose yet again to bring in a bunch of bodies instead. I am just so tired of not seeing a guy that scares opposing teams have to always account for.
Impossible to be halfway facetious? I don't think so ace.
I'm very happy Peppers is not here. He wouldn't have fit in.
On top of that, he may grind your gears this year, but next year he'll grind it a little less and in 3 years he will be washed up.
In three years, who we have on defense will be just entering the prime of their careers.
The Pats just signed Brady to the richest extension on a per year basis ever. They also made Wilfork the highest paid NT ever. The Pats are not cheap. They manage their money smartly and pay for guys they feel they really need. I heard that the Pats front office was making offers for Peppers. It's just that the Bears paid out the most. You just can't win the big free agent every time although that would be nice. You can't spend like the Yankees do because football actually has a salary cap.
Really? I forget the exact number, but the Patriots are right up there in total payroll over the last few years. If you want cheap, go support the Bucs.
The Patriots don't pay over market value for certain players. They make up for it by having higher paid guys at the end of the roster.
I'm very happy Peppers is not here. He wouldn't have fit in.
On top of that, he may grind your gears this year, but next year he'll grind it a little less and in 3 years he will be washed up.
In three years, who we have on defense will be just entering the prime of their careers.
Adalius Thomas is a big example of why a big free agent signing does not always lead to a great deal,even though it looks great on paper.
I always wondered if SF who was closest to NE in obtaining Thomas would have been a better fit for him.
The Pats just signed Brady to the richest extension on a per year basis ever. They also made Wilfork the highest paid NT ever. The Pats are not cheap. They manage their money smartly and pay for guys they feel they really need. I heard that the Pats front office was making offers for Peppers. It's just that the Bears paid out the most. You just can't win the big free agent every time although that would be nice. You can't spend like the Yankees do because football actually has a salary cap.
I never said anything about the Pats being cheap. And I am fully aware that we are not the Yankees of the NFL. However, what grinds my gears is that the Pats constantly want free agents to come in on THEIR terms. So basically what ends up happening is we are only able to sign guys in love with the Pats philosophy or players which are perceived as washed up. Sometimes it's okay to overpay for a star althlete, look at the money we wasted on Adalius Thomas or the money Mankins is refusing to take. What gets me really hot is the arrogance with which this team approaches free agents who have not played for them.
When your team is seriously lacking talent at OLB/DE, the staple of the defense, and a superstar becomes available you have to jump all over it, and not bicker about a few more million being left on the table.
You know what I may be wrong, but team has nothing at OLB even TBC is a situation pass rusher at best. This lack of talent at OLB will bit us in the @ss all season long, and it did not have to be this way. Sometimes we just need a great superstar instead of 5 average players.
because the defenders they currently have fit so well together?
You know, you kind of contradict your own point by bringing up the money "wasted" on Adalius Thomas. He was the Julius Peppers of that free agency crop...
I was being halfway facetious, but why should it annoy you personally? Are you Jonathan Kraft?
Anyway, you could take away any 3 players on the Pats' defense besides Vince, use an 8 man defense with Peppers and it would be better than our current defense.
Have a little PATIENCE.