King misguided on this one

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I PUT NOTHING PAST THE PATRIOTS, BUT ... From Tim, of Dedham, Mass.: "What are the chances Adalius Thomas ends up in New England? Last time the Pats made a splash in the free agent market it was for a linebacker (Rosevelt Colvin), so can they get Thomas?''

They have the cap room, but it's not the Patriots' style to blow a free agent out of the water. Remember, when they signed Colvin, they got him for a below-market deal because Colvin wanted to play for a great team and wasn't hung up on getting the most money. I hear Thomas will want a big payday somewhere. He'd probably have to take $3 million a year less to play for the Patriots.

3M less? No way. Colvin's deal at the time was about 90% of the max he could have received.

The Lions at the time were offering a 5-year deal worth $ 23.5 million with a large signing bonus.

He signed for Six years, $25 million, $6 million.

4.7 vs 4.1 isn't 3M/year and they gave him an extra year of security to make up for it.

I usually like King but that is ESPNish reporting.

 

[BelichickFan]

You're right. Colvin maybe didn't get the absolute top he could have gotten but he got a very big deal. Certainly 90% of what he'd have gotten, I believe.

 

[tuckeverlasting]

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3M less? No way. Colvin's deal at the time was about 90% of the max he could have received.

The Lions at the time were offering a 5-year deal worth $ 23.5 million with a large signing bonus.

He signed for Six years, $25 million, $6 million.

4.7 vs 4.1 isn't 3M/year and they gave him an extra year of security to make up for it.

I usually like King but that is ESPNish reporting.

when i read that, i was skeptical of those numbers.

 

[SeanBruschi54]

Yea your right King. The Patriots arnt known for paying a player ape**** money. We'll offer him 6 mill a year and some other team will offer him 9 right?

Good luck to the team that just throws money out the window.

I hate the media.

 

[cstjohn17]

King is over stating any difference, a $3M per year difference is not based in reality.

The interesting thing is that King is close to Thomas, I believe he wrote a book about him. If Thomas is going to try and get the top dollar, scratch him off the Patriots list.

 

[Jimke]

When Rosevelt Colvin was signed by the Pats in March 2003, Len Pasquarelli

wrote an article which stated that Colvin's contract was about the going

rate for a good linebacker. Nothing special.