Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

This offense is going to be scary good.

It's going to be weird to see a player wearing #83, in a good way!

zipster9 said:

Patriots now have ** 5 ** 6th round picks!

Hopefully they have trade 2 or 3 of them for a higher round pick in 2016 or 2017...

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Baby Gronk as third tight end?

zipster9 said:

Patriots now have ** 5 ** 6th round picks!

Hopefully they have trade 2 or 3 of them for a higher round pick in 2016 or 2017...

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I think 3 are comp picks so they are stuck with them.

Seriously though, if they cant hit on a contributing, rotational player with one of those picks they really suck.

ChrisR2223 said:

Baby Gronk as third tight end?

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Thought Glen was a FB? No?

ausbacker said:

Not every player needs to take a paycut to play for the Patriots. If Bennett plays on his current deal, I'm fine with that. Good players should be paid well. Bennett is one of the better TEs in the NFL.

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He was good in 2015 but was not worth $5m/yr

Here's an interesting tidbit (saw it at the Bills' Board):

The 6th the Pats got back with Bennett is the same one they gave Chicago for Bostic. So they got Bostic and Bennett for a 4th.

JetFan79 said:

A QB and now some quick LBs or big safeties to cover your insane TEs. Ugh! Congrats on the pickup guys.

When the hell is BB gonna retire?!?

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Never.

Tom_Montana12 said:

That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

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Bennett missed 5 games this past year, had easily his worst season since 2011.

That said, I don't disagree with the overall point. If the Pats aren't offering him TE1 money, he has plenty of incentive to play out this year, try to maximize his value, and look to get paid elsewhere.

1960Pats said:

It's so strange the way things have turned out. First Belichick leaves the Jets. Then **** Rehbein convinces him to take Tom Brady. And here we are.

I think Belichick will follow Brady out the door.

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Sure, "strange" would be one word to describe things. I can think of many others though that'd probably get my account suspended.

robertweathers said:

Thats so wrong

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Why, there is a group of them. I think they are ffing fantastic. Shouldn't be ashamed about disabilities

woolster22 said:

Never.

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Sure seems that way.

Great move, maybe go and get his brother too!

Now really need a RB, with two TE that cam block and kill you in the passing game, a top notch RB would make the Pat's lethal

robertweathers said:

He was good in 2015 but was not worth $5m/yr

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No doubt but if staff consistently ask players to take pay cuts for a drop in production then they shouldn't have an issue when the talent asks for a pay rise because of increased production.

50-yard-line said:

Here's an interesting tidbit (saw it at the Bills' Board):

The 6th the Pats got back with Bennett is the same one they gave Chicago for Bostic. So they got Bostic and Bennett for a 4th.

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They flim-flammed 'em. LOL.

There may have been an "understanding" based on Bostic's performance Who knows.

ausbacker said:

No doubt but if staff consistently ask players to take pay cuts for a drop in production then they shouldn't have an issue when the talent asks for a pay rise because of increased production.

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I wholeheartedly agree and I personally never have an issue with a player "holding out" if they are underpaid or undervalued in the market.

NFL contracts aren't worth the ink used to sign them

Excellent pick up. I thought we'd get more out of Chandler but getting Bennett is so much more lethal on Offense especially Red Zone targets.

zipster9 said:

Patriots now have ** 5 ** 6th round picks!

Hopefully they have trade 2 or 3 of them for a higher round pick in 2016 or 2017...

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Has all the makings of a special 30 for 30 film in 10 years time

The last time the Patriots traded a 4th round pick for a disgruntled, locker room cancer receiver it worked out ok as I think he had 23 TDs his first season here