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Chris Mortenson said tonight on NFL Primetime that many GMs around the league are upset because the Patriots won't really be punished by losing the first round pick because they'll just use the money saved in free agency. He then pointed out all the Pats FA pickups over the last few years from Colvin to AD, ETC. No need to bring up Seymour, Warren, Wilfork, Mankins, Graham, Watson, Maroney, Meriweather in the first round.
He then threw in that if they were really that smart about drafting they would have taken Tom Brady in the first round not the sixth. My jaw hit the ground and I changed channels before I could rewind to make sure it was tongue in cheek so I'm not sure but these days who knows.
This is one of several guys who was certain the Pats wouldn't be players in last years FA market because they are too cheap, which was the bash the Pats flavor of the month. So we've gone from draft wizards to FA mongers in 6 months simply because that makes people's argument. We no longer can draft apparently even though we have zero first round busts in the BB era.
He also brought up that the GMs feel it's little punishment since we already have another first. Note to league, if you trade for extra picks it doesn't equal extra punishment because you have them.
I won't even get into the fact that first rounders at the bottom of the first are pretty cheap for 5 years.
I understand he was reporting what some GMs thought but his tone was basically acknowledging their statements as fact. There is zero journalist integrity left it's all about selling the hot story.
He then threw in that if they were really that smart about drafting they would have taken Tom Brady in the first round not the sixth. My jaw hit the ground and I changed channels before I could rewind to make sure it was tongue in cheek so I'm not sure but these days who knows.
This is one of several guys who was certain the Pats wouldn't be players in last years FA market because they are too cheap, which was the bash the Pats flavor of the month. So we've gone from draft wizards to FA mongers in 6 months simply because that makes people's argument. We no longer can draft apparently even though we have zero first round busts in the BB era.
He also brought up that the GMs feel it's little punishment since we already have another first. Note to league, if you trade for extra picks it doesn't equal extra punishment because you have them.
I won't even get into the fact that first rounders at the bottom of the first are pretty cheap for 5 years.
I understand he was reporting what some GMs thought but his tone was basically acknowledging their statements as fact. There is zero journalist integrity left it's all about selling the hot story.