Player Signing Report: Patriots Acquire DeVante Parker from Dolphins

[BobDigital]

Love the move. Anything to help Mac out with our fairly poor WR core.

His contract for the next 2 years at 6M each is a steal for what he offers. A big target at 6'3 220lbs. Just the kind of guy they've been looking for for a while now. I still believe they should draft a WR in the first round though. Parker is a good pick up but not the guy we need. Over the last 3 years projected over a full season he's averaged a little less than 1,000 yards a year. We need a true #1 option that strikes fear into defenses. Parker is good, but he isn't that.

That being said, this is a move worth celebrating that I fully support.

 

[scott99]

and a WR at 21 somehow cost more than another position at 21?

Just not enough passes and plays available. Assuming they keep Agholor, your top 3 will be Parker, Bourne and Meyers, #4 would be Agholor. Where is there room for a rookie WR ?

 

[venecol]

Agholor played 9 more games in his career than Parker.

 

[patfanken]

My initial thoughts on the trade was GREAT job Bill the GM. But the as I think on it, the reality is a little bit murky.

On the plus side he is an established veteran who DEFINITELY upgrades our WR room. I think the trade compensation was very good. And I think his cap impact is better than I thought. Around $6MM/yr for his talent is a real bargain in a market where top receivers are getting THREE times that amount.

On the negative side is his troubling injury history. I think that history is the reason we got him at what seems to be a discounted price AND within the division. If it's true that he's had 17 hamstring injuries over the course of his 8 years with Miami, then it's safe to assume that it will be an issue with him here

As to Agular. I believe we NEED to keep him, even at the $15MM cap number he's playing under. He is a different kind of receiver than Parker and is actually a perfect compliment to him. Now when we go to 3 wide, Agular/Bourne/Parker would make up a decent front line. It also drops Bourne into the slot spot which I believe is his best position. Meyers now slips back into the 4th receiver mode which adds quality depth that we haven't had in years.

I agree that Harry needs to go as we look to add a rookie in one of our top 3 choices. Frankly even I have given up to Harry being able to become a productive WR here. Him leaving would be a benefit to both parties. Wilkerson or the kid who Ernie Adams picked as he went out the door, who is supposed to be a raw burner, if I recall, fill out the room

When the Dolphins announced the Hill trade, I immediately thought that Parker was going to be moved, but I never thought it would be HERE.

 

[PatsFan2]

Wow one less guy to scheme against twice a year. I think BB knew it would be impossible to scheme against him - Waddle and Hill love the move.

 

[PatsFan2]

Agholor played 9 more games in his career than Parker.

I think Parker makes every other Receiver better.

 

[Hyped]

Comments/Thoughts:

1.) A tall boundary receiver? I love it.

2.) ~6M AAV the next two years...with top end WR's making close to 30M a year... I love it.

3.) Giving up a 2023 3rd that we will recoup with the J.C. Jackson loss (albeit a 10-15 spot drop to the end of the 3rd). It is like trading J.C. for Parker straight up. I love it.

4.) I think if Parker is fully healthy in camp...we will finally be able to move on from Harry. I am seeing the depth chart as follows: Parker, Meyers, Bourne, Agholor, and a rookie/Wilkerson/Nixon. All of this coupled with guys like White/Montgomery/Keene/Asiasi/Jonnu/Henry mixed in the passing game. Just no place for Harry...and we might still need a kick returner too...not sure if our KR/PR will come from the WR room anyway.

5.) Picking up a 5th in this year's deep draft is also huge as well. The Fish have too many picks anyway.

6.) The last two trades we made inside the AFC East have worked out for us:

a.) Bledsoe to Buffalo for a 1st = Ty Warren for 7 years, 2 Superbowls, and 1 All Pro selection.

b.) Wes Welker from Miami for a 2nd we didn't even have to send over = The greatest slot receiver ever....and two Superbowl losses.

 

[ashley]

Wow!!!! Love, love, love this!!!!

 

[Boomer B]

Love the move. Anything to help Mac out with our fairly poor WR core.

His contract for the next 2 years at 6M each is a steal for what he offers. A big target at 6'3 220lbs. Just the kind of guy they've been looking for for a while now. I still believe they should draft a WR in the first round though. Parker is a good pick up but not the guy we need. Over the last 3 years projected over a full season he's averaged a little less than 1,000 yards a year. We need a true #1 option that strikes fear into defenses. Parker is good, but he isn't that.

That being said, this is a move worth celebrating that I fully support.

100% agree with you. It's a good move but we still need a true #1 option for Mac. We need a guy who can separate and give Mac some easy completions, which is not really what Parker provides. Parker's is a big perimeter guy who can't gain much separation but will make the contested catches (he's what Harry should have been). That being said it's another piece to the puzzle and we are better today at WR then we were yesterday.

 

[BaconGrundleCandy]

I had a feeling Parker was on the move. I think I mentioned Ravens and Packers to @venecol in the Hill thread?

Anyway this is a good move. I can't see this effecting Agholor this year at all. This is calling out Harry.

Not bad at all you could come up with a pretty decent group out of this ...

X - Parker
Slot - Meyers
Slot Agholor / Bourne
Z - Agholor / Bourne
Y - Henry
Detached / Backfield - Smith
RB - Stevenson / Harris
Rec RB - White

 

[doesntmatter1]

This is amazing. Worth the picks since our track record drafting wrs is piss poor. At the very least, we don't have to play against him any longer.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Very curious he mentions Kraft. That's weird, what did he do?

Agreed it’s interesting. To me, it implies that they renegotiated his deal as part of the trade, which is how they got it to fit the cap, and therefore means the Agholor trade speculation may be wrong.

In Jeff Benedict’s book The Dynasty, it’s shown that Kraft is a lot more involved on the personnel side than is let on, specifically with contracts. In all but 1 situation, every Tom Brady contract was worked out with Kraft directly, bypassing Belichick. Same with the Bledsoe one. The Moss trade where he redid his contract in 2007 involved Kraft. These types of situations seem to need Kraft’s blessing.

 

[FCB02062]

good move, now say au revoir to f ing Harry

 

[Horace's Ivories]

Would he be considered a true number one?

 

[n1997y]

Hope he works out as well as the last WR I recall us getting from the ‘Phins. Minus the Rex Ryan foot fetish jokes of course.

 

[venecol]

Agreed it’s interesting. To me, it implies that they renegotiated his deal as part of the trade, which is how they got it to fit the cap, and therefore means the Agholor trade speculation may be wrong.

In Jeff Benedict’s book The Dynasty, it’s shown that Kraft is a lot more involved on the personnel side than is let on, specifically with contracts. In all but 1 situation, every Tom Brady contract was worked out with Kraft directly, bypassing Belichick. Same with the Bledsoe one. The Moss trade where he redid his contract in 2007 involved Kraft. These types of situations seem to need Kraft’s blessing.

Useful thanks. The Pats will be doing something though, even if it's not an Agholor trade since they were at $4.1M before this trade. Even if they gave him a raise to turn his cap hit to $2M, they certainly don't have enough even to cover the draft, nvm about everything else that needs to be budgeted. They're not alone though, all teams are going through this.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

 

[Schmo]

People talk about injury history and declining production.... he played in 24 out of 33 games the last 2 years after a completely healthy 2019. Not bad.

Had 1200 yds in 2019 with Fitzpatrick, then Tua came along and Parkers production decreased to 800 (half the games with fitz, half with tua) then 500 with only tua.

Compare the compensation of the same year 2nd rounder for Sanu to next year's 3rd for parker and a 5th.

Parkers salary is reasonable. Good trade.

 

[KDPPatsfan85]

 

[Boomer B]

Would he be considered a true number one?

No, he's not a number 1. He's a good piece to the puzzle, but we still need a guy who can create separation.