JMC00
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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.absolutely......between the 2 of them there is a gob of potential.......I'm optimistic with the group as it is
Save the $ for a DB WHEN one is available.
Ya don't improve your OL in hopes that some CB that is worth paying comes available.
I mean or you can improve your OL which in return will improve the offense which will in return help the defense.
What big money DB is going to be available? Don't handcuff yourself waiting for something that might not happen.Save the $ for a DB WHEN one is available.
What big money DB is going to be available? Don't handcuff yourself waiting for something that might not happen.
Save the $ for a DB WHEN one is available.
I've handcuffed myself. It is what it is.
Remember, if the Pats trade for a CB by midseason like Talib at the trade deadline (week 7?), they take on 10/17 his cap # I'm pretty sure. Considering we won't land one of tbe 10+ million cap CBs (teams aren't trading Sherman, Revis, Haden, Peterson), we could easily do both moves.
http://overthecap.com/player/sean-smith/718/
10/17 of 7.75 is about 4.6 million
Except we have no idea if either of those guys are any good yet.i am not sure we really need him - we have tre jackson and shaq mason to fill the holes on the oline.
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i am not sure we really need him - we have tre jackson and shaq mason to fill the holes on the oline.
Disclaimer: only read the last 2 pages, so pardon any redundancies in my thoughts:
Would adding Evan Mathis to our OL improve the quality of the talent? Of course it would. But there are several questions would need to be answered positively for that to happen.
1. The guy is going to be 36 IIRC, and he has been an elite OG as recently as 2 seasons ago. Father time always wins, so we have to be comfortable that he's STILL an elite player, not just a good to very good one?
2. One comment I read sparked this question. Mathis has excelled in "zone blocking" schemes. IIRC, we run more of a power blocking scheme. So the question is, are we putting a square peg in a round hole?
3. Now lets talk about money. When I first heard he'd been released my first reaction at what he'd be worth was around $5MM/yr, Clearly that is not going to be enough, or he still be in Philly. So the question is, is Mathis THAT good that he'd be worth north of $6MM at that age?
4. Given the lack of interest in Dan Connolly the question has to be asked, would bringing back Dan Connolly at $1-2MM/yr be a better value than having Evan Mathis at over $6MM. Mathis is clearly the better OG, the question becomes, just how MUCH better?
Last season the Pats proved that the OL is MORE than the individual parts that make it up. Starting with 2 above average OT's, the Pats showed improvement over 2013's OL and was good enough to win a championship without ANY interior OLmen that would make anyone's top 50% list at their position individually
So when you add this to the fact we drafted 2 well thought of rookie OG's and have the potential of upgrading Connolly and Wendell with existing guys like Kline, Cannon, or Flemming, if they continue to improve, you have to wonder if the Pats are even in the picture for a guy like Mathis unless his price come down significantly?.
I don't think this a an issue of the Pats looking to sign another aging star to a below market contract in the chase for a ring. Denver is a place more likely to meet his financial needs, and is considered one of league's top contenders for the AFC crown. Miami would be another. I think you have to file this under "Love to add him, but its not going to happen"