jboston19
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"Overboard" seems to mean two things
1) more than posters here want the team to pay
2) more than the the patriots can get Flowers to sign for
There are 10 teams with more than $45M of cap room (and some with lots more), even after adjusting for the fact that some teams don't have 51 players under contract. The cap is expected to go up each year, so long-term contracts will look much better in a couple of years. Flowers in one of the top 5 free agents available. Some GM's like to go after the shiny free agents. Surely, someone will be giving him top money.
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As an aside, 4/$60/$35 guaranteed seems a reasonable stab at what the patriots might be willing to pay.
Mike Reiss just posted an article where he places odds of each free agents chances at returning to the Pats. Ghost was 90% while, surprisingly, he had Flowers tied at 70% with the next highest chance to re-sign.
I agree with most of Reiss' projections. Am not as surprised as maybe others at the 70% he gave Flowers because -- as I have already pointed out through many posts -- I think Flowers is a jack of all trades and a master of none. Which really limits his value in FA for many teams that are not approaching team building in a similar way as the Patriots.
But as usual when it comes to all things FA, all it takes is just one.
you mean 4 years right? Because I could see 5/80Basically I don’t see the Patriots going up to the 80 million range. I doubt they would go out of the 60’s.
Mike Reiss just posted an article where he places odds of each free agents chances at returning to the Pats. Ghost was 90% while, surprisingly, he had Flowers tied at 70% with the next highest chance to re-sign.
you mean 4 years right? Because I could see 5/80
Other FA options include Frank Clark, Brandon Graham, and Ziggy Ansah.
Mike Reiss just posted an article where he places odds of each free agents chances at returning to the Pats. Ghost was 90% while, surprisingly, he had Flowers tied at 70% with the next highest chance to re-sign.
A good rule of thumb for any “name” free agent on the Pats is that they will be gone.
Not too long ago it was Jamie Colllins, Chandler Jones, Malcolm Butler and Donte Hightower...how many will the Pats keep? Turned out to be one, and that was helped by the fact that a bidding war didn’t develop for Hightower.
A good rule of thumb for any “name” free agent on the Pats is that they will be gone.
Not too long ago it was Jamie Colllins, Chandler Jones, Malcolm Butler and Donte Hightower...how many will the Pats keep? Turned out to be one, and that was helped by the fact that a bidding war didn’t develop for Hightower.
Other FA options include Frank Clark, Brandon Graham, and Ziggy Ansah.
Not a great example as only one of those four was actually signed away as a free agent and at the time he was riding the bench.
the counter argument would be that Collins was not doing what he should have been doing, Butler was pretty average and the Titans offer was just dumb and Chandler Jones was traded not not re-signed.
Not a great example as only one of those four was actually signed away as a free agent and at the time he was riding the bench.
With only around $15 mil cap space, the Pats don’t have much room, but with a few retirements to open things up, there might be a chance of a team-friendly extension. At the end of the day, it all boils down to what BB thinks of him.