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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.Damn right, every important player is signed through next year. Two Super Bowls will be played before this matters.The good news is that it's not a problem until after next season. Let's role with the NFL sack leader. Seems prudent.
I don't see why the Patriots cannot sign all three. Remember, the cap can be manipulated...Brady is signed for cheap..The Patriots aren't spending a lot on their offense.
Edelman through 2017, Gronk through 2019.Edelman will be up soon, won't he? He'll command some coin and needs to be re-signed. And when was Gronk extension to? 2017? Another must re-sign (or more likely extend) which will cost a ton.
The good news is that it's not a problem until after next season. Let's role with the NFL sack leader. Seems prudent.
We're not going to wait until the last minute to lock them up. I'll bet you contract talks are going on right now.
As I mentioned in the game thread, nobody wants to lose Jones, but we definitely don't want to lose Hightower or Collins either.
The hard truth is that it's a lot harder to develop interior linebackers than it is to develop outside rushers, so Hightower and Collins are our priority to resign. We probably won't have enough left over to sign Jones to an extension.
Yeah many did during preseason to free up cap. If we have to trade him so be it, but don't do it until this off season.Did anyone want to trade him? Don't recall seeing that.
Leads the league in sacks with 8.5. Hopefully can extend him, would have been soooo dumb to trade him on his rookie contract with fifth year still available.
The even harder truth is that the Patriots drafted two DEs this past April, so the pipeline is fuller at that position than it is at LB. Depending on his illness, you may be able to add Rufus to that equation as well.