Armen Da Pats Fan
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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I feel like I haven't seen any of the rookies signed, though, and camp starts in a couple of weeks!
Maroney? Jackson?
pats1 said:Maroney
Jackson
Thomas
Mills
Gostkowski
O'Callaghan
Mincey
Stevenson
Smith
Welker83 said:Signings will start to heat up within a week or two.... everyones getting back from vacation...
Just the draft choices. No big deal. Although they need to start signing soon. Still, it's very rare for any picks other than first rounders to be problems and as we can't fight for a 6th year anymore the "Ben Watson Problem" has gone away.flutie2phelan said:Oh.
Is that all?
BelichickFan said:...as we can't fight for a 6th year anymore the "Ben Watson Problem" has gone away.
Armen Da Pats Fan said:Why is that?
Why can't the Pats ask for 6 anymore?
July 07, 2006
Deep sixed
Over two of the last three years, the Patriots and their first-round draft choices have negotiated six-year deals.
The six-year term was at the root of Benjamin Watson's holdout in 2004. His agent at the time, Tom Condon, didn't want to sign for that length.
But the six-year deal isn't an option for this year's first-round pick, Laurence Maroney (No. 21).
As part of the new collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players association, the maximum length of Maroney's rookie deal can be only five years.
The breakdown is as follows:
Picks 1-16: Six-year maximum
Picks 17-32: Five-year maximum
Second-round picks and lower: Four-year maximum
(note: no rookie deal can be renegotiated for two years)
Posted By: mreiss | Time: 07:24:57 AM