What will Stallworth cost next year?
 

Do the Patriots exercise his option?
If they were to exercise all remaining 5 years of his contract, that would be about 5 years/30 million more total to pay him.

5 years/30 seems a bit risky, in that most of that money is front loaded, so if he were to suck in a few years, or be injury prone, we'd be screwed. At his age (almost 28), he should have atleast 5 more prime years left though, so he shouldn't decline because of age.

If he is willing to take 5 years/25, I say sign him up. If they could get 5 years/20 mil out of him, I'd be ecstatic. At 6 mil/year though, I might say see what Chad Jackson has to offer.

The one thing about stallworth though, is that he hasn't had his huge payday
yet. This year's 3.xx mil is his highest salary, so he might be less willing to take the hometown discount than Moss appears to be

The two things that have most impressed me about him though is that:
1. He had no complaints, and even appeared happy, even though he wasn't getting the ball the first couple of games
2. After the catch, he's a beast -- fast, can juke, and can plow thru the defender.

7-8mil/year for Moss (hopefully)
5mil/year for Stallworth (hopefully)
3.5mil/year for Welker (4 more years, already signed...good value)
2.5mil/year for Watson (2 more years...this looks like a steal)

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Not sure, but if I remember the contract can be nullify if he didnt play to his capabilities. Which mean they can grant a different ones.

If Moss demand 7-8 mill a year, expect the Pats will hesitate. Unless it's a 5 mill plus major incentives per years.

Either way I'm focus on this season first, since Wilfork is FA, and I think Warren too after this season.

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Warren signed a contract extension

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I believe wilfork is good until 2010

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Here is a link to Miguel's breakdown of Stallworth's contract. His roster bonuses could be converted to signing bonus and prorated over the life of the deal, lowering the hits in the next couple of seasons and increasing them at the back end. This is essentially the deal Branch left on the table only two years removed from it with an inexpensive lead in year in 2007. The cap by 2011 should conservatively be in excess of $130M+.


http://patscap.com/stallworth.gif

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thanks guys for the head up

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Yea, Warren is signed through 2013 (just like BB) and Wilfork isn't a free agent until 2010. Seymour's a free agent that same year by the way.


Honestly if you look at Stallworth's total contract it's around what they offered to Deion Branch which would make sense because Stallworth actually has better career numbers than Branch. I could see them keeping Stallworth around actually.

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Ha, didn't notice you also mentioned it was essentially the deal they offered to Branch. The fact that his cap hit can be spread out leads me to believe we could see Stallworth in a Pats uniform for at least the next few years, and I'd be pretty happy with that as I wanted to trade for him in 2006.

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Stallworth should be here at the price he signed for. I see no reason to fail to pick up his option. We will then have Stallworth signed through 2012 and Welker through 2011.

It is against this base set if two fine receivers that the team can consider the futures of Moss, Jackson, Washington, Gaffney and Childress.

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I pretty much agree, and I also think Chad Jackson when healthy could give the Patriots another good option at WR through the 2009 season. If that guy ever developes his potential which he's flashed when healthy...