Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

TBR · Mar 16, 2016

Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

eom · Mar 16, 2016

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 14s15 seconds ago

Wheeling and dealing continues: Bears are trading TE Martellus Bennett to Patriots for draft-pick compensation, league sources tell ESPN.

Double TE · Mar 16, 2016

Martellus Bennett

Coming to the Pats.

eom · Mar 16, 2016

that's gonna be some interesting formations

BelichickFan · Mar 16, 2016

This offseason sucks. Nothing happening.

breakin · Mar 16, 2016

Someone called this in the FA thread and i didnt see it happening with his salary. Love the move though and finally got a legit 2 TE set we havent had since AH. Props to whoever called it in the FA thread.

jah · Mar 16, 2016

Hard not to like this move.

Brady_to_Moss · Mar 16, 2016

WOW...Seeing him and Gronk together could be a very dangerous combo for other teams to defend..

Jules
Gronk
Bennett
Dola
Lewis
Hogan
White

I like

RobertWeathers · Mar 16, 2016

Slated to make $5.085m in salary. Cap hit was $5.185m. Dead cap was $1.2m.

Bears was gonna cut him anyway. Pats will redo his deal. No way he is making $5m here as a TE2.

This team thinks out of the box better than any FO in NFL history.

Major upgrade over Chandler (Scott)

Brady_to_Moss · Mar 16, 2016

What's his cap hit this year? Wonder if he are giving him a new deal

BradyBomb · Mar 16, 2016

Wow. Call me surprised. Intrigued. Hope he's a smart guy and can pick up on the Patriots offense.

patsinthesnow · Mar 16, 2016

Steal. Theft. A top 8 TE. This TE duo is absurd!

eom · Mar 16, 2016

Adam Schefter Verified account ‏@AdamSchefter

Teams finalizing deal, but Chicago and New England are expected to swap mid-to-late round picks in exchange for Martellus Bennett.

Flash · Mar 16, 2016

Brady_to_Moss said:
What's his cap hit this year? Wonder if he are giving him a new deal

$5.2 million cap hit. Given that we just dumped Jones' salaries and we still have contracts that could be restructured/dumped (ex. Amendola and Cannon), his cap shouldn't be an issue.

Tom_Montana12 · Mar 16, 2016

robertweathers said:
Slated to make $5.085m in salary. Cap hit was $5.185m. Dead cap was $1.2m.

Bears was gonna cut him anyway. Pats will redo his deal. No way he is making $5m here as a TE2.

This team thinks out of the box better than any FO in NFL history.

Major upgrade over Chandler (Scott)

That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

AtomicDawg · Mar 16, 2016

Oh man. If this guy stays healthy and buys into the program, this could be lethal!

primetime · Mar 16, 2016

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Bennett. Good all-around tight end who can block and catch, and still somehow only 29. I remember he led the league in missed tackles forced for tight ends and receivers in 2013 and 2014.

primetime · Mar 16, 2016

Tom_Montana12 said:
That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

I actually wouldn't be too surprised if he gets a new deal from the Patriots. He's only 29 and he's been looking for a new contract.

RobertWeathers · Mar 16, 2016

Tom_Montana12 said:
That's not necessarily gonna happen. Bennett just had a great year and could easily tell the Pats to F off.

I'm pretty sure its already been agreed to. You don't go through the effort of swapping picks if the player will be a contract problem.

convertedpatsfan · Mar 16, 2016

I feel so much better paying $5M for Bennett instead of the 4 years, $29M+ Allen got.

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