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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.I don't think many players ever did take home town discounts just a select few that we remember.
This is a business, don't blame Wes at all dude gets destroyed every game who knows how he will be 10 years down the road.
Brady probably is pissed, but they're going to spend to the cap he isn't the GM to say who they spend it on.
I still think Fred is really Steve from Fall River ... :bricks::bricks::bricks:
Never again can the Patriots to expect a player to take a home town discount after what happened to Brady and Welker. If the team is going to nickle and dime them then I expect players to do the same to the team. No longer will players put up with that bullbleep; they will pull a Welker. I don't blame Welker one bit; enough is enough.
Fred you sound like a cranky old man who can't find his teeth.
Exactly what happened to Brady and Welker? Lets look.
1. Poor Brady got screwed when he had to accept $3MM more in payment over the next 2 years. Now that's the kind of discount I'm looking to get.
2. Welker was disrespected when he was made to accept $9,3MM in payment when his true market was closer to below $7.
3. Wekler was once again disrespected when he was forced to turn down an insulting 2 year $16MM guaranteed offer that turned out to be ABOVE the market rate by $2MM/yr
4. ...and then the final insult, when the Pats were proven to be corect in assessing Wes' true market, they didn't wait around for him to come back with a counter. Those BASTARDS
OOOOHHHHH THE HORROR!
Add Brandon Lloyd to the mix. He wouldn't play ball either and got his release today because he wouldn't renegotiate down. He'll sign for bigger money elsewhere.
The BB/Kraft el cheapo show will only work as long as #12 is in the house.
When Brady retires and this team becomes average just watch and see how few if any quality FA's come here.
BTW Brady has given the Patriots a hometown discount his entire career. Most in and out of the game think TB is the best QB in football yet TB has never pulled the "I'm the best and want to be the highest paid QB" card.
It's too bad because I think Brady should be much more strident in demanding things from this organization roster wise also.
TB is too much the company man for my taste and I think it's hurt him.....like in 2006. Btw this receiving corp is shaping up to be yet another below par group.
Pathetic.
I can't understand how some of you guys can totally discount the fact that Belichick has consistently won and made this team insanely competitive in the salary cap era--more than any other team in the entire NFL.
Yet you constantly still fail to grasp the idea of needing to make tough cap decisions based on the present AND future of the team itself?
It's like the whole flat cap/cap crunch issue with about 1/2 to 2/3 of all NFL teams lately has gone right over your heads....
It's honestly amazing. What we're seeing is the common opinion of the average and casual Sunday watching fan who really doesn't follow the team that closely.
TB is too much the company man for my taste and I think it's hurt him.....like in 2006.
Btw this receiving corp is shaping up to be yet another below par group.
Pathetic.
You cannot possibly believe that Brady signed the contract he did with an assurance that Welker would be back. Brady is not about money or team. He's about GOAT. In a couple years, when he finally hangs 'em up, TFP wants Robert Kraft to erect a statue of him in front of the Patriots HoF. After that, he wants the NFL to do the same at Canton. I'm sure he is very happy with the FA period because it increased his chances of hoisting another trophy.Never again can the Patriots to expect a player to take a home town discount after what happened to Brady and Welker. If the team is going to nickle and dime them then I expect players to do the same to the team. No longer will players put up with that bullbleep; they will pull a Welker. I don't blame Welker one bit; enough is enough.