Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

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Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

 

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Adam Schefter ?@AdamSchefter 14s15 seconds ago


Wheeling and dealing continues: Bears are trading TE Martellus Bennett to Patriots for draft-pick compensation, league sources tell ESPN.

 

[Double TE]

Martellus Bennett

Coming to the Pats.

 

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that's gonna be some interesting formations

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

This offseason sucks. Nothing happening.

 

[breakin]

Someone called this in the FA thread and i didnt see it happening with his salary. Love the move though and finally got a legit 2 TE set we havent had since AH. Props to whoever called it in the FA thread.

 

[jah]

Hard not to like this move.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

WOW...Seeing him and Gronk together could be a very dangerous combo for other teams to defend..

Jules
Gronk
Bennett
Dola
Lewis
Hogan
White

I like

 

[RobertWeathers]

Slated to make $5.085m in salary. Cap hit was $5.185m. Dead cap was $1.2m.

Bears was gonna cut him anyway. Pats will redo his deal. No way he is making $5m here as a TE2.

This team thinks out of the box better than any FO in NFL history.

Major upgrade over Chandler (Scott)

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

What's his cap hit this year? Wonder if he are giving him a new deal

 

[BradyBomb]

Wow. Call me surprised. Intrigued. Hope he's a smart guy and can pick up on the Patriots offense.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Steal. Theft. A top 8 TE. This TE duo is absurd!

 

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Adam Schefter Verified account ?@AdamSchefter


Teams finalizing deal, but Chicago and New England are expected to swap mid-to-late round picks in exchange for Martellus Bennett.

 

[Flash]

What's his cap hit this year? Wonder if he are giving him a new deal

$5.2 million cap hit. Given that we just dumped Jones' salaries and we still have contracts that could be restructured/dumped (ex. Amendola and Cannon), his cap shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Tom_Montana12]

Slated to make $5.085m in salary. Cap hit was $5.185m. Dead cap was $1.2m.

Bears was gonna cut him anyway. Pats will redo his deal. No way he is making $5m here as a TE2.

This team thinks out of the box better than any FO in NFL history.

Major upgrade over Chandler (Scott)

That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

 

[AtomicDawg]

Oh man. If this guy stays healthy and buys into the program, this could be lethal!

 

[primetime]

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Bennett. Good all-around tight end who can block and catch, and still somehow only 29. I remember he led the league in missed tackles forced for tight ends and receivers in 2013 and 2014.

 

[primetime]

That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

I actually wouldn't be too surprised if he gets a new deal from the Patriots. He's only 29 and he's been looking for a new contract.

 

[RobertWeathers]

That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

I'm pretty sure its already been agreed to. You don't go through the effort of swapping picks if the player will be a contract problem.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

I feel so much better paying $5M for Bennett instead of the 4 years, $29M+ Allen got.