Ouch

Honestly, this does have the potential to come true. But we really don't know yet. It could also work beautifully. I doubted that recent big spending offseason the Packers had and it ended up revitalizing Rodgers' career.

Elijah said:

Honestly, this does have the potential to come true. But we really don't know yet. It could also work beautifully. I doubted that recent big spending offseason the Packers had and it ended up revitalizing Rodgers' career.

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If you have a QB on a rookie deal you can do this.

Had to be done. We know this is not a business as normal approach, but it had to be done.

I loved it today. Completely erased the bad taste in my mouth after the Cam signing. But hey, winning the off-season doesn’t always translate to winning season.

... everybody's got one

If you have a few holes, and have a lot of money to sign players, should you go out and sign cheap bad players, or the best players you can get? The patriots have lots of depth, they were missing a few top players in certain positions. They got them. I can see why Bills fans would be scared.

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If you have a QB on a rookie deal you can do this.

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The concern is less about the money and more about who the money went to. I think I trust our front office though.

Aren't they all like 25-26? Not quite downward slope age.

Lol. We lived all season with the flip side of this coin.

I mean, the risk is definitely higher. Missing on a guy at 2yr-10m, is easily tossed aside. Missing on a guy at 4yr-56m can limit future moves (at least if enough of those pile up). But the Patriots are also in a position where they have the resources to spend, and likely will have enough space when the cap goes back up to absorb a few of these not working out. Time will tell. I like most of the moves they've made a lot.

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Oh no, that’s terrible news! Some guy doesn’t like the moves they made. That ruins my day,

Now that I think about it no one knows more about football than Mike Tanier, so it must be really bad.

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why do I give a **** what this nobody thinks?

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We are in a different era of Patriots football. We don't have the franchise QB that is worth 6-8 wins a year anymore.

Some of these players may not play up to their deals. The law of averages says big money FAs usually don't.

If BB wants to be Dave Dombrowski for a couple of years, win a SB in 2022, he retires and we go 1-15 in 2023, so be it.

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Twitterverse negativity. Moving on.

The reason why Bill is so aggressive than years past is because he was able to draft better. He's been awful overall since 2014. If you can't draft and have cap room, sign players until you do. There's nothing wrong with what Bill's doing. I'd rather have him swing and miss on signing the best of the best FA's than twiddling his thumbs.

JMC00 said:

why do I give a **** what this nobody thinks?

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Elijah said:

The concern is less about the money and more about who the money went to. I think I trust our front office though.

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Why?

What happened to the “Pats are cheap” crowd?