DE Chris Long signs one-year contract with Patriots

[supafly]

Replacing Jones with Chris Long plus a second rounder and an extra guard. Well played...

Add in an extra 2+ million if the reports regarding Long's deal are true.

 

[supafly]

Ninkovich and Long are older guys on contracts ending after this season. It feels like it's overhaul time.

I'm sure that Flowers and Grissom are going to have the opportunity to see some snaps, whether through injury, regular rotation, or likely, both.

We'll finally have a better idea of what's there come training camp, as well as first looks on whatever DE/hybrid Belichick takes with one of his eleven picks. You know the forum will explode when it happens.

 

[Deus Irae]

Patriots trade Jones for Cooper and a 2nd
Patriots sign Long
Patriots open up more than $2 million in cap space
Patriots also get possible comp pick for Cooper in the future

=

Epic win on paper


Top remaining needs:

LB3
RB1 and RB1a
OWR1
TE2
IOL (depending upon how they really feel about Cooper)


Given the team's current amount of cap space, the current state of free agency, the fact that some potentially suitable players are pretty much bound to be cut loose by their teams before the start of the season, and the fact that the Patriots are currently drafting at

60
61
91
96 (can't trade)
127
196
208 (can't trade)
214 (can't trade)
221 (can't trade)
243
250

there should be plenty for us to talk about in the coming months.

 

[DarrylS]

A while ago thought that there would not be a lot of draft banter, but now 4 picks in the top 100 things have changed..

 

[PF_SU]

A while ago thought that there would not be a lot of draft banter, but now 4 picks in the top 100 things have changed..

I think they'll try to package one of the two second-round picks and #91 to move up in the second round to offset the draft position lost with the first that was stolen by Goodell somewhat. Of course depends on who will be available by then.

 

[DarrylS]

I think they'll try to package one of the two second-round picks and #91 to move up in the second round to offset the draft position lost with the first that was stolen by Goodell somewhat. Of course depends on who will be available by then.

If they wind up with #33 Goodell will crap his pants on stage..

 

[AtomicDawg]

LOL...this dude was born to #DefendTheWall and be a Patriot!

 

[Clonamery]

LOL...this dude was born to #DefendTheWall and be a Patriot!

smart man.

 

[Cunk]

Just think how it must feel to go from having to play for a sucky team your entire career and the first time you hit the market one of the best teams in the league sign you.

If anything could remotivate someone, that's it.

I agree. No matter how much you are being paid, it must be tough to really get up for a game when you're with a perennial loser. I would imagine the confidence that comes with being part of one of the elite teams must help at least in some minuscule way. And for someone like Long I'm hoping being part of the Pats is just the right dose of medicine to put the hitch back into his giddy-up. I don't know if that last sentence even made any sense but you know what I mean.

 

[AzorianPats]

Anyone watch his father play?

How does Chris compare to him?

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Hmmm...

You can be happy too, James. There's plenty of room.

 

[patsbrasilpatriotas]

According to P King

Long, the second pick in the 2008 draft, has made approximately $103 million in his eight NFL seasons. He has a sick amount of money put away, and he doesn’t care much about money anymore. This season—this contract—was about going somewhere he was going to have a good chance to win. In his eight NFL seasons, the Rams never had a winning year. So missing out on an extra $2 million or $3 million this year in Atlanta, Detroit, Washington or Dallas was no big deal to Long. What I found interesting in the Long sweepstakes was the attitude of a couple of team officials I spoke with who wanted Long. Their feeling was if he visited New England, and if Belichick wanted him, there was no way they had a shot to get him. And it turns out they were right. Long, for instance, loved Dan Quinn, the Atlanta coach. And the Falcons would have paid Long markedly more to play there. But the lure of playing with Belichick and Tom Brady swayed Long.

 

[Sicilian]

Patriots trade Jones for Cooper and a 2nd
Patriots sign Long
Patriots open up more than $2 million in cap space
Patriots also get possible comp pick for Cooper in the future

=

Epic win on paper

I agree, seems like a win. But in the interest of full disclosure, we should include the possibility of losing the comp pick we would have gotten for Jones after this year too, which would likely be higher than what we'll get for Cooper.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Did anyone doubt this would be coming, once the Chandler trade was announced?

I did. Thought DAL was going to overpay.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I agree, seems like a win. But in the interest of full disclosure, we should include the possibility of losing the comp pick we would have gotten for Jones after this year too, which would likely be higher than what we'll get for Cooper.

I don't follow you logic. The team gets a 2nd this year instead of a 3rd in the 2018 draft.

 

[Ross12]

According to P King

Long, the second pick in the 2008 draft, has made approximately $103 million in his eight NFL seasons. He has a sick amount of money put away, and he doesn’t care much about money anymore. This season—this contract—was about going somewhere he was going to have a good chance to win. In his eight NFL seasons, the Rams never had a winning year. So missing out on an extra $2 million or $3 million this year in Atlanta, Detroit, Washington or Dallas was no big deal to Long. What I found interesting in the Long sweepstakes was the attitude of a couple of team officials I spoke with who wanted Long. Their feeling was if he visited New England, and if Belichick wanted him, there was no way they had a shot to get him. And it turns out they were right. Long, for instance, loved Dan Quinn, the Atlanta coach. And the Falcons would have paid Long markedly more to play there. But the lure of playing with Belichick and Tom Brady swayed Long.

Why can't this be the case for more free agents? It used to be.

 

[PF_SU]

I did. Thought DAL was going to overpay.

If Peter King's right and he would've gotten 5-6 million from Atlanta/Dallas/etc then it shows that for once we got a veteran player who indeed values a winning situation over money.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Not to pile on Chandler because he brought a lot but I think Long will pair with Ninkovich much better in terms of leadership. We will miss Chandler on the field at times but will still be good at DE and have another good vet leader for a young defense.

What makes you say that?

 

[Sicilian]

I don't follow you logic. The team gets a 2nd this year instead of a 3rd in the 2018 draft.

He included the comp pick that we could potentially get from Cooper as a positive for us, but didn't include the comp pick we potentially lose from Jones as a negative. So the equation should go:

Out = Jones, comp pick in 2018
In = Cooper, 2nd round pick in 2016, Long, comp pick in 2018

Nit picking, I know.

 

[RobertWeathers]

He included the comp pick that we could potentially get from Cooper as a positive for us, but didn't include the comp pick we potentially lose from Jones as a negative. So the equation should go:

Out = Jones, comp pick in 2018
In = Cooper, 2nd round pick in 2016, Long, comp pick in 2018

Nit picking, I know.

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