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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Perhaps Brady should play for the vet minimum. After all, he does't need the money. Personally, I don't think that McCourty should voluntarily take a pay cut. McCourty should agree to an extension.
Almost every player on the team is playing below market, which is why this team is such an outlier. There are many players who could have held out who didn’t, or if they did it was kept private. In addition, playing for the Patriots almost always means less guarantees than other teams. This team is full of players who are paid well but definitely left something on the table to play for a winner.
Sorry, but I can only get on board this idea to a certain extent. The Patriots have a $175M payroll. That’s a lot of money and the team makes a lot of profit.
Coverage aside I love watching Nate tackle.BTW- Hopefully the Pats will draft another young safety to go along with Obi because I'm finally giving up waiting for Nat Ebner to become an NFL caliber safety.
His salary is NOT being cut.
Everyone says the Patriots don’t pay. Moss said that. Butler said that. Ridley said that. Yet the Patriots spend to cap limit every year. So they are paying a lot of people, a lot of money. They’re just usually not breaking records and setting new highs, especially for skill positions. So unlike other rosters, which are full of stars that are paid massive money, and then have a ton of rookies/nobodies to fill out the 53 man roster, Patriots pay a lot of decent salaries to that fat middle of the roster and are not top heavy on big stars. They are still spending as much as anybody, but have a lot more guys making $3m (Andrews) and $4m (Edelman) etc and content.
They still may ask him to take a step back. It’s not like we have any emotion tied to Patriots player contracts. I know BB doesn’t have any emotion over it. After all, it’s just businessMcCourty is well worth $9.5M, and the team will NOT cut him.
If Brady plays for less....it’s why BB & Brady are still doing what they do. It’s been what has made the New England Patriots who they’ve been for 18 years.Almost every player on the team is playing below market, which is why this team is such an outlier. There are many players who could have held out who didn’t, or if they did it was kept private. In addition, playing for the Patriots almost always means less guarantees than other teams. This team is full of players who are paid well but definitely left something on the table to play for a winner.
Sorry, but I can only get on board this idea to a certain extent. The Patriots have a $175M payroll. That’s a lot of money and the team makes a lot of profit.
Have you got some verification on that, or is that just you tossing out a guess?
McCourty needs to either sign an extension and play for less or they need to cut him sadly. They just can't afford to carry his cap hit into this year IMO.
I think keeping Flowers is too important. Gronk isn't going to take a pay cut IMO and I don't see them cutting him. Brady will extend and cut some cash room i think but it won't be enough. They need to free up some more money.