Throw the cash Wes wants at Mike Wallace

[MoLewisrocks]

It would really suck if the Jets found a way to get him.

With Santonio and the two headed QB monster...not necessarily. Not to mention Revis who thought long and hard about holding out would probably walk out.

 

[supafly]

Now, everybody is up to the cap, the retirees have stayed away and everybody is looking at the 85-90 guys in camp.

Not too confident about that one, but otherwise I agree with your statement on the Jets.

 

[Deus Irae]

With Santonio and the two headed QB monster...not necessarily. Not to mention Revis who thought long and hard about holding out would probably walk out.

Wallace and Hill on the outside
Holmes in the slot
Keller at TE

That's potentially a very dangerous group, with a boatload of speed on the outside.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Wallace and Hill on the outside
Holmes in the slot
Keller at TE

That's potentially a very dangerous group, with a boatload of speed on the outside.

They could have Jerry Rice in his prime and Randy or TO in their youth and Wayne Chrebet in the slot and they'd still have Sanchez or Tebow under center...

 

[Deus Irae]

They could have Jerry Rice in his prime and Randy or TO in their youth and Wayne Chrebet in the slot and they'd still have Sanchez or Tebow under center...

Sanchez is a bottom tier QB to this point in his career, but he'd look a lot better throwing to that group.

As for Tebow, he'd thrive with that group against almost any team that didn't have top level CBs on both sides, because you wouldn't dare commit to the run with all that speed out there.

Pittsburgh learned this the hard way.

 

[ausbacker]

Sanchez is a bottom tier QB to this point in his career, but he'd look a lot better throwing to that group.

As for Tebow, he'd thrive with that group against almost any team that didn't have top level CBs on both sides, because you wouldn't dare commit to the run with all that speed out there.

Pittsburgh learned this the hard way.

Pittsburgh put together an idiotic game plan against the Broncos. Against the Patriots the second time around, Tebow and the Broncos were found wanting.

Tim Tebow isn't a good Quarterback. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Sanchez is a bottom tier QB to this point in his career, but he'd look a lot better throwing to that group.

If he's not getting sacked that is

 

[mayoclinic]

Wallace and Hill on the outside
Holmes in the slot
Keller at TE

That's potentially a very dangerous group, with a boatload of speed on the outside.

Meh. You can't stop teams from acquiring talent in the era of free agency, but the salary cap puts some limits on things. The Jets already have Santonio Holmes locked in for 5 years at $45M. Wallace wants more than that. That's a lot of money to tie up in the WR position. Keller will be a FA after this year, and paying big money to Wallace would pretty much kill keeping him. There's only so much a team can do by restructuring contracts and pushing stuff back before they get into hot water. And the bottom line is, if the Jets want to try to create a vertical offense around two speed burners who have never proven the ability to run disciplined routes and a speedy but selfish guy underneath, I'm all for it.

BUt the bottom line is that the Pats can't control or worry about what other teams do, and I can't see BB losing sleep over who might end up with Mike Wallace should the Steelers trade him.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Little reality check for both the anti Welker and pro Wallace factions hereabouts in Greg Bedard's Sunday Notes. And given the way this was written Bedard (sadly imo) isn't guessing on the Welker numbers.

What was equally interesting is what they'd have had to pay to land him as a RFA as opposed to what they paid him after they traded for him. As well as Greg's observation that since the team has adopted the approach of heavily leveraging their best veteran players at contract time they haven't won a SB. Not to mention the simple fact that teams use the trade option to insure impact players don't land within a certain division - and that works both ways (as in the last place Pittsburgh would let Wallace land is with an AFC rival).

Paying some attention to the status of Welker - Sports - The Boston Globe

 

[Ring 6]

Little reality check for both the anti Welker and pro Wallace factions hereabouts in Greg Bedard's Sunday Notes. And given the way this was written Bedard (sadly imo) isn't guessing on the Welker numbers.

What was equally interesting is what they'd have had to pay to land him as a RFA as opposed to what they paid him after they traded for him. As well as Greg's observation that since the team has adopted the approach of heavily leveraging their best veteran players at contract time they haven't won a SB. Not to mention the simple fact that teams use the trade option to insure impact players don't land within a certain division - and that works both ways (as in the last place Pittsburgh would let Wallace land is with an AFC rival).

Paying some attention to the status of Welker - Sports - The Boston Globe

Too bad that observation is wrong. Unless you just want to pretend Lawyer Milloy didn't happen.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Too bad that observation is wrong. Unless you just want to pretend Lawyer Milloy didn't happen.

Milloy wasn't in a contract or extension situation. He was a combination of existing cap hit meets underperforming his existing contract (not to mention becoming a negative locker room presence) and unwilling to do anything about one or even acknowledge either of the other issues (until well after he left...).

 

[patsfaninpittsburgh]

Little reality check for both the anti Welker and pro Wallace factions hereabouts in Greg Bedard's Sunday Notes. And given the way this was written Bedard (sadly imo) isn't guessing on the Welker numbers.

What was equally interesting is what they'd have had to pay to land him as a RFA as opposed to what they paid him after they traded for him. As well as Greg's observation that since the team has adopted the approach of heavily leveraging their best veteran players at contract time they haven't won a SB. Not to mention the simple fact that teams use the trade option to insure impact players don't land within a certain division - and that works both ways (as in the last place Pittsburgh would let Wallace land is with an AFC rival).

Paying some attention to the status of Welker - Sports - The Boston Globe

So according to Greg........the approach of heavily leveraging on a best veteran player who dropped a ball that cost the team a Super Bowl has been done while not winning a Super Bowl.

So it's your contention that dropping passes that would win Super Bowls doesn't cost Super Bowls....it's the offseason salary policies that cost Super Bowls?

Did Wes drop the pass specifically to prove that this policy directly causes the Patriots to forgo Super Bowls?

Well Wes certainly showed that evil Belichick!!!!