I mean....I have a hard time understanding the premise of this Grievance and the fact that anyone believes it has a chance to succeed. It goes against the nature of this sport and The building of a Team. It has no logic and honestly uses some stupid comparisons......I will use our own Tom Brady to argue my point.Let's start with the draft....
1) Deion was drafted in the second round. He was given a contract in which he agreed and was equitable for the spot where he was picked.......For Comparison Tom Brady was a 6th round pick and was given a contract in line with other 6th round picks....Now let's go to career.
2) Deion Branch proves to be a good talent and earns a spot and playing time......Our FO saw something in Branch and now they appear to have been a good judge of talent as Branch becomes a starter and a good contributor to a SB team. Branch continues with another SB and a SB MVP. Again our FO looks real good for being able to pick this one. Tom Brady becomes starter in his 2nd season and becomes a 2 time SB MVP............Around the league some other 2nd round picks from drafts flop and gaurenteed money they recieved will never be recovered by the team.
3) Presently Branch is holding out because he feels he is worth more and wants the last year of his deal done....The Patriots offer him competetive Contract , but want him to play out his Original Contract. Deion Holds Out and goes public with the spat and is refusing to honor the contract. His agent makes no negotiating attempts with the Pats and here we are...A grievance is filed..........Now
If Tom Brady Held out this year because he wanted his contract ripped up and redone...And it went the same course as Branch's is going.....Would Brady, his agent, and the NFLPA dare say that we should accept a 5th or 6th round pick from another team because that is where Brady was drafted???????Would they say look at what Joey Harrington(1st Round) and Culpepper(1st Round) were traded for??? So a 4th or 5th round pick for Brady is fair............I mean come on...Of course they wouldn't.....That is why this thing is so stupid...The NFL has a Salary Cap and so the way teams get better and stay on top is by drafting smart and not overspending in FA. You draft smart and if your lucky, you get incredible value for a few years until the Rookie Contract is up or whatever...You just can't go around and give new contracts to every player who is outperforming there draft position ....that is the role of the FO to evaluate talent and it is also a balance to the draft picks who don't ever play to there draft position....some teams lose out big time with 1st and 2nd round busts.....that is the nature of it...So anyone who tries and faults a team for them wanting players to complete there rookie contracts is stupid.....This Grievance is stupid because it suggests some pretty ilogical things...........I'm sure BB and Pioli were clear that any trade would involve 1st round picks...I remember that being reported by several outlets when the trade was announced.......
1) Deion was drafted in the second round. He was given a contract in which he agreed and was equitable for the spot where he was picked.......For Comparison Tom Brady was a 6th round pick and was given a contract in line with other 6th round picks....Now let's go to career.
2) Deion Branch proves to be a good talent and earns a spot and playing time......Our FO saw something in Branch and now they appear to have been a good judge of talent as Branch becomes a starter and a good contributor to a SB team. Branch continues with another SB and a SB MVP. Again our FO looks real good for being able to pick this one. Tom Brady becomes starter in his 2nd season and becomes a 2 time SB MVP............Around the league some other 2nd round picks from drafts flop and gaurenteed money they recieved will never be recovered by the team.
3) Presently Branch is holding out because he feels he is worth more and wants the last year of his deal done....The Patriots offer him competetive Contract , but want him to play out his Original Contract. Deion Holds Out and goes public with the spat and is refusing to honor the contract. His agent makes no negotiating attempts with the Pats and here we are...A grievance is filed..........Now
If Tom Brady Held out this year because he wanted his contract ripped up and redone...And it went the same course as Branch's is going.....Would Brady, his agent, and the NFLPA dare say that we should accept a 5th or 6th round pick from another team because that is where Brady was drafted???????Would they say look at what Joey Harrington(1st Round) and Culpepper(1st Round) were traded for??? So a 4th or 5th round pick for Brady is fair............I mean come on...Of course they wouldn't.....That is why this thing is so stupid...The NFL has a Salary Cap and so the way teams get better and stay on top is by drafting smart and not overspending in FA. You draft smart and if your lucky, you get incredible value for a few years until the Rookie Contract is up or whatever...You just can't go around and give new contracts to every player who is outperforming there draft position ....that is the role of the FO to evaluate talent and it is also a balance to the draft picks who don't ever play to there draft position....some teams lose out big time with 1st and 2nd round busts.....that is the nature of it...So anyone who tries and faults a team for them wanting players to complete there rookie contracts is stupid.....This Grievance is stupid because it suggests some pretty ilogical things...........I'm sure BB and Pioli were clear that any trade would involve 1st round picks...I remember that being reported by several outlets when the trade was announced.......
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