upstater1
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Seymour was a casualty of the CBA negotiations. With Brady, Wilfork and Seymour up, you'd be hardpressed to shell out $75 million to these guys up front, especially in this economic climate.
In hindsight, we have plenty of cap room so the Patriots could have signed Seymour, there's a good CBA in place, etc.
But that's in hindsight.
Not so concerned about Solder either. clearly the Patriots wanted him and they could have traded their #1 with the Vereen pick, a 2 and a 4, whatever, to move up from 28 or whereever to 18. They would have had Solder regardless.
In the future, we need to sign our best players. We should have stayed with branch and Seymour, but given the variables around Seymour's contract, it's hard to say. The business climate got in the way.
In hindsight, we have plenty of cap room so the Patriots could have signed Seymour, there's a good CBA in place, etc.
But that's in hindsight.
Not so concerned about Solder either. clearly the Patriots wanted him and they could have traded their #1 with the Vereen pick, a 2 and a 4, whatever, to move up from 28 or whereever to 18. They would have had Solder regardless.
In the future, we need to sign our best players. We should have stayed with branch and Seymour, but given the variables around Seymour's contract, it's hard to say. The business climate got in the way.