Another nice addition to the Patriot Offense....
Let's hope the locker room helps him get thru his "problem" and that he matures......
He has made a difference already in a short time......hope he continues his progress thru the playoffs...
Big question is does he get offered a long term contract if he continues his good play thru the playoffs and/or will he be offered or sign a one year deal ? Wouldn't it be an expensive signing if BB just grabbed him for this season? Does anyone know his contract status? I believe he's a free agent next year.....
I've seen several people talk about the $1.3M as if we've just signed someone to Brock Osweiler's contract. I don't mean to single you out, as you're not the first (and probably not the last) to mention it, but it seems ridiculous to keep bringing it up.
Think about it this way: Dion Lewis has a $1.1M cap hit this year and he played only 6 games. Jonathan Freeny's cap hit is $1.7M and he only played 5 games. Sebastian Vollmer's cap hit is $5.2M and we got nothing out of him. Jonathan Cooper's cap hit is $1.9M and we got nothing out of him, while we have $2M in dead money towards Scott Chandler and $1M towards Brandon Lafell, who didn't play for us at all.
But HOLY **** WE SPENT $1.3M ON A WIDE RECEIVER??? WHAT THE HELL? MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES!
I've heard more comments about Floyd's $1.3M salary than all of those players' contracts combined. He's 25th on the team in terms of cap hit.
We got him in time to learn the system, get some game reps, and get ready for the playoffs. If you think about him as a late PUP player (I know the time frame isn't exactly the same) or "IR designated to return" player, $1.3M is peanuts. It's amazing how much this money has been overblown.
Terrible teams like the Jaguars have $40M in cap space and didn't want to spend $1.3M on finding out if Floyd was a potential fit before offering a long-term deal. The Texans would have loved a try-it-before-you-buy-it option on Osweiler.
Contenders like the Chiefs have $6M in cap space and finally figured out explosive players can win games, even those who choke their pregnant girlfriends, yet they didn't go for him. 31 other teams passed, some for character, but some for price, and the price is ridiculously cheap when you think about it.
He was probably a free agent target for the Patriots anyways, and the chance to bring him in early and test him out was worth the money alone. The potential comp pick is worth the money alone. The potential impact in the playoffs is worth the money alone. Heck, his performance in the Miami game is more than some guys on the roster making comparable money have done, and so that was worth the money alone.
As for his future prospects, he's a free agent at the end of the year. We could franchise him (unlikely), but he would be part of the comp pick formula if we lost him to another team. A one-year deal would be what most are comfortable with, but I have a feeling someone will do something stupid (it is free agency after all) and offer him a deal similar to Jones/Sanu from last off-season. He's a better player, but with more question marks.
And this is where the Patriots having inside experience helps, as they'll have him in the building for a few months and a bunch of games and practices. They'll be able to figure out if he really is a great fit, if he's worth the risk of a longer-term deal or not. It helps them project and be more aggressive on retaining him if they want.
I was thrilled with the Floyd deal regardless of whether it worked out or not. It's a low-risk, high-reward deal. Not every single one of these work out, but if you do 10 of them, more than enough work out to make it well worth it. It just so happens Floyd was one that worked out. But I would defend the deal even if it didn't because $1.3M is so little in the grand scheme of things, I can't believe how much time has been spent focused on it.
