Tim Wright released

Trade:

Mankins

vs.

cap space
Trey Flowers
not having him pass block in the SB

Koma said:

Does this mean Tampa "won" the Mankins trade?

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If their goal was the #1 overall pick in the draft, sure.

Koma said:

Does this mean Tampa "won" the Mankins trade?

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Felger says so

Koma said:

Does this mean Tampa "won" the Mankins trade?

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I would say no.

wow. this is a move i did NOT expect.

FCB02062 said:

We said the same thing about Daniel Graham and Ben Watson....

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Gronk is already the greatest tight end ever, so this comparison is hardly apt.

Not shocking. The guy couldn't get on the field in the postseason. He also couldn't be trusted to block and the team suddenly has an influx of talent at the TE position instead of just Wright and Gronk.

bresna said:

Belichick expects, no, demands that his tight ends block well. Wright just didn't cut it as a blocker.

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So then why trade for him in the first place? It's not like Wright's inability to block comes as a surprise to anyone.

JackBauer said:

So then why trade for him in the first place? It's not like Wright's inability to block comes as a surprise to anyone.

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Because there was no better option for TE2 at the time?

I think this shows that Jake Bequette is the next great tight end for the NEP, or that he isn't giving up those photos of Belichick for at least another year. And I'm disappointed it took this many posts for someone to make a joke about him here.

PatsFan2 said:

Wright has great hands but cannot Block a fly! He did even look like a TE too light in the pants.

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Not worth even a seventh rounder? Something does not smell right (wright?).
DW Toys

FourierSeries said:

Because there was no better option for TE2 at the time?

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Not the point.

JackBauer said:

So then why trade for him in the first place? It's not like Wright's inability to block comes as a surprise to anyone.

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With Dobson not healthy, Belichick probably thought he was a decent, big target for Brady. We've upgraded that type of target with Chandler.

JackBauer said:

So then why trade for him in the first place? It's not like Wright's inability to block comes as a surprise to anyone.

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Things have vastly changed since the trade. Gronk put in a full healthy season, we had Wright for a whole season learned his limitations and had phased him out down the stretch and in the playoffs, and in the off-season we have aquired several other options one in specific Chandler is way way ahead of him.

He was a good player, his numbers were good and he gave solid contribution in a few games including the turning point of the season against Cincinnati. But, as others have said, he became a victim of a numbers game, we have better players at TE right now.

This also can be viewed as a good sign regarding Dobson/Gibson, WR overall, because apparently they didn't even try him at WR like Tampa did.

BB definitely won this trade.

patsfaninpa said:

With Dobson not healthy, Belichick probably thought he was a decent, big target for Brady. We've upgraded that type of target with Chandler.

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Again, it was a rhetorical question, as I don't buy the poster's assertion that BB demands his TEs block well.

Hercules Rockefeller said:

Gronk is already the greatest tight end ever, so this comparison is hardly apt.

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The point is prognostications about positional dominance are ridiculous in June - anyone remember the "Big Nickel" and how it was going to be impossible to move the ball on the Pats secondary? that didn't work out so well....

DW Toys said:

Not worth even a seventh rounder? Something does not smell right (wright?).
DW Toys

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He's a JAG TE who can't block. TB was rumored to be ready to cut him when the Pats acquired him last year.

I think you are over-valuing him.

ctpatsfan77 said:

I don't pretend to get this.

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He didn't do that much, although he didn't get a full off season here. But it's not all that surprising if he hasn't improved much.