Pot Roast visiting - (UPDATED - He's Reportedly Joining the Team)

Great offseason so far!---- On paper at least.

The locker room sure is interesting this year...Bennett, Pot Roast, and Chris Long are gonna be lots of fun for the Boston media.

Dude is awesome

Deus Irae said:

Seymour

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Yeah, I thought about adding him in there too, over time Seymour has become underrated in pretty much every way. I settled on just naming Wilfork, since he was definitely better than Knighton at stopping the run. I personally think Seymour was as well, but not by nearly as great a margin, and I've been accused of being a Seymour homer in the past so I figured maybe I'm not being totally objective.

Hammer of Thor said:

The guy posted a picture of the Patriots uniform on his Twitter account. How much more confirmation do you need?

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when its official that's all. until then it isn't done. i don't care what he puts on his account. when i see something on the official pats site then ill believe it.

JackBauer said:

Wait, but don't you think Alan Branch is trash?

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Fine, then dump Branch and his salary then, but right now we currently have way too much precious cap space devoted to two 30-something 2-down only players.

VectorPrime said:

Who do people prefer, Potroast or Fairley?

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Fairley at $3M and as Easily's replacement is a much, Much, MUCH better value than Pot Roast as
Branch's backup at $4.5M, and it's not even close, at all.

captain stone said:

Fine, then dump Branch and his salary then, but right now we currently have way too much precious cap space devoted to two 30-something 2-down only players.

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Branch is only going to be $2.75m against the cap.
Per reports, Pot Roast will be, at most, $4.5m against the cap.
Combined, you're looking at, at most, $7.25m against the cap.

To say that such is "way too much precious cap space devoted to two 30-something 2-down only players" is just a bad troll job, Captain. You can do better than that.

Marqui said:

Fairley just seems like a poor decision-maker.

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Fairley, or our FO?

captain stone said:

Fairley at $3M and as Easily's replacement is a much, Much, MUCH better value than Pot Roast as
Branch's backup at $4.5M, and it's not even close, at all.

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Branch is going to be Pot Roast's back up though.

How is Knighton a backup to Branch? He's a starter.

Danger Zone said:

...He's now on a 1 year prove-it-to-the-league deal...

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He was on a one-year-prove-it deal last season, and proved…not much.

Why people expect him to become better here, when Bill rewards him with a raise after his lousy season,
makes no logical sense at all.

captain stone said:

Fairley at $3M and as Easily's replacement is a much, Much, MUCH better value than Pot Roast as
Branch's backup at $4.5M, and it's not even close, at all.

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Knighton fills the hole left by Siliga and Hicks departing. Akiem Hicks signed for $4.5 million in 2016 with the Bears. Pot Roast's cap number is right in line with his talent and his experience.

Deus Irae said:

Now's the perfect time to dig up that thread claiming that they were up against the cap and couldn't really make any moves (gentle chiding only, please).

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Exactly what I was alluding to.

captain stone said:

Fairley at $3M and as Easily's replacement is a much, Much, MUCH better value than Pot Roast as
Branch's backup at $4.5M, and it's not even close, at all.

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Be sure to jump the gun and not wait for contract details, Cap. Oh, what's that? You did?

Death, taxes, Captain Stone.

Th3Birdman said:

Never forget: Scott Chandler.

"Patriot killers" tend not to do well once they actually come play for us.

Revis is the only exception that comes to mind at the moment.

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A guy who never gets enough credit--Sammy Morris was a monster before he got hurt in 2007. He wasn't necessarily a Pats killer, per se, but playing well against him in division caused Belichick to sign him, and the offense was great without him, otherworldly with him in 2007.

Deus Irae said:

Branch is only going to be $2.75m against the cap.
Per reports, Pot Roast will be, at most, $4.5m against the cap.
Combined, you're looking at, at most, $7.25m against the cap.

To say that such is "way too much precious cap space devoted to two 30-something 2-down only players" is just a bad troll job, Captain. You can do better than that.

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can he?

goheels22002 said:

Knighton fills the hole left by Siliga and Hicks departing. Akiem Hicks signed for $4.5 million in 2016 with the Bears. Pot Roast's cap number is right in line with his talent and his experience.

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I thought that there was an agreement here not to use facts to support arguments (even presuming that none of the $4.5M is incentive).

Todd Bradley said:

Belichick has had one of the best offseason he's had in his entire tenure with New England.

I think it's safe to say he's "all in" this year, especially with all the one-year deals with prominent players.

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Losing the conference championship 3 of the past 4 years can't sit well with anyone, and if you go back a little deeper you'd find the 2011 heartbreaking SB loss, the 2010 HFA loss to the Jets (of all teams), the 2009 shellacking at home to the Ravens, the 2008 season where they didn't even go to the playoffs, the 2007 ruined perfect season, and the 2006 AFCCG where we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and blew a 21-3 lead.

In other words, there are plenty of reasons for Belichick, Kraft, and Brady to see things through a bit of a different lens than most of us, and it's great to see him going "all in," while still keeping to his value system.

So from what I'm seeing, if we put in Pot Roast and Branch at the same time they'd combine for over 700 pounds.

Would we get fined for causing a gravitational pull?

supafly said:

Losing the conference championship 3 of the past 4 years can't sit well with anyone, and if you go back a little deeper you'd find the 2011 heartbreaking SB loss, the 2010 HFA loss to the Jets (of all teams), the 2009 shellacking at home to the Ravens, the 2008 season where they didn't even go to the playoffs, the 2007 ruined perfect season, and the 2006 AFCCG where we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and blew a 21-3 lead.

In other words, there are plenty of reasons for Belichick, Kraft, and Brady to see things through a bit of a different lens than most of us, and it's great to see him going "all in," while still keeping to his value system.

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I agree that the one year contracts show that Belichick is going "all-in". However, unlike other GM's who have gone all-in, Belichick has not sacrificed the caps of future years.