Patriots Player Departure Shaq Mason traded to the Bucs

[PatsFan2]

What surprises me the most with this move is that Mason is only 28 years old (seems like he's been here forever). I'm guessing that a couple of things played into this - would he play on his non-guaranteed, cheap contract through next year? or was he going the Gilmore route?

And/or, BB wants money to grab some guys tomorrow and didn't want to have to borrow it all from next year. He probably thinks he can fix the OL "enough" pretty cheaply with the draft and the guys in house - Herron, Desjarlais, Cajuste, Williams, etc. - but needs some $$ for D talent.

Mason is one of the Best Guards in the League Period! This is not how you give a young QB Time in the pocket and DT's out of his face.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

And in other news…

 

[StrawHatPatriot]

Hopefully they are clearing cap space for Robinson, we’ll see?

Is he gonna pay Robinson $23 mil?

Christian kirk reset the market by getting paid $21 million as a #3 receiver.

 

[captain stone]

Bill: Who needs Mason & Karras when I have Thanksdad Ferentz & Yassir C’mon in Durant?

 

[50-yard-line]

Mason is one of the Best Guards in the League Period! This is not how you give a young QB Time in the pocket and DT's out of his face.

Howling at the moon?

Screaming into a canyon?

Drinking castor oil?

Think I just said I was surprised by the move. Also said I wasn't thrilled by it.

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

I’m starting to think those jokes about Kraft going cheap to pay for the new stadium renovation, just might have some truth to it. This is as big of a head scratcher as I can remember.

 

[PatsFan2]

Bill: Who needs Mason & Karras when I have Thanksdad Ferentz & Yassir C’mon in Durant?

You tell em coach cap.

 

[reflexblue]

Wait...what the ****...

My thoughts exactly, WTF

 

[PatsFan2]

Howling at the moon?

Screaming into a canyon?

Drinking castor oil?

Think I just said I was surprised by the move. Also said I wasn't thrilled by it.

Hope Wynn stays healthy for Beli and your sake... I'm not making any bets on that though I'm just saying.

 

[JayNM]

This move makes no sense lol

If we had let him walk in FA, we might have got a higher compensatory pick higher than a 5th rounder

im mad. Mad as hell

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

Could be Mason’s replacement..

Seeing what Guards are getting paid, OT’s might be a lot less hesitant to move inside. They never wanted to do it before because the gap in pay, but now guards are making almost the same as elite OT’s

 

[50-yard-line]

Hope Wynn stays healthy for Beli and your sake... I'm making any bets on that though I'm just saying.

My sake? What's my skin in the game, exactly?

 

[50-yard-line]

This move makes no sense lol

If we had let him walk in FA, we might have got a higher compensatory pick higher than a 5th rounder

im mad. Mad as hell

He wouldn't be a FA until after 2023.

 

[PatsFan2]

My sake? What's my skin in the game, exactly?

Let's just agree that this will not be a good move unless they get someone Big.

 

[Hawaiipatsfan2]

Always kind of funny that people think our players are worth so much. Then when they don't bring back as much it is always, Bill gave them away. Just perhaps, we over valued how good they were.

Or bill just isn’t the best GM, and the rest of league knows it.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

 

[SHOWTIME15]

This move makes no sense lol

If we had let him walk in FA, we might have got a higher compensatory pick higher than a 5th rounder

im mad. Mad as hell

Well, it seems like the Pats are going to sign someone...let's give Bill a chance

 

[JayNM]

He wouldn't be a FA until after 2023.

And still would net us something better than a 5th rounder IMO

Plus its not like its a surplus... we are not making us better now, we'vr just created more holes in the team OL...

Again, makes no sense

 

[Patsgofor4]

This move makes no sense lol

If we had let him walk in FA, we might have got a higher compensatory pick higher than a 5th rounder

im mad. Mad as hell

When he hits free agency in 2024? You don’t know that a 5th this year is worth more than a 4th two years from now, do you? You also don’t know how the comp picks determined. No, a 30-year-old Mason wouldn’t have yielded higher than a 5th.

The move itself isn’t the problem. It is only a problem if this isn’t a prelude to another move.

 

[50-yard-line]

Well, it seems like the Pats are going to sign someone...let's give Bill a chance

If they re-sign Trent Brown and trade for La'el Collins, the COMP pick isn't touched, right?

I think a line of Brown-Wynn-Andrew-Onwenu-Collins would be...huge.