Patriots to sign Lamar Miller

sign everyone to a 1 year deal .... since there is not going to be a season and you're not going to have top pay any of them, it can work out to a comp pick bonanza for the following year

IllegalContact said:

sign everyone to a 1 year deal .... since there is not going to be a season and you're not going to have top pay any of them, it can work out to a comp pick bonanza for the following year

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Your tongue might be a bit in your cheek here, but Yeah I wouldn't sign any of the still-available FAs to multi-year commitments either, especially at the price for which some of them (Clowney e.g.) are still expecting/hoping to sign...

Something to consider with Miller is he has played behind some of the worst O-Lines in the NFL his entire career.

The season before last, when he last played, Lamar rushed 210 times for 973 yards at 4.6 yards per clip behind the most horrid offensive line in the NFL and made the Pro Bowl. The following season Obie sold his soul for Tunsil and a new O-Line.

I like this depth signing a lot.

One-If-By-Sea said:

Why is a great QB and RB, Cam and Lamar, still available late in the year? And they can only command the vet minimum? It is like everyone else inside football knows something that we do not. I hope Cam and Lamar are great, and I wish them all the best, but if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. I have no idea why these guys were not signed by someone else, but I suspect in due time we will find out there was a good reason, but I hope for the best.

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Alright.

Why didn't Tom Brady draw more interest? He did not have that many suitors. What do they know that Tampa missed?

Good players are to be had post roster cut downs. The same concerns could be applied to those guys too.

Triumph said:

Alright.

Why didn't Tom Brady draw more interest? He did not have that many suitors. What do they know that Tampa missed?

Good players are to be had post roster cut downs. The same concerns could be applied to those guys too.

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Tom Brady did not sign for league minimum late in the year. Your parallel is not equivalent. At the league minimum I am confident Tom would have been flooded with offers. Not the same situation as Cam and Lamar.

Bolden is gone and Sony is injured. Why is a depth veteran RB a surprise, or in any way unreasonable. Of course, all our RB's might be healthy all this season, UNLIKELY!.

One-If-By-Sea said:

Tom Brady did not sign for league minimum late in the year. Your parallel is not equivalent. At the league minimum I am confident Tom would have been flooded with offers. Not the same situation as Cam and Lamar.

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News of Sony not being ready for week 1 is alarming. Harris. Maybe Miller.

captain stone said:

Mmm yeah probably not...Likely just an unexpected need at RB because Soreknee Michelle's boo-boos are still ouchies, and a good RB prior to his devastating injury was available and amenable to a one-year deal for peanuts...No grand vision or chess v checkers thing here...

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Whenever the team makes a pick, I want to know his prior injury history first because his talent may be irrelevant.

Triumph said:

Alright.

Why didn't Tom Brady draw more interest? He did not have that many suitors. What do they know that Tampa missed?

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You’re right and it’s obvious what Tampa missed.

TomPatriot said:

You’re right and it’s obvious what Tampa missed.

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What?

That Brady only had Edelman and White as studs last year. They were the only 2 players worth anything in a trade.

One-If-By-Sea said:

Tom Brady did not sign for league minimum late in the year. Your parallel is not equivalent. At the league minimum I am confident Tom would have been flooded with offers. Not the same situation as Cam and Lamar.

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Miller and Cam are not a 6 time Super Bowl winning QBs.

Of course healthy, capable QBs qualify for the NFL highest salaries because thats the way the market is. Cam is returning to the came post Lis Franc surgery and teams are leary about that type of injury.

Triumph said:

What?

That Brady only had Edelman and White as studs last year. They were the only 2 players worth anything in a trade.

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Maybe I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about TB signing Brady and the Pats letting him go.

TheRainMaker said:

I want to know his prior injury history first because his talent may be irrelevant.

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Like Gronk, who missed his entire junior season due to the first of his back surgeries before the Pats drafted him.

Really nice detailed analysis of the Lamar signing and how it might mesh with Cam's threat to keep the ball - means the defensive players on the edge have to hang back just a bit longer, giving the RB a little more time to pick his hole.

Lazar: Patriots Dropping Clues For New-Look Offense With Lamar Miller Signing | CLNS Media

SlowGettingUp said:

Like Gronk, who missed his entire junior season due to the first of his back surgeries before the Pats drafted him.

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Which was why he went 42nd overall instead of 21st overall...

IllegalContact said:

sign everyone to a 1 year deal .... since there is not going to be a season and you're not going to have top pay any of them, it can work out to a comp pick bonanza for the following year

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How about carrying 30 million over to next year when football is hopefully football once more?

Then the Pats can pick and choose who to keep, who to bring in, etc. Pay Cam if he works out and still have cap space to build a better team around him.

captain stone said:

Mmm yeah probably not...Likely just an unexpected need at RB because Soreknee Michelle's boo-boos are still ouchies, and a good RB prior to his devastating injury was available and amenable to a one-year deal for peanuts...No grand vision or chess v checkers thing here...

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I don't think ACLs are "devastating" injuries anymore with today's medical advances. Its obviously a serious injury when its sustained and derails your season, but they don't really ever have any long term detriments from that type of injury anymore.. pretty cookie cutter procedure and rehab process that leads to a full recovery

Adrain Peterson (granted a freak outlier) came back from his ACL surgery after like 8 months and nearly won the league MVP that year, rushing for over 2000 yards

IllegalContact said:

sign everyone to a 1 year deal .... since there is not going to be a season and you're not going to have top pay any of them, it can work out to a comp pick bonanza for the following year

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I think you underestimate the power of 32 billionaires and their desire to make money

They are some of the most powerful, influential people we have in the country.. they'll figure out a way to have a football season

JarOfMayo51 said:

I think you underestimate the power of 32 billionaires and their desire to make money

They are some of the most powerful, influential people we have in the country.. they'll figure out a way to have a football season

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Powerful billionaires tried to kick start your economy as well. Nature beat them too.

Much is in flux - I guess there’ll be lotsa Netflix and TED talk specials to be made in the 2030s about how humanity dealt with Covid.

JarOfMayo51 said:

I think you underestimate the power of 32 billionaires and their desire to make money

They are some of the most powerful, influential people we have in the country.. they'll figure out a way to have a football season

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it's not necessarily up to them........there's a chance the season will start, but it won't finish