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extend warren or wilford.
Resign Samuel.
Please...
don't get anyone else.
I would NEVER extend 'wilford' he simply sucks - Now 'Wilfork',YES INDEED!!
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Resign Samuel.
Please...
don't get anyone else.
I would think $6M is needed to cover:
rookies
PUP and IR
Player 52 and 53
Practice Squad
Injury Reserve to replace players during the season
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None of this is needed until the week before the season starts, and a restructuring or two or three will cover the $6M (Light, Colvin, and Brady come to mind).
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We have plenty of cap room to sign anyone we want. Also, I don't expect Samuel to be on the roster for Game One at $8M. I expect him to extend or be traded.
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I'll bet Samuel goes "Branch" on us and Holds Out
for a trade and BB won't make the same mistake by "disclosing" his value,like last time.
I think Mangini will tweak BB's nose again by attempting to contact Samuel on the side,as with D Branch.This is not going to be pretty.
I think we lie low, after the Welker deal goes through, and sign some JAG players at certain positions of need (ILB, WR, etc.), and then we will shift our focus towards the draft.
We have zero ILB's for 2008.
We don't have a #1 WR for 2007.
We have Welker (maybe) and Jackson as our WR's for 2008.
Our defensive backfield for 2008 consists of Hobbs and Sanders.
Dillon has been replaced by Morris (we need more).
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jags and the draft are insufficinet to meet our needs.
Gage is big, 6-4 210+. 43 of his 60 career catches moved the sticks; this is fifth best in the NFC in the past 3 seasons for WR's with at least 60 catches. He played in Chicago with an incompetent and clueless QB. He's un UFA with little risk, he wouldn't garner a huge contract. I'd sign him and see what he can do, he's at the point in his career where he could break out.
Drew Bledsoe will sign a veteran minimum to come home and further aid Brady progression.
Maybe Stallworth or they are paying attention to getting Moss althought it is trade talk, not free agency.
Seems a bunch of Donnie Edwards fans on board.
I admit, I think he is great linebacker and would definately enhance the defense because you can't be that talented and not contribute. I just don't see him wanting to come to NE or NE making the effort to sign a 33 ILB that seems to fit the mold for a 4-3 defense. Still think KC is in the works and if that falls through, I think he considers the Giants.
As far as Stallworth goes, I think the guy looked good last season. Years prior, the guy was very inconsistent. Maybe it was Aaron Brooks or maybe it was him (because Joe Horn was getting it done). I'm flattered that he put the Pats on the list of places he wants to play, but I'm not stupid to think that it wasn't influenced by the fact that the Pats had a ton of money to work with. You always want to flatter those teams because they will pay you.
Then you take into account the drug suspensions hanging over his head and I just don't think the Pats need that type of baggage. Now they are still rumored to be interested in Randy Moss and what baggage he has could largely out weigh anything Stallworth could bring. I think Moss can turn it on and be the #1, but Donte is better suited to be a #2 for a team that wants to take the risks.
Personally, I think it is time to search the bargain bin and find some solid depth at inexpensive prices.
MLB: Junior Seau, Larry Izzo, Wali Rainer or Barry Gardner
CB: maybe a veteran like Tory James (played all 16 games last season)
S: maybe Derrick Gibson or Terrance Holt
It's been quiet on the Edwards front. Is he visiting teams/any teams targeting him? Any ideas of what it would cost to get him?
It's "quiet" because he's not a FA. A deal for Edwards has to include a trade with SD for the right to talk to him.
In terms of money, his current deal lands him toward the back of the pack of "Top 10 at his position," I believe (I'm pretty sure I wasn't reading the "Top 5" list.)
Can it be done? I think we get away with it in the same price range as AD, probably a little lower, since he's widely seen as on the decline. By the time he is a free agent, whatever he does with SD will be in the shadow of "Lights Out," and he'll look a little like yesterday's news.
If we go after him for multiple years, that makes it his "sunset" deal... he's said he would like a trade, but SD would have to agree.
PFnV