Life without Revis and McCourty

Ok, what's the plan? It's clear they are both going to hit the FA and will likely be paid way more than Pats can afford or are willing to pay.

Who can we get in FA to shore up the secondary? Maxwell from Seahawks?

Ok, what's the plan? It's clear they are both going to hit the FA and will likely be paid way more than Pats can afford or are willing to pay.

Who can we get in FA to shore up the secondary? Maxwell from Seahawks?

Oh come on. We need another topic about this.

Did it happen yet? Relax.

It's clear that this is another stupid thread.

are they gone yet? No? End this stupid thread....god the morons come out in groves....

Premature thread.

The plan is a new team gels before your eyes and they win the sb. That's the plan stan.

Yeah, agree with most of the posters on here, it's way too premature yet to jump to any conclusion. As far as we know, we may be close to signing a deal with McCourty.

All of you seem to be in denial about the Pats cap situation or something.

How about a new thread. "Life without Chicken Littles" Then draw up a plan and execute.

Biffins said:

All of you seem to be in denial about the Pats cap situation or something.

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Yes, that is it. The most knowledgeable Patriots fans in the world dont understand how the cap works and what the Pats face this year.

Go cry somewhere else.

I don't see them both being gone but just for fun I will play, at CB you sign Antonio Cromartie to a one year deal at 4 million and Charles Tillman again one year 4 million to play FS and you make a push for Mike Iupati

Bruins29 said:

Yes, that is it. The most knowledgeable Patriots fans in the world dont understand how the cap works and what the Pats face this year.

Go cry somewhere else.

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Pretty sure noone here expected both Revis and McCourty to hit FA and they likely will. These are logical outcomes.

Pats never had the cap room to tag McCourty. And once you don't tag him it's in his interest to atleast check out what others are willing to pay him even if he wants to come back to Patriots. Randy Moss did that too.

And Pats also don't have the cap room or the inclination to pay the 2nd year of Revis' contract so they will release him. And it is again in his interest to test the FA before deciding.

So it is logical for both players to hit the FA, which none of the "most knowledgeable Patriots fans" had been expecting. I am merely taking it one step further by saying that Revis will stay true to form and go to the highest bidder now that he has a Superbowl. And McCourty likely will get offered a contract which will make any Patriots offer pale in comparison partly because of Harmon's play. So I expect us to lose both in FA. It's nothing radical. It's quite logical.

So, in true Bill Belichick mode, it's not about who was in 2014's team. It's all about who will be in 2015 team. That's what this thread is about. It's forward looking. Not moping about the bygone era.

Biffins said:

Pretty sure noone here expected both Revis and McCourty to hit FA and they likely will. These are logical outcomes.

Pats never had the cap room to tag McCourty. And once you don't tag him it's in his interest to atleast check out what others are willing to pay him even if he wants to come back to Patriots. Randy Moss did that too.

And Pats also don't have the cap room or the inclination to pay the 2nd year of Revis' contract so they will release him. And it is again in his interest to test the FA before deciding.

So it is logical for both players to hit the FA, which none of the "most knowledgeable Patriots fans" had been expecting. I am merely taking it one step further by saying that Revis will stay true to form and go to the highest bidder now that he has a Superbowl. And McCourty likely will get offered a contract which will make any Patriots offer pale in comparison partly because of Harmon's play. So I expect us to lose both in FA. It's nothing radical. It's quite logical.

So, in true Bill Belichick mode, it's not about who was in 2014's team. It's all about who will be in 2015 team. That's what this thread is about. It's forward looking. Not moping about the bygone era.

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First, who said they are both absolutely hitting FA?

Second you are comparing Dmac to Moss? NO

I appreciate looking forward but one (if not both) of these guys will be here.

Also I don't want to pay McCourty elite money when he's anything but that. This would be similar to the mistake we made with Jerrod Mayo, who is being paid elite money when he's closer to above average.

$6-7m should be what the Pats have in mind which is why they didn't agree to the $9.6m tag. If the Pats had a long-term deal of $8-9m in mind, as some here suggest, they'd be happy with a 1 year $9.6m franchise tag but they weren't.

I appreciated the double post, meant I could dislike it twice!

Biffins said:

Also I don't want to pay McCourty elite money when he's anything but that. This would be similar to the mistake we made with Jerrod Mayo, who is being paid elite money when he's closer to above average.

$6-7m should be what the Pats have in mind which is why they didn't agree to the $9.6m tag. If the Pats had a long-term deal of $8-9m in mind, as some here suggest, they'd be happy with a 1 year $9.6m franchise tag but they weren't.

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McCourty is an elite FS. Mayo was worth his contract when it was signed.

Why am I getting serious troll vibes?

kennyb said:

The plan is a new team gels before your eyes and they win the sb.

That's the plan, Stan.

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You don't need to be coy, Roy.

Based on recent past experience, I would suggest that it is far from a foregone conclusion that both players are gone.

I would have to go back and look up the specifics, but I definitely recall every year for the past several seasons that many jumped to the conclusion that players would depart since they were not re-signed prior to the start of free agency, based on the then-current cap situation. Randy Moss, Matt Light, Sebastian Vollmer and Julian Edelman are a few that come to mind, though I am sure there are many others in this category as well.

Respectfuly, I will take a wait and see approach based on the past rather than assume both will be playing elsewhere in 2015.