WR Marvin Jones was almost a Patriot?

The title of the thread makes me sad but the contract doesn't. The @captain stone is right. Jones should have been a Patriot in 2012. To this day, I'll insist he'd have been a perfect Pat. The Bengals picked him with a pick we traded for Chad 85. Oh well.

I don't doubt that NE was genuinely interested in signing him, but I sincerely doubt they were anywhere in the neighborhood of spending almost 3x as much guaranteed money on Jones as they ultimately gave to Hogan.

I shudder to think of how much production the forum might expect from a WR that the Pats gave $40m to. Whatever the reason was, they ended up with the right WR for the right money here.

PatsBoy12 said:

The comparison threads sometimes annoy me to no end...

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Then don't click these particular threads.

And you're not really defending the Ochostinko trade, are you?

captain stone said:

Then don't click these particular threads.

And you're not really defending the Ochostinko trade, are you?

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Wow.

1) Nothing in the title suggested this was a comparison thread

2) You obviously can't comprehend what you read if you think I'm defending the Chad Johnson trade

3) Put me on ignore

Good day, sir.

The Lions got an ok #2 WR for decent #1 WR money in Marvin Jones. Why would people want the Pats to outbid them? The Lions were desperate to replace Calvin Johnson in a weak free agent WR market and WWWWAAAAAAAYYYYY overpaid for Jones.

robertweathers said:

Jones will make $27 million over the first three years which puts him among the top-1o receivers in three-year payout.

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And this is why free agency is inherently a losing game...particularly when you chase players at the top of their class. Take a look at the Malik Jackson deal...he isn't even a pro bowl player and is now among the highest paid non-QBs in the NFL. In my opinion the only way to win in free agency is by doing what the Patriots do: short-term prove-it deals, buying low with high upside (someone like Sheard, coming off an injury), and low-cost veteran plug-in players who are expected to fill gaps until they are soon replaced. You just won't get a lot of top-shelf players that way, but that's alright. Your big money contracts are better spent on drafted star players who you know fit your system, and you can get better value by signing them before they hit the free agent market.