It's not about being cheap the player is on a tag so that means in order to sign him you have to free up enough cap just to make an offer then your offer can be matched. When you consider how big this deal will be and the fact the Ravens could just match it and leave you stuck at an alter with no one coming it's not so simple.
These are good points.
I would friendly counter that I don’t believe the Ravens are matching any deal.
It seems they drew that line in the sand.
If he truly wants to be a Patriot then maybe he would settle for less guaranteed than reported.
Some others on this board and articles I’ve read have shown how the Patriots can redo some deals to free up a large amount of cap.
My Kraft is cheap on this deal comment lies in the fact if you can bring in a difference maker an exciting player and you can manipulate the cap to do so.
Plus a reporter said a few months back Kraft prefers to hold on to Mac due to the rookie deal money.
Ok if your quarterback is on a rookie deal and you truly believe in him you should spare no expense to load up around him.
The fact Kraft even brought this up is beyond weird.
If you don’t have interest in him why bring it up my only thought is he did it to show people still think highly of the Pats.
Hey Lamar wishes he was a Patriot.
The fact he publicly said he told meek Millz that hey that is all up to Bill.
As a Billionaire busInessman he has to be a great negotiator and influencer.
So what did Kraft gain for brining it up then putting it on Bill.
It’s so bizarre and badly mismanaged the QB position I am legitimately concerned.