Official Free Agency 2018

[Hammer of Thor]

Ok, that ends that dream......

 

[mgteich]

Only two major Patriots free agents left are Slater and Burkhead, by my estimation. Guys like Bademosi and Flowers are out there but they're replacement-level. Patriots should have $15m+ to work with, and could make more room with extensions or restructures or forcing Dwayne Allen to take a paycut. A splash signing like Mathieu or Suh is certainly within reach with room for a few value guys.

I disagree with regard to Marquise Flowers. He is well worth signing, expecting that he will be an important part of the linebacker corp. He can actually cover.

 

[long distance]

He would be a very helpful player, the ability to play pretty much every DB position effectively would be a boon to the secondary, and it would provide insurance for Chung and McCourty that we really don't have right now (Harmon is a nice player and can do some of what McCourty does, but we play big nickel often and don't have a backup to replace Harmon in that case; Richards isn't a nice player at all). We could effectively play either of the big dime packages with him there (3 safeties or 4 safeties) assuming team health. I wonder what his market will be?

If there's one kind of player BB would break a bank its this kind.
Of course its hard to compete with eternal losers the league allows them to carry over 100M..

 

[DaBruinz]

Robinson's been available since November when he was waived with an injury designation, so that seems unlikely.

Not true. After 1 day on waivers, he reverted to IR for the Lions. He's currently a free agent.
Everyone goes through the waiver process after the Trade Deadline.

 

[Ring 6]

According to Spotrac they have about $11m in cap space. Not sure if that is accurate. You're right though. Several teams seem to have more cap space than one would think. Do they manage (or violate) the cap better than NE? I doubt it.

When you don’t have good players you gave cap space.

 

[PWRxWLF]

Cards just released Mathieu. Pats need to be all over this.

I'm with you Kontra. How many ways would Bill use this guy?! Ultimate jack knife. Just don't see it happening at all. Mathieu is going to break the freaking bank! I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't end up being the highest DB paid in NFL history. Why, well why not? Look at all these contracts being thrown around. A team like SF would be a good fit for him. I just don't see us being able to compete with a team that has a ton of cap space. But, if Im gonna be honest here, we all know he is gonna sign some monster deal with a team that is already over the cap.

 

[Ring 6]

I disagree with regard to Marquise Flowers. He is well worth signing, expecting that he will be an important part of the linebacker corp. He can actually cover.

If marquis flowers is playing much defense, things went wrong.

 

[borisman]

I wouldn't be surprised if they signed someone like Greg Robinson on a short term deal and had him go against Garcia to see who would win the job..

Scar can fix him so I agree it's a possibility.

 

[TomPatriot]

When you don’t have good players you gave cap space.

Buffalo, Tennessee, Denver for several years? I dunno.

 

[chasa]

According to Spotrac they have about $11m in cap space. Not sure if that is accurate. You're right though. Several teams seem to have more cap space than one would think. Do they manage (or violate) the cap better than NE? I doubt it.

They structure deals that make them albatross's later. that's what has been most impressive about the patriots run, aside from when players get Ir'd or that one time aaron hernadez murdered a bunch of people, the patriots don't have a ton of dead cap always lingering over their heads.

For instance, The saints need to revisit brees again next year, because his cap hit is going to be $34 million dollars.

 

[long distance]

on my list as well

 

[Kontradiction]

He'll want more money than Butler.

He should get it, too. He's better and more versatile than Butler.

 

[PatDaPatriot]

Five Teams In On DE Adrian Clayborn

Pats supposedly in on Adrian Clayborn.

 

[long distance]

 

[Snooky97]

Had such a great career, shame he never really managed to win anything of note

 

[fightingirish595]

Clayborn is a nice player. But not a difference maker. Would not be a bad get

 

[Hammer of Thor]

 

[luuked]

on my list as well

Meh. Take out that one outlier game.. depends on price..

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

Clayborn is a nice player. But not a difference maker. Would not be a bad get

Not a bad get, not a good get either. Those sack totals for him last year are skewed since he got 3/4 of those against a backup OT for Dallas when Tyron smith was out.

 

[fightingirish595]

Not a bad get, not a good get either. Those sack totals for him last year are skewed since he got 3/4 of those against a backup OT for Dallas when Tyron smith was out.

I know