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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 think Tomase is going to end up eating this...From all reports Asante has NOT signed the one-year tender.
Ooops is not going to cut it here for Tomase.
It's NOT ENOUGH!!!!!This morning it is being reported on Pro Football talk, i believe, that the reason for hesitation is that the Samuel wants a guarantee that he will not be franchised next year.. it is what it is, the NFL players agreement, he has no leverage and the Pats are essentially in the drivers seat in this situation.. great deal of difficulty in hearing someone complain about only making 7.79 million per year...
After years of reading this forum, I finally feel like I need to start contributing when I find places where people are being led down the wrong path.
I don't think the reports regarding Asante are accurate. I believe he has not signed his tender yet, but people need to consider why.
Everyone has mentioned how moronic it is to come to camp with demands, but announce you will sign tomorrow if you don't get your demands. Well Asante and his agent are not dumb. You can argue they made poor choices in the negotiation process, but the tactic people are discussing is something a child would do.
Here is something that seems more reasonable: The Patriots had an 80 man roster as of this morning and planned on cutting 5 more to get to 75 by tomorrow afternoon. When Asante signs his tender they will have to cut another before he can join the team.
I imagine BB and co. planned to determine who was getting cut after afternoon practice and maybe early tomorrow. By waiting to sign til tomorrow, it allows all the rookies one last practice and time to determine the first 6 cuts.
Asante needed to go through a physical and pass his conditioning run anyways and that could have taken up most of his day.
I think this is a situation where BB was not quite sure Asante would come in today and did not want to cut one guy a day early when they could easily announce it tomorrow morning and have Asante fully prepped for practice on Tuesday.
Maybe I get bit in the ass for this somewhat bolder prediction, but Tomase is certainly safe from any backlash. If Asante continued his holdout it would only prove his point that the Patriots are not going to make the same mistake again.
I think Marius is pretty much on the right track. I also posted (last night) that this "hasn't signed the tender" talk is much ado about nothing. He will sign the tender today and be on the practice field today.I don't buy it. I say the article is pretty much right on (aside from perhaps the fact that he didn't sign - but will today). AS (and his agents) played this wrong from the begining, and are still playing it wrong.
My bet is Hobbs emerges as a better CB this year too.
Asante needed to go through a physical and pass his conditioning run anyways and that could have taken up most of his day.
I thought it wa a good article.I think Tomase is going to end up eating this...From all reports Asante has NOT signed the one-year tender.
Ooops is not going to cut it here for Tomase.
I don't buy it. I say the article is pretty much right on (aside from perhaps the fact that he didn't sign - but will today). AS (and his agents) played this wrong from the begining, and are still playing it wrong.
My bet is Hobbs emerges as a better CB this year too.
Obviously, he gained very little by holding out.
But he didn't lose much either.
It's all a big non-deal. He's here, and if he doesn't get hurt he will probably play very well and help the Pats win football games.