Patriots trade for TE Martellus Bennett!

Roasted Browner in 2014.

What. A. Catch.

signbabybrady said:

Not fair to say it linked to him just a dumb Hernandez joke.

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OK

Tom_Montana12 said:

53 receptions in 11 games, though.

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Yeah, it was a "down year" compared to his 90 reception season.

Bennett had some attitude issues in Chicago, but everyone seems to have attitude issues in Chicago. Playing with Jay Cutler must be a living hell. My understanding was that Bennett was mad about his usage in the red zone, mostly, and he's wanted a new contract for a couple years, so I think he thought Fox was underutilizing him in order to prevent him from having as much leverage in contract negotiations.

patsinthesnow said:

Gronk
Bennett
+
Edelman
Hogan
+
Lewis

with Brady in Shotgun

Might be the best/most dynamic offense we've ever fielded.

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I literally was about to type up this exact same personnel grouping. Holy cow. That's one hell of a group. Good luck defending that. Especially in the red zone!

Username said:

Freelanced a lot too supposedly. Ignored the play call and did his own thing.

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That is definitely not good but we know that **** isn't going to fly under Belichick/McDaniels and Brady, so I wouldn't be too worried about that.

Tom_Montana12 said:

53 receptions in 11 games, though.

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for a very low amount of yards.
After 90 in 2014.

Not bagging in Bennett just pointing out the leverage you imply isn't quite there.

Ross12 said:

HOLY F***! I can't believe it! This is excellent news!

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Agreed. This is finally turning into a phenomenal offseason. And they are loaded with draft picks.

Suck it Goodell! My how the other 31 must be pisssed!!

Now i'm happy. If you won't give me a deep threat Bill at least you got a legit beast to pair with Gronk

Ross12 said:

I literally was about to type up this exact same personnel grouping. Holy cow. That's one hell of a group. Good luck defending that.

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What stands out about that?
How do you defend it? Gronk Bennett and hogan would be the best blocking 3 receivers and team could put in the field and Edelman tries hard as a blocker too
We will run well from that formation.

Tom_Montana12 said:

53 receptions in 11 games, though.

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And that was a bad team last year. Smokin Jay Cutler isn't exactly Tom Brady. That was a dumpster fire last year.

Alright @ChrisR2223 are you happy yet? Tom has TONS of targets now. Aside from 2007 Brady and this offense has never been bombs-away 60 yard gunslinging. Chunk up yards and 1st downs with big EZ targets.

It's what we are.

ViperGTS said:

Agreed. This is finally turning into a phenomenal offseason. And they are loaded with draft picks.

Suck it Goodell! My how the other 31 must be pisssed!!

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Except for the NYJFL thing. But hell, we knew better with that. This is definitely something to be excited about though.

ViperGTS said:

Agreed. This is finally turning into a phenomenal offseason. And they are loaded with draft picks.

Suck it Goodell! My how the other 31 must be pisssed!!

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Tell me about it, dude. This offseason went from "meh" to "BOSS" in 48 hours.

Flash said:

Reports of being unhappy with his contract and so not giving maximum effort on the field, also unhappy that he's playing second fiddle to Zach Miller who managed to stay healthy and produce. Basically character issues.

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Bears are a mess. Cutler....Fox....Losing....

Its worth the gamble.

Now the team is out of 4ths and has 438 6th rd picks.

AndyJohnson said:

What stands out about that?
How do you defend it? Gronk Bennett and hogan would be the best blocking 3 receivers and team could put in the field and Edelman tries hard as a blocker too
We will run well from that formation.

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To be fair, most of the blocking was the guards/centers not holding up. Had little to do with the outside guys. While it will help no doubt, they need the interior guys to get a push much much better than last season.

Bennett or Marvin Jones?
Bennett or Rishard Matthews?

BB taking advantage of TE value ftw.

As much as the passing possibilities look amazing. Bennett like Gronk is a great run blocker. If teams try to go small to match up in the passing game they can audible and just run all over them.

Patriots trade for Martellus Bennett

robertweathers said:

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.

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But who's saying it's a contract problem? Genuine question.

Bennett is a better TE than Jimmy Graham in my opinion too. Tougher and more heart