Guregian: Boutte Requested a Trade Back in April

[Hugepatsfan]

Only if they don’t sign FA’s that cancel his deal out.

I suspect next offseason will be quieter in UFA because actual cash spending has been up significantly past 2 years. Krafts have not historically done that for 3 years running.

Plus Drake/Gonzo need contracts.

So could be a pretty mundane offseason next spring.

Boutte could fetch a 4 if he signs a nice deal and Pats don’t sign much.

I disagree. I look at the blueprint of 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2001 they sign a ton of FAs, totally redid the roster. The next year they had most of those guys back and made some small adds (Fauria, Donald Hayes). The flow of transactions is similar to our last two offseasons. Then in 2003 most of the guys we had signed were gone as their contracts had outs and they supplemented with some additions (Rodney, Poole, Colvin, Ted Washington) that were targeted based on what had and hadn't worked in the draft the last two years. I expect similar next offseason. I think they are building from the same playbook, so I expect a few notable FA additions next year.

I'm not saying they go bananas but I don't think they'll be in position to collect comp picks.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I feel next season we might not sign any FAs and probably let go of carlton davis, mack hollins , boutte and probably pop too . We need wide recievers at rookie wage scale. And when maye gets paid only one wr can be paid . So next 3 years are crucial to maximize maye potential to probably get number 7.

Yeah, rookie scale skill players are about to become very important. WR is aging, RB also.

Need players who can be contributors early.

Luckily, Drake seems less persnickety than TB12 was. Bro would banish a WR forever for 3 bad practices.

 

[n1997y]

A 3rd is helping the Pats.

Not enough. And not soon enough. Not now.

 

[n1997y]

Luckily, Drake seems less persnickety than TB12 was. Bro would banish a WR forever for 3 bad practices.

But is Drake as willing to sign team friendly deals and benefit his teammates instead of just himself?

Will he take less to be more competitive, as Young Tom did?

 

[upstater1]

Worth consideration is that he went out with the concussion against the Ravens, a game right after the Bills game. It did seem that defenses adopted the Bills game plan after that and cut off an element of our passing game that continued into the post-season. Me saying this isn't really a comment on Boutte specifically, but rather defenses seemed to have at least keyed in on something post-Bills.

But he was good in the first 2 games of the playoffs.

9 total targets, 7 receptions, 141 yards, 1 TD, a 42 yard catch against Chargers, 32 yard catch against Texans.

 

[Wozzy]

But is Drake as willing to sign team friendly deals and benefit his teammates instead of just himself?

Will he take less to be more competitive, as Young Tom did?

Not on his first big deal after his rookie contract. Tom didn’t sign his real first team friendly deal until 2014.