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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Patrick Chung was the 2nd pick of the second round in 2009. Jamie Collins was a second rounder after we traded down. It's 7 first rounders, two seconds, Ninko and Browner.
And Browner is a fairly premium FA signing. Nobody can claim a lack of investment in this defense. I suspect the Rams are about the only NFL team that can compare.
Remmeber Akeem Ayers is a high second also. Could see him staying at RDE with Jones moveing to LDE NeXT year.
Wouldn't mind 3 DE and 3 DT was "starters" with rotation. And its a part of a 3 man rotation Ayers would be a "starter"..Good point on his draft pick although I'm not convinced Ayers is a starter. Much prefer him as a key backup and rotation guy.
Wouldn't mind 3 DE and 3 DT was "starters" with rotation. And its a part of a 3 man rotation Ayers would be a "starter"..
Still would like to see a starting-caliber SS & a pass-rushing DE added, but I'll wait to see how it looks
when - or sadly, if - Chandler Jones returns.
I see a very high probability that one of McCourty, Revis, or browner are not here next season. Between those 3, and Arrington, that would be around 25-30mill in cap to one area. That is very high investment for any belichick position.
I will say browner is the most likely to be cut given his contract has little guarantees, but I could see a situation where each could find their way out of foxboro.
With that in mind, I could see a high draft expense at the secondary positions, even with it being a relatively weak class.
I certainly hope that is not the case. BTW, the 2015 cap hit for those 3 players is $15.3M ($7.5M Revis, $5.1M McCourty, $2.7M Browner), which is not exactly chump change.
Still would like to see a starting-caliber SS & a pass-rushing DE added, but I'll wait to see how it looks when - or sadly, if - Chandler Jones returns.
Those who have been asking about Chandler Jones: source said today patriots are hoping he'll be back for postseason
I certainly hope that is not the case. BTW, the 2015 cap hit for those 3 players is $15.3M ($7.5M Revis, $5.1M McCourty, $2.7M Browner), which is not exactly chump change.
I think you might be looking at their 2014 numbers
My bad - I was referring to this year, and mis-typed. Thanks for the correction. Add in Arrington's $3.6M plus 2014 cap hit and the Pats have $20M in cap space invested in 4 DBs.
Clearly they have to do something to work on the cap numbers for 2015. A McCourty extension could have a lowish 2015 cap hit. Hopefully a Revis extension will cut his number down. But - especially if there is a decent bump to the league cap for 2015, as expected - I don't think that $30M for the secondary is out of the question.
, Hunter (rapidly becoming a favorite).
Cut Brandon Browner - salary cap savings $5.5 million2015 New England Patriots Defense - noteworthy players under contract
Defensive Ends
Ninkovich, Rob
Jones, Chandler
Buchanan, Michael
Moore, Zach
Defensive Tackles
Wilfork, Vince
Siliga, Sealver (ERFA)
Jones, Chris
Easley, Dominique
Linebackers
Mayo, Jerod
Hightower, Dont'a
Collins, Jamie
Safeties
Wilson, Tavon
Ebner, Nate
Harmon, Duron
Jones, Don
Cornerbacks
Revis, Darrelle
Browner, Brandon
Arrington, Kyle
Dennard, Alfonzo
Ryan, Logan
Butler, Malcolm
http://www.patriots.com/team/roster.html
2015 New England Patriots Defense - key unrestricted free agents
McCourty, Devin
Chung, Patrick
Ayers, Akeem
White, Chris (special teams linebacker)
Casillas, Jonathan (special teams linebacker)
Cut Brandon Browner - salary cap savings $5.5 million
http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/new-england-patriots
Re-sign Devin McCourty with salary cap savings from the Brandon Browner release.
Either re-sign Patrick Chung or draft a safety no earlier than the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Exercise option on Darrelle Revis contract.
2015 Patriots Defense Distribution (minimum):
DE - 4
DT - 4
LB - 6
S - 5
CB - 5
Total 24
Defensive Ends
Ninkovich, Rob
Jones, Chandler
Buchanan, Michael
Moore, Zach
Defensive Tackles
Wilfork, Vince
Siliga, Sealver (ERFA)
Jones, Chris
Easley, Dominique
Linebackers
Mayo, Jerod
Hightower, Dont'a
Collins, Jamie
White, Chris (UFA)
Davis or Fleming or Skinner or Gordon or Morris or collegiate UDFA
2015 7th Round Draft Pick (preferably inside linebacker)
Safeties
McCourty, Devin
Chung, Patrick or 2015 3rd Round Draft Pick
Wilson, Tavon
Ebner, Nate
Harmon, Duron
Cornerbacks
Revis, Darrelle
Arrington, Kyle
Dennard, Alfonzo
Ryan, Logan
Butler, Malcolm
Comment: The New England Patriots currently have three linebackers on injured reserve and another three on the practice squad.
http://www.patriots.com/team/roster.html
Based upon Miguel's salary cap analyses, I tend to keep my analysis as realistic as possible.I haven't worked through the cap numbers, but if at all possible I want to keep Browner, Ayers, Branch and Casillas, probably in that order.