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I'm not a capologist, and this is dangerously close to Miguel's territory for me. But with the Logan Mankins trade in the books and final cutdowns looming, the Pats reportedly have $13.2M in available 2014 cap space:
http://bostonherald.com/sports/patr...lly_have_132_million_in_cap_room_after_logan
When Free Agency started back on March 11, the Pats had just under $15M in 2014 cap space according to NFLPA records:
http://bostonherald.com/sports/patr...arly_15_million_in_cap_space_plus_options_to
Aqib Talib, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, Brandon Spikes, Dane Fletcher and Ryan Wendell were among the internal FAs. Many people did not feel it would be possible to retain the FAs. Vince Wilfork's contract and injury situation were a major looming factor.
5 1/2 months later the Pats have lost Talib, Spikes, Blount and Fletcher but kept Edelman and Wendell, restructured and extended Wilfork who appears to be on the mend, extended Nate Solder for a 5th year, added Tim Wright and Brandon LaFell, and most importantly added Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner to the secondary. Plus they've added a potential impact interior pass rusher, a long term backup QB, a versatile RB, and considerable offensive line depth through the draft. And they currently have only $1.7M less in available cap space than when they started free agency. That's amazing.
The loss of Logan Mankins may or may not haunt the Pats this year. But they have a ton of room to maneuver and take advantage of opportunity, they are in good shape to lock up key long term, and they have a strong and young nucleus to build around.
I'm reminded of 2 old threads that I started a long time ago:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...inty-theory-how-the-pats-do-business.920473/
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...ntain-climbing-in-the-salary-cap-era.982221/
It seems to me that BB has used a lot of the same approaches discussed in these old threads in terms of risk diversification/aversion, churning the bottom of the roster, cap management and adjustments for personnel performance, and contingency planning.
It's always fun to watch BB go mountain climbing.
http://bostonherald.com/sports/patr...lly_have_132_million_in_cap_room_after_logan
When Free Agency started back on March 11, the Pats had just under $15M in 2014 cap space according to NFLPA records:
http://bostonherald.com/sports/patr...arly_15_million_in_cap_space_plus_options_to
Aqib Talib, Julian Edelman, LeGarrette Blount, Brandon Spikes, Dane Fletcher and Ryan Wendell were among the internal FAs. Many people did not feel it would be possible to retain the FAs. Vince Wilfork's contract and injury situation were a major looming factor.
5 1/2 months later the Pats have lost Talib, Spikes, Blount and Fletcher but kept Edelman and Wendell, restructured and extended Wilfork who appears to be on the mend, extended Nate Solder for a 5th year, added Tim Wright and Brandon LaFell, and most importantly added Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner to the secondary. Plus they've added a potential impact interior pass rusher, a long term backup QB, a versatile RB, and considerable offensive line depth through the draft. And they currently have only $1.7M less in available cap space than when they started free agency. That's amazing.
The loss of Logan Mankins may or may not haunt the Pats this year. But they have a ton of room to maneuver and take advantage of opportunity, they are in good shape to lock up key long term, and they have a strong and young nucleus to build around.
I'm reminded of 2 old threads that I started a long time ago:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...inty-theory-how-the-pats-do-business.920473/
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...ntain-climbing-in-the-salary-cap-era.982221/
It seems to me that BB has used a lot of the same approaches discussed in these old threads in terms of risk diversification/aversion, churning the bottom of the roster, cap management and adjustments for personnel performance, and contingency planning.
It's always fun to watch BB go mountain climbing.
