Michael Floyd takes to social media to show appreciation to Patriots

[n1997y]

Uber is happy too!

Nike or Adidas. he's walking distance from work. I stayed in that hotel last year, easier to walk through Patriot Place than drive. No need to leave for food either.

 

[PF_SU]

It would be great if Floyd could fix whatever issues have been troubling him and sign here, at least for a one-year deal. Between him, Edelman and Mitchell the core of the WR corps would be pretty good (and extremely physical). Would be even better if they could re-sign Bennett to support the TEs in case something happens to Gronk again.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

( Edit: He is a free agent next year and his current salary is $1.29 Million)

Actually his salary is $7.3 million but Pats only were responsible for 3/17 of it which is where the $1.29 million came from....

 

[n1997y]

I'm not sure Floyd will get a big offer from another team regardless of how he plays through the playoffs.

Just because a player behaves himself on the Pats doesn't mean he will do the same elsewhere, and teams will take that into consideration.

He still will likely be suspended to start next season, and he has red flags.

For next year at least, I expect the Pats to be the most likely spot for him as a 1-year prove it deal, while catching passes from Brady, will be the best way to reestablish his value, and maybe BB will try and get him for longer than that if Floyd likes being in NE, and is willing to give a home town discount and not try to break the bank, while accepting behavior clauses in his contract.

I'm thinking after yesterday the Pats may not need another prove it deal, that's this year. I'm hoping they lock him up with a better long-term deal than anyone else will offer, protect the team with behavior clauses and conditional guarantees. Looks like he's bought in, need to get s baseline to see. Maybe offer to sign him one year while they work on a long-term extension, just to make sure.

 

[n1997y]

It would be great if Floyd could fix whatever issues have been troubling him and sign here, at least for a one-year deal. Between him, Edelman and Mitchell the core of the WR corps would be pretty good (and extremely physical). Would be even better if they could re-sign Bennett to support the TEs in case something happens to Gronk again.

Plus IIRC Hogsn has another year on his contract. Definitely want to see them re-sign Marty!

 

[patfanken]

A WR corp of Edelman, Hogan, Mitchell, Floyd and DA would be both a deep and strong WR unit. Certainly a deeper one than we've ever had here, including 2007. With Julian and Danny getting up there, we'd need to bring in another young player to continue to develop. We need the next guy to follow in the Brown/Welker/Edelman role.

Think about it. Last season Edelman went down and the offense stalled, and certainly wasn't the same even when he came back. If we had those 5 guys in here we could easily absorb one loss and get by if 2 went down. That's pretty good depth even before you get to FA and the draft.

BTW- The best kind of a deal for Floyd would be to allow him to have is FA year all over again. That would mean giving him the possibility of making $7MM again next year. So what would be fair would be a $1-2MM guarantee and about 4MM in likely to be made incentives if he has something like 800 yds and 8 TD's, and another 2M if he goes over 1100, and/or makes a probowl, and/or gets over 10 TDs, and of course plays in a vast majority of the games and a certain percentage of snap.

If he gets to $7MM, he makes resonable money for his situation, and has a clean start in FA for the really big money. If he has another year like he's had the last 2 (7-800yds 6TDs) then he's going to get paid what he's worth (arouind $4-5MM) and we can move on still better for the experience. If he totally sucks, then it was worth the $1-2MM risk. You can't win them all

 

[ALP]

A WR corp of Edelman, Hogan, Mitchell, Floyd and DA would be both a deep and strong WR unit. Certainly a deeper one than we've ever had here, including 2007. With Julian and Danny getting up there, we'd need to bring in another young player to continue to develop. We need the next guy to follow in the Brown/Welker/Edelman role.

Think about it. Last season Edelman went down and the offense stalled, and certainly wasn't the same even when he came back. If we had those 5 guys in here we could easily absorb one loss and get by if 2 went down. That's pretty good depth even before you get to FA and the draft.

BTW- The best kind of a deal for Floyd would be to allow him to have is FA year all over again. That would mean giving him the possibility of making $7MM again next year. So what would be fair would be a $1-2MM guarantee and about 4MM in likely to be made incentives if he has something like 800 yds and 8 TD's, and another 2M if he goes over 1100, and/or makes a probowl, and/or gets over 10 TDs, and of course plays in a vast majority of the games and a certain percentage of snap.

If he gets to $7MM, he makes resonable money for his situation, and has a clean start in FA for the really big money. If he has another year like he's had the last 2 (7-800yds 6TDs) then he's going to get paid what he's worth (arouind $4-5MM) and we can move on still better for the experience. If he totally sucks, then it was worth the $1-2MM risk. You can't win them all

i dont know...if he made 7M this year total, I expect he wants that to increase w/ time, will be looking for that or more next year, and all the years following

I'm not sure if 4-5M covers it. Ive lost my bearings w/ the cap moving up as it has recently, but I think getting him for 7M/yr might be minimum what he is offered in FA

and i do believe if he plays in postseason like this last game, he will get interest from other teams

 

[long distance]

You can tell the guy loves it here....because this is his Twitter description:


9 exclamation points!!!!!!!!!

Looks like he really likes to drive his car(s)..

_

On a more serious note .. yearning/grasping for new places, new opportunities, being wanted etc. spell lots of insecurity. Hard road ahead of him and his .. Hopefully guys like Marty, Mitchell, Slater can show him the way

 

[n1997y]

On a more serious note .. yearning/grasping for new places, new opportunities, being wanted etc. spell lots of insecurity. Hard road ahead of him and his .. Hopefully guys like Marty, Mitchell, Slater can show him the way

hope they all make him feel at home here and he decides he wants to stay long-term.

 

[patfanken]

i dont know...if he made 7M this year total, I expect he wants that to increase w/ time, will be looking for that or more next year, and all the years following

I'm not sure if 4-5M covers it. Ive lost my bearings w/ the cap moving up as it has recently, but I think getting him for 7M/yr might be minimum what he is offered in FA

and i do believe if he plays in postseason like this last game, he will get interest from other teams

If he ends up finishing up just like the last game he'll wind up with 12 catches and 160 yds. Hardly 10MM/yr numbers. However they would be great for us.

For whatever reason, he f*cked away his big money chances in his contract year with is sub par play. Then he CRUSHED them with the DUI. If he doesn't understand the opportunity the Pats are proposing him and is trying to get the last dollar out there, then I don't want him. He's doomed.

What I'm offering is more than genous I think. The Pats are giving him a do over of this season, and his DUI is the reason he won't get the full $7MM until he earns it. That's the price of his own actions. If he is as good as he thinks he is, he has every reason to believe he will make the full $7MM and have the opportunity to go after the really big money (if that what he wants), but from a position of strength and the Patriots seal of approval.... and maybe a couple of superbowl rings besides

 

[RobertWeathers]

i dont know...if he made 7M this year total, I expect he wants that to increase w/ time, will be looking for that or more next year, and all the years following

I'm not sure if 4-5M covers it. Ive lost my bearings w/ the cap moving up as it has recently, but I think getting him for 7M/yr might be minimum what he is offered in FA

and i do believe if he plays in postseason like this last game, he will get interest from other teams

1yr/$7m seems high to me for him

 

[convertedpatsfan]

I'm not sure Floyd will get a big offer from another team regardless of how he plays through the playoffs.

Just because a player behaves himself on the Pats doesn't mean he will do the same elsewhere, and teams will take that into consideration.

He still will likely be suspended to start next season, and he has red flags.

For next year at least, I expect the Pats to be the most likely spot for him as a 1-year prove it deal, while catching passes from Brady, will be the best way to reestablish his value, and maybe BB will try and get him for longer than that if Floyd likes being in NE, and is willing to give a home town discount and not try to break the bank, while accepting behavior clauses in his contract.

I don't think he should get a multi-year deal, but if 31 teams agree and one does something stupid, it doesn't matter.

I think the biggest concern is the lack of FA wide receivers. The Bears have to decide what to do with Alshon Jeffery, so he may or may not be on the market. Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson will be the other top options. I mentioned Emmanuele Sanders before but forgot he signed an extension with Denver early in the season so he's not there. So Floyd will be one of the top 5 guys available at the position, potentially even top 3 when you factor in age.

Then you've got older options like Anquan Boldin (36), Vincent Jackson (33), or guys who have many question marks like Ted Ginn Jr. or Kamar Aiken or Kendall Wright or Kenny Britt. Each of those guys has shown they can be productive at times, but not necessarily very reliable.

So I don't think a smart team will offer him more than a year, but the problem is there aren't a lot of smart teams, and it only takes one idiot to make a ridiculous deal.

 

[BritPat]

You wouldn't expect him to get anything other than an incentive heavy one year deal, seeing as he's likely going to miss a few games (4 is my best guess) in 2017 once the court stuff is done.

He'd be daft not to want that either, rather than someone trying to low-ball him on a 3 year deal etc. A one year deal gives him chance to show why he was taken high and so highly regarded, even if it's just 12 games.

But for now, let's just enjoy him and hopefully see him contribute towards Lombardi #5.

 

[Dagg]

Whats Dola's cap number next year isnt he getting expensive for a guy that isnt really in a featured role? I love Dola but he never lived up to his $ IMO. Had some huge moments for sure but overall for like a 4th option he is well compensated.

YEAR AGE BASE SALARY SIGNING BONUS ROSTER BONUS WORKOUT BONUS CAP HIT DEAD CAP
2016 30 $1,250,000 $1,416,666 $218,750 - $2,885,416 $1,350,000
2017 31 $6,000,000 $1,416,668 $500,000 - $7,916,668 $1,416,668

 

[luuked]

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.

See I totally agree here and I think this is a much under appreciated point here. Why do we not spend on big FA targets ? Because you don't want to get stuck with someone who looked like a great piece but then doesn't work out and you get stuck with a big contract. Which is why they want to add in exit strategies into contracts which in turn is a turnoff for a lot of the top FA targets.

If Floyd continues on this trajectory he cut down the risk the team would take when giving him a somewhat below market deal for 2-3 years (or just a 1 year prove it deal). Essentially, you are paying those 1.3m for depth right now _and_ valuable insight into an even more expensive decision ahead. And why can we do that ? Because our front office

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Whats Dola's cap number next year isnt he getting expensive for a guy that isnt really in a featured role? I love Dola but he never lived up to his $ IMO. Had some huge moments for sure but overall for like a 4th option he is well compensated.

YEAR AGE BASE SALARY SIGNING BONUS ROSTER BONUS WORKOUT BONUS CAP HIT DEAD CAP
2016 30 $1,250,000 $1,416,666 $218,750 - $2,885,416 $1,350,000
2017 31 $6,000,000 $1,416,668 $500,000 - $7,916,668 $1,416,668

He's restructured his deal each of the last 2 years to make his numbers more incentive based. He also made a comment in how he loves it here and doesn't want to play anywhere else. If Amendola is cut this offseason it's because the Pats don't want him anymore, in my opinion.

 

[Sciz]

i dont know...if he made 7M this year total, I expect he wants that to increase w/ time, will be looking for that or more next year, and all the years following

I'm not sure if 4-5M covers it. Ive lost my bearings w/ the cap moving up as it has recently, but I think getting him for 7M/yr might be minimum what he is offered in FA

and i do believe if he plays in postseason like this last game, he will get interest from other teams

That $7 million was fully guaranteed before the Cardinals had any idea of how awful he'd be this season. He was supposed to be their 1000 yard #2 receiver, and instead he gave them 410 yards and another DUI. I don't think anything over this next month can make up for the disaster of a contract season over the past four months.

 

[farn]

If he makes just one big play like that block or that TD in the key spot, in the big game : bingo.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

He certainly made some great contributions yesterday. Just think, he already has caught as many TD passes from Tom Brady as Ochocinco has.

And certainly more YAC too...

 

[deroc5050]

I'm thinking after yesterday the Pats may not need another prove it deal, that's this year. I'm hoping they lock him up with a better long-term deal than anyone else will offer, protect the team with behavior clauses and conditional guarantees. Looks like he's bought in, need to get s baseline to see. Maybe offer to sign him one year while they work on a long-term extension, just to make sure.

Way to early to tell. This guys is riding high right now, but with all alcohol and drug cases the hardest part isn't staying sober for a month but staying sober or behaving yourself for the long term.