Vince Wilfork asks to be released

TBR said:

#Patriots Pro Bowl DT Vince Wilfork has asked that the team release him after 10 seasons in New England, according to sources.

https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/444176971191169024

Sad to see him go, assuming they honour his request. Let's just hope he doesn't go to the Broncos.

More cap space for us though. Net cap savings of $7.58 million

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Do we know why? That is disappointing he was an all time Patriots

Wow. And here we were worried about how to handle him.

Will miss the big guy.

Rob0729 said:

Melton
Hatcher
Raji
Williams

There are still a few guys out there that can be an upgrade or at least a stop-gap replacement.

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Raji is off the market
Melton is coming off a knee injury which put him on IR
Hatcher has had one exception season which happened to be in 2013.
Williams - see Hatcher

And all are the same age was wilfork.

factor in the leadership and the 11 mil cap charge doesn't seem to be that excessive especially when consider the Revis deal.

TBR said:

#Patriots Pro Bowl DT Vince Wilfork has asked that the team release him after 10 seasons in New England, according to sources.

https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/444176971191169024

Sad to see him go, assuming they honour his request. Let's just hope he doesn't go to the Broncos.

More cap space for us though. Net cap savings of $7.58 million

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wow. what the hell is his problem? i guess hes insulted they asked to restructure his contract. so sensitive.

Leemo said:

8mill & 3.6 dead

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Are the Patriots getting back the workout and incentive bonus? ($500k total)?

NYJ Atlanta Pitt make the most sense.
Someone call Jared Allen or Henry Melton.

captain insano said:

wow. what the hell is his problem? i guess hes insulted they asked to restructure his contract. so sensitive.

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if he thinks he can get more money on the open market, do you blame him? id take more money

dex13 said:

Raji is off the market
Melton is coming off a knee injury which put him on IR
Hatcher has had one exception season which happened to be in 2013.
Williams - see Hatcher

And all are the same age was wilfork.

factor in the leadership and the 11 mil cap charge doesn't seem to be that excessive especially when consider the Revis deal.

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You certainly have a generous idea of what is worth $11M.

Pretty much knew this day was coming when I heard the extent of his injuries during the season. I had small hope he would do the right thing and take less $ considering age and the injury but hey a mans gotta eat (and especially Big V)

I personally think he is getting some bad advice, but there are teams with a lot of dough that don't make great decisions (yes im looking at you Oakland)maybe someone will over pay. Wonder if he sits long enough and doesn't get much in the way of offers if he would work with us again or not(or is that even possible).

Brady6 said:

Do we know why? That is disappointing he was an all time Patriots

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Are u dumb? It's because he doesn't want to take a pay cut, he's not willing to restructure.

I think he ends up in Houston or Buffalo.

What's the cap update?

TBR said:

#Patriots Pro Bowl DT Vince Wilfork has asked that the team release him after 10 seasons in New England, according to sources.

https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/444176971191169024

Sad to see him go, assuming they honour his request. Let's just hope he doesn't go to the Broncos.

More cap space for us though. Net cap savings of $7.58 million

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Can't say I blame him, the way Elway is tossing around money I'm surprised Brady didn't ask for his release....$$$$

Hopefully it's just posturing and won't come to this. I know Big Vince is old and slow and now injured, but he adds a lot to the team in terms of being a leader, knowing the scheme and at least having the possibility of returning to form.

I hate the offseason and always wish we could skip right over it to the regular season...

TommyBrady12 said:

I'll be honest with you. I wasn't thrilled that wilfork tweeted a few days ago that talib's new contract with denver was "well deserved". It sounded like a shot against the pats.

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Yeah I thought there were some nuances of that sort in that Twit as well.

Sucks and it's unfortunate but what the hell can we do? Too many holes, not enough money.

dex13 said:

Raji is off the market
Melton is coming off a knee injury which put him on IR
Hatcher has had one exception season which happened to be in 2013.
Williams - see Hatcher

And all are the same age was wilfork.

factor in the leadership and the 11 mil cap charge doesn't seem to be that excessive especially when consider the Revis deal.

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What team did he sign with?

Brady6 said:

Do we know why? That is disappointing he was an all time Patriots

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Sounds like he didn't want to restructure and play out his contract & didn't like an outsider like Revis to be paid more than him.

mayoclinic said:

Sad, but better that the team moves on without him than continue in limbo. Given his history, it would have been harder for them to release Wilfork. Now, with him asking than when them to do it, things should move quickly.

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Maybe that was an orchestrated agreement to do it that way. For public consumption.

dex13 said:

Raji is off the market

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can somebody please send me a link where it says Raji has agreed to the deal offered by Packers. I heard on the Sports Hub that Raji signed but nowhere else

Say it ain't so

Guess it's not that surprising but still sad to see him go. Good luck to him... and thanks. He'll be missed.