Official Free Agency 2018

luuked said:

Jesus...Chung is one of the league best in the role he plays. We are as much stuck with him as we are stuck with Edelman, Gilmore or Slater.

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I just don't see the need to extend him now, and reducing our available salary cap space, before waiting to see how the up-coming season plays out. Perhaps he reaches the proverbial cliff.

Has Suh signed yet? Guy's such a diva.

captain stone said:

I just don't see the need to extend him now, and reducing our available salary cap space, before waiting to see how the up-coming season plays out. Perhaps he reaches the proverbial cliff.

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who are you referring to?

maineman209 said:

No biggie. RJF was reportedly in negotiations to sign with the Lions. They apparently signed Williams instead. Had they signed RJF, that would've been another UFA lost by the Pats and, hypothetically, another comp pick credit.

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AndyJohnson said:

They signed rjf

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I'm not sure if they have. A couple of sites I regularly visit for this type of information have not shown him on their roster.

PatriotsNumero1Fan said:

No sh*t but i was critical of him until he started putting it together in the playoffs. He started clicking with brady. I expect another 1000 yard season next year barring injury. He might be more consistent as well from game to game. He's still a young guy. Our wrs are getting old. Mitchell has a lot to prove come coming back from injury. The offense will be fine but this defense has to get better.

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I am not sure I remember him clicking with Brady in the playoffs anymore than in the regular season. He was a non-factor against the Titans, became a point of emphasis against the Jaguars after Gronk went out and then was an idiot who jumped into an defender and concussed himself out of the game in the SB.

I am not saying he had bad playoffs but I dont see any big difference over those 3 games to the regular season. Not sure where you saw him "click".

And just to point this out.. you are talking to a person who doesn't want him traded because I am curious to see how he does with another full offseason here.

DaBruinz said:

However, If Cooks was willing to sign an extension with whatever team he was traded to, then he'd be worth a first.

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From my point of view I dont think exclusive negotiation rights are worth a first round pick (and a player under cost control for 5 years). But your mileage may vary...

PatriotsNumero1Fan said:

No I am valuing him as the player he is. Best tight end in the league. You not trading for jimmy graham here.

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Again, how YOU value Gronk is in completely different realm from the best offer the Pats are likely to get for him from other teams.

captain stone said:

I just don't see the need to extend him now, and reducing our available salary cap space, before waiting to see how the up-coming season plays out. Perhaps he reaches the proverbial cliff.

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Chung's extension resulted in no change to the Pats' 2018 cap space.

captain stone said:

I'm not sure if they have. A couple of sites I regularly visit for this type of information have not shown him on their roster.

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Several sites I regularly visit have been lagging on roster updates recently.

IIRC, my post was a tweet from the Lions official account announcing the signing of Williams. I'll go back and check, though.

luuked said:

I am not sure I remember him clicking with Brady in the playoffs anymore than in the regular season. He was a non-factor against the Titans, became a point of emphasis against the Jaguars after Gronk went out and then was an idiot who jumped into an defender and concussed himself out of the game in the SB.

I am not saying he had bad playoffs but I dont see any big difference over those 3 games to the regular season. Not sure where you saw him "click".

And just to point this out.. you are talking to a person who doesn't want him traded because I am curious to see how he does with another full offseason here.

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Week-3, Texans. Cooks caught 5 of 7 tgts (71.4% catch rate) for 131 yards (26.2 YPC) and two TDs. Seemed like he was "clicking" a bit there.

Another big step in "changing the culture" (in the petri dish) ...

Yeah, something is better than nothing...but no Gronk = me being sad enough that I don't care about what we get.

maineman209 said:

Another big step in "changing the culture" (in the petri dish) ...

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Wasn’t there an issue about osweiler being brought up in this thread?

maineman209 said:

Another big step in "changing the culture" (in the petri dish) ...

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It would be a late Christmas present if the follow up Tweet from Schefter says, "4 years, $72M, $37M guaranteed"........

Hammer of Thor said:

It would be a late Christmas present if the follow up Tweet from Schefter says, "4 years, $72M, $37M guaranteed"........

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Hey, it's Mike "Never say never" Tannenbaum running things over there, so ...

Ras-IR Dowling said:

Wasn’t there an issue about osweiler being brought up in this thread?

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I thought there was an exemption for Osweilering incidents involving one of the Pats divisional foes.

maineman209 said:

I thought there was an exemption for Osweilering incidents involving one of the Pats divisional foes.

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Ohh Ohh Eagles. Speaking of Issues, Michael Bennett has struck again. Says indictment. The Eagles are gulping. Pushing some elderly lady (money grab?). No word if she was in a coma from a push in SB 51. Yeesh.
DW Toys

BB wipes his brow!

mgteich said:

who are you referring to?

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Chung. I also didn't see the need to sign STOs King, Ebner & Slater so quickly either.

maineman209 said:

Chung's extension resulted in no change to the Pats' 2018 cap space.

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I thought I read a tweet posted here that his extension had reduced our current available cap space, or does it only effect 2019?