Player Signing Kendrick Bourne Officially a Patriot

[RobertWeathers]

Welker had elite YAC and elusive ability.

We paid Bourne a lot of money for a guy who is nowhere near a game changer. For a few million more, we could have gotten a game changer like Will Fuller or Kenny Golliday

Paying Golladay $40 million guaranteed is asinine.

Fuller on a 1 year deal is fine but guaranteeing him $9.6m when he's missed 43 out of a possible 96 games is beyond stupid.

 

[Sicilian]

speed/athleticism is important when you don’t have it in any of your receivers.

Harry was a colossal bust. It forced us to overpay for two free agent WRs

And again, you're looking at Bourne's straight line speed and assuming he's not "athletic". Look, he may not work out here. God knows lots of WR's don't, but it won't be because he's too slow. It'll be because he doesn't "get it", or has no chemistry with Newton (or Newton just sucks), or an injury, but it won't be because of his overall physical traits.

 

[RobertWeathers]

And again, you're looking at Bourne's straight line speed and assuming he's not "athletic". Look, he may not work out here. God knows lots of WR's don't, but it won't be because he's too slow. It'll be because he doesn't "get it", or has no chemistry with Newton (or Newton just sucks), or an injury, but it won't be because of his overall physical traits.

NG likes his burners on the outside. Not worth debating him.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

NG likes his burners on the outside. Not worth debating him.

I like WRs who can do it all. Complete players with size toughness strength speed athleticism hands and YAC ability. AJ Brown prime example we need a game changer like that

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Paying Golladay $40 million guaranteed is asinine.

Fuller on a 1 year deal is fine but guaranteeing him $9.6m when he's missed 43 out of a possible 96 games is beyond stupid.

Galliday is worth that money. Watch him play, he takes over games.

Fuller obviously is huge injury risk but his talent level is insane, and we need a game changer like that to defeat a team like KC

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Diggs is another guy I love. Pats inquired but low balled while the bills made an aggressive play and it paid off

 

[RobertWeathers]

I like WRs who can do it all. Complete players with size toughness strength speed athleticism hands and YAC ability. AJ Brown prime example we need a game changer like that

Successful offenses can attack defenses a variety of ways and diversified. Always helps to have a game-changing WR but being totally dependent on them is a recipe for disaster.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Galliday is worth that money. Watch him play, he takes over games.

Fuller obviously is huge injury risk but his talent level is insane, and we need a game changer like that to defeat a team like KC

Golladay is not worth $18m a year. Sorry.

 

[venecol]

Paying Golladay $40 million guaranteed is asinine.

Fuller on a 1 year deal is fine but guaranteeing him $9.6m when he's missed 43 out of a possible 96 games is beyond stupid.

Patriots have signed >$147M in guarantees. They gave Smith $31.25M in guarantees! Agholor's guarantee is $16M. Bourne's is $5.25M, Mills @ $9M.

I'd take Golladay over Smith + Agholor or Bourne or Mills all day long.

WR-1 : Golladay
WR-2 : Agholor or JE11
WR-3 : Bourne or Meyers
TE-1: Henry
TE-2: LaCosse or AsiAsi

That's w/o even including Harry.

People would be creaming over themselves if Bill had signed Golladay. Not one poster would be against it (well maybe not, lol).

I'm not saying they shouldn't have signed Smith but saying the reason to not sign Golladay is the $40M guaranteed doesn't make sense given the record money they handed out in guarantees.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Patriots have signed >$147M in guarantees. They gave Smith $31.25M in guarantees! Agholor's guarantee is $16M. Bourne's is $5.25M, Mills @ $9M.

I'd take Golladay over Smith + Agholor or Bourne or Mills all day long.

WR-1 : Golladay
WR-2 : Agholor or JE11
WR-3 : Bourne or Meyers
TE-1: Henry
TE-2: LaCosse or AsiAsi

That's w/o even including Harry.

People would be creaming over themselves if Bill had signed Golladay. Not one poster would be against it (well maybe not, lol).

I'm not saying they shouldn't have signed Smith but saying the reason to not sign Golladay is the $40M guaranteed doesn't make sense given the record money they handed out in guarantees.

Sure it does.

Golladay is not worth $18m/yr.

You think he is and thats fine. I don't.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Golladay is not worth $18m a year. Sorry.

but Agholor is worth $13 million per year?

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Sure it does.

Golladay is not worth $18m/yr.

You think he is and thats fine. I don't.

Golliday makes contested catches like no other, and given cams inaccurate arm, he could make cam look like an all pro.

 

[ashley]

 

[RIpats88]

I like WRs who can do it all. Complete players with size toughness strength speed athleticism hands and YAC ability. AJ Brown prime example we need a game changer like that

Welker and Edelman don't get open because they out run or are more physical they got open because of savvy route running.

Which is what bourne supposedly is good at. Not every receiver needs to be a run deep go get the ball guy

 

[Patsgofor4]

Welker had elite YAC and elusive ability.

We paid Bourne a lot of money for a guy who is nowhere near a game changer. For a few million more, we could have gotten a game changer like Will Fuller or Kenny Golliday

You are once again proving that “You can’t fix stupid”.

Patriots have signed >$147M in guarantees. They gave Smith $31.25M in guarantees! Agholor's guarantee is $16M. Bourne's is $5.25M, Mills @ $9M.

I'd take Golladay over Smith + Agholor or Bourne or Mills all day long.

Great to hear. I like what the Pats did even more now.

Smith was supposedly their #1 overall free agent target.

 

[RobertWeathers]

but Agholor is worth $13 million per year?

Is Golladay really worth $29m more in guarantees than Agholor?


So no, i'd rather pay Agholor $11m guaranteed than shell out $40m guaranteed to Golladay

You view game-breaking WRs critical to the success of an offense.

I don't.

Different philosophy.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Wow.... we got a guy who is slower than Harry.

He ran a 4.68 - 40 yard dash.

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Jerry Rice ran a 4.6 or 4.7. who cares. Meyers ran slow and all this kid does is know how to run routes and get open a dozen times a game. 40 times mean nothing. They literally were for 60 years ago to find special teams guys who can cover a kickoff. For WRs it's about against an actual human being can you get open and catch the ball.


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[venecol]

I like this signing because:

1. Bourne is a cool as sh*t name and we're going to have fun with it (@Bourne Patriot sorry mate); and
2. He's Samoan and those dudes used to eat the heart of their enemies, which is also cool as sh*t.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Golliday makes contested catches like no other, and given cams inaccurate arm, he could make cam look like an all pro.

Too much money for a player who has missed more than an entire season since entering the league in 2017.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

seems like a solid chain mover but not a move that excites me if i'm honest and i think of all the options we brought in at WR we paid a lot and there were better receivers out there

Don't get your hopes up, I think he'll be like an amendola not a pro bowler. I think Meyers and Agholor start with Henry and Smith. Trade away NKeal Harry he has no role.