Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

Welp, gotta redo my mock AGAIN.

ViperGTS said:

And that was a bad team last year. Smokin Jay Cutler isn't exactly Tom Brady. That was a dumpster fire last year.

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Yeah, it seemed like they only ever had one NFL-caliber receiver at a given time. When Jeffery was healthy, Bennett and Forte were hurt. When Bennett was healthy, Jeffery and Forte were hurt. When Forte was healthy, well... you get the idea. And Eddie Royal was never healthy, ever.

OhExaulted1 said:

Alright @ChrisR2223 are you happy yet? Tom has TONS of targets now. Aside from 2007 Brady and this offense has never been bombs-away 60 yard gunslinging. Chunk up yards and 1st downs with big EZ targets.

It's what we are.

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Im happy to see the team having a plan and executing on it.
We tried to go after Marvin Jones so I would love to see the team target another trade im scared of this team going near a rookie receiver.
Bennet is a beast would love to see him and Gronk bond and dominate.

Tom_Montana12 said:

But who's saying it's a contract problem? Genuine question.

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I am. They are not paying him $5m and adding another $5m in cap space for 2016.

Not gonna happen.

English Patriot said:

Bennett is a better TE than Jimmy Graham in my opinion too. Tougher and more heart

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The murderer was better than both(what could've been), but I can live with having Bennett as the sidekick to Gronk.

Hahahahahahaha yes!!!!!!!

Chess while all the others are playing checkers.

A lot of us wanted this to happen, including myself, but I doubted it would actually happen. So glad to be wrong!

Gronk, Bennett, Edelman, Lewis, Anendola

LOL good luck to the rest of the NFL. You're going to need it....BIG TIME!

breakin said:

As much as the passing possibilities look amazing. Bennett like Gronk is a great run blocker. If teams try to go small to match up in the passing game they can audible and just run all over them.

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BOOM!

Imagine if they go out and draft a gem of a receiver in the mid rounds too.....

Who else has two TEs who can catch and block?

ArchAngel007 said:

The murderer was better than both(what could've been), but I can live with having Bennett as the sidekick to Gronk.

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Is it bad that i still from time to time watch that TD the psycho scored in the SB and i 'make it rain' as i watch just like he does?

ArchAngel007 said:

The murderer was better than both(what could've been), but I can live with having Bennett as the sidekick to Gronk.

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Bennett is a better blocker than Hernandez was. Not quite the receiving threat, but still.

Sometimes I feel like BB reads this message board. He just traded Jones to the Cardinals and then traded for Bennett. WTF? If he cuts Cannon tomorrow I'll probably s*** a brick.

English Patriot said:

Imagine if they go out and draft a gem of a receiver in the mid rounds too.....

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I wouldn't hold my breath.

In all seriousness I wonder what this means for a guy like AJ Derby. Is it another year of developing? I know he waa put on IR last year...

belichick strikes once again!!

finally have the 2nd tight end to complement the gronk!!

........i bet tom is happy.

robertweathers said:

I am. They are not paying him $5m and adding another $5m in cap space for 2016.

Not gonna happen.

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No chance that Bennett will take a paycut when he quit on the Bears last season because of his contract.

To me this is just an one-year rental. We take his $5 million cap hit and let him walk next offseason. I'm pretty sure we still have enough cap space to extend Hightower this offseason even with the Bennett addition, unless you are suggesting that the Pats should do more in addition to Bennett then yes, we don't have enough cap space, but remember we still have Cannon and Amendola's contract that could be restructured or even dumped.

robertweathers said:

I wouldn't hold my breath.

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I know but one can dream. All i want is for Brady to be afforded all the luxuries that forehead got in the back end of his career.

Huge deal. The return of the two tight end monster!