Offseason player acquisition thread

[Grogan14]

Was a very good receiving TE

 

[40yrpatsfan]

I don’t see any Agent giving their opinion too greatly to come off biased and non trusted. I think this is a non factor.

Well I think the agent plays a hugely influential role in where a FA signs. There’s been dozens of posts here about how undesirable we are as a destination, and some LA agent that’s never been here certainly isn’t giving us the benefit of any doubt. So tbh I think it’s a big deal she’s from RI.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Boo hoo hooo. I’m so sad. We never get any good players. And we have only won 6 Super Bowls in the last 25 years. Boo hooo hoo, no one wants to play here. Nothing good ever happens for us. Being a Patriots fan is too hard. Why don’t we ever get anything good. Boo hoo hoo. I’m so sad.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Every good player
We will get plenty of JAGs

Boo hoo hoo.

 

[Love The Drake]

Was a very good receiving TE

Jags going after Godwin?

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Christian Kirk to Texans for a 7 th rounder.
Bargain basement price.
Have to believe Pats are trying for one exoensive big name WR

Not a bargain basement price at all. He makes $16M in salary + offseason workout bonus, then up to another $500K in gameday per game roster bonuses. He's recovering from the type of injury that most guys take a year to fully get back to form from. He was playing at a sub-1000 yard pace last year before injury. The year before that he was injured to end the year too. His contract is hugely bloated for a year, especially when you consider the reduced version of himself he likely is for a year coming off injury.

 

[Huckleberry1]

We will be in on every player but miss on every player.

Boo hoo hoo.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Every good player
We will get plenty of JAGs

That's fine. Every year there are guys who get called JAGs but end up breaking out as better players in their new home. We need to make sure we sign as many of those JAGs as possible. That's how you turn a team at the bottom of the league around.

Look at WAS last year. They didn't make huge, splashy additions. Thy signed a bunch of "JAGs" and guys that fit their scheme well and it paid off. We might not get that kind of turnaround because we already have a good QB and them turning that around there was the biggest source of improvement, but we can have a similarly successful free aency.

 

[Love The Drake]

Boo hoo hoo.

Huck what the Fuch, you seem to respond to majority of my posts, and it’s like you don’t care if the Pats suck or not.

Some of us care and until the team shows us otherwise we are a afterthought for talent, high end facilities, or desirable location.
I’ve been a pats fan since second Grade when Bledsoe was drafted, I live in PA and I didn’t want to be an eagles fan like the other kids in class.
I don’t have any ties to the region I’ve been to New England I think some parts are great.I work for a Boston firm remote from Philly.
The Patriots being respected and competitive is important to me.
When I was at Gillette for a Bills game Allen steamrolled us fans just let the Bills fans say whatever they wanted vs me who was taking on 4 Bills fan at a time and ruined a nice planned evening with my wife.

Now bro that being said the Pats matter to me it’s a message board lay TF off me. Either be respectful when you comment on my posts and you will see I’m a cool guy to have a beer with or be disrespectful and find out I’ve never been the one for that.

 

[ViperGTS]

I those players saw a team with a great QB who has a poor supporting cast, and they will feel they can improve things and win. Like it or not, KC is who we were 7 years ago, and if the money is equal they’ll choose KC over us the same way that with equal money, they would have chosen the Pats over Washington then. So we need to be prepared to overspend in FA just to get back to mediocre, then nail the draft to get cheap talent to win from there.

LOL no they aren't even close. What you SAW was a league who had heard that realized the backlash about the BS officiating KC was getting and after that 1st BS PI call, it was over. The Chiefs as I said 5 plus years ago was a league driven creation to clear out the Pats from memory.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Huck what the Fuch, you seem to respond to majority of my posts, and it’s like you don’t care if the Pats suck or not.

Some of us care and until the team shows us otherwise we are a afterthought for talent, high end facilities, or desirable location.
I’ve been a pats fan since second Grade when Bledsoe was drafted, I live in PA and I didn’t want to be an eagles fan like the other kids in class.
I don’t have any ties to the region I’ve been to New England I think some parts are great.I work for a Boston firm remote from Philly.
The Patriots being respected and competitive is important to me.
When I was at Gillette for a Bills game Allen steamrolled us fans just let the Bills fans say whatever they wanted vs me who was taking on 4 Bills fan at a time and ruined a nice planned evening with my wife.

Now bro that being said the Pats matter to me it’s a message board lay TF off me. Either be respectful when you comment on my posts and you will see I’m a cool guy to have a beer with or be disrespectful and find out I’ve never been the one for that.

Drake. Feel free to put me on ignore. If you say things that make sense I will respond respectfully. If you say stupid **** I will probably make fun of it, or challenge you to back it up. Pretty much everyone here cares about the Patriots and winning, otherwise they wouldn’t be here. But some us know enough to realize that spending for literally every player you see hitting the market is idiotic, and that it takes time to build a long term contender. What you seem to want is a quick fix for every problem, without understanding that such and approach leads to disaster, like the Dolphins and Jets are now facing.

Every person who posts here does so at the risk of being challenged on their posts, that’s how this works. If you are on solid ground then you shouldn’t have any problem dealing with those challenges and backing up your point of view. If you, or anyone else, is saying stupid **** then people here are going to call you out on it. So you can either tune that out, or back up your position. That’s your choice.

Just yesterday I took a bunch of **** for saying I would be ok with them taking Ashton Jeanty at 4. Many had a problem with taking a RB at 4, so I had to defend my take on it. Some accepted it, others thought I was batshit crazy. So I did what any real man posting here would do, I had a good cry, got my dog out and felt sorry for myself. Then I pretended it never happened. I recommend you do the same.

 

[JohnJH]

Yes I understand that
Just making a point that the Chiefs are not in a strong position

I should have stated that I agree with your take (which I do). They're trying to do what the Patriots did during the Dynasty Years. But they're not the Patriots during that period despite their success. It just hasn't occurred to them yet. And, he's not playing for them for a bargain basement contract, especially when this is his last chance to cash-in big before he hangs up his cleats.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

I should have stated that I agree with your take (which I do). They're trying to do what the Patriots did during the Dynasty Years. But they're not the Patriots during that period despite their success. It just hasn't occurred to them yet. And, he's not playing for them for a bargain basement contract, especially when this is his last chance to cash-in big before he hangs up

Please never take anything I say to you personal
Your one of the good ones on here

 

[JohnJH]

Please never take anything I say to you personal
Your one of the good ones on here

I didn't take it personal at all. I could've done a better job in my initial response.

 

[Joey007]

Boo hoo hooo. I’m so sad. We never get any good players. And we have only won 6 Super Bowls in the last 25 years. Boo hooo hoo, no one wants to play here. Nothing good ever happens for us. Being a Patriots fan is too hard. Why don’t we ever get anything good. Boo hoo hoo. I’m so sad.

I really enjoyed this post

 

[Huckleberry1]

I really enjoyed this post

Thanks Joey. Really sorry about what happened to Chandler. Hope you are doing ok.

 

[Ross12]

I gotta love the people who are already pissed off when free agency is still days away.

 

[JohnJH]

I gotta love the people who are already pissed off when free agency is still days away.

The tension is so thick, you could cut it with a proverbial knife.

 

[signbabybrady]

The tension is so thick, you could cut it with a proverbial knife.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

The tension is so thick, you could cut it with a proverbial knife.

Would love to be a car salesman with about 75% of this board
I could sell them a yellow YUGO for 150% over sticker and they would be thanking me