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I can't imagine we go into the draft with our current WR and Edge rooms.
We are making moves, something is coming.
 
The Patriots have a bunch of holes and a bunch of money to spend.

The only thing to be disappointed in is in who they get. Not if they do anything.
 
Last offseason was pretty good. They’ll be okay.
 
4 years, $124m for McDuffie, $100m guaranteed in some way.
Trent McDuffie agrees to four-year extension with Rams
Now Gonzo is gonna get paid even more than that! That’s $31M APY, Gonzo gets what, $32M? $33M?

The guaranteed money is huge, I feel like some of that might be “fake” guarantees. Like it’s for injury only, or becomes guaranteed later etc. Many of the first-reported details on these deals this time of year inflate these figures and then the real number is much smaller.
 
Supposedly Baltimore gave up trying to re-sign him because he wants 25/per. That's pricey, but he's an All Pro caliber center and only 26 years old. He's also considered the top free agent hitting the market by some sites. If the Patriots can get him for 22 I'd be all for it. Then draft ineahnachor or Miller at 31 and the line is pretty much rebuilt.
Pats won’t spend $22 million on Linderbaum as their center when they’ve got their likely next starting center on the roster at rookie pay for another three years, and if he doesn’t pan out they’ve got their fallback plan signed for the next two years at $2.5 million a year.
 
Pats won’t spend $22 million on Linderbaum as their center when they’ve got their likely next starting center on the roster at rookie pay for another three years, and if he doesn’t pan out they’ve got their fallback plan signed for the next two years at $2.5 million a year.

I don't kno if they will do it, but I would.
 
Today is like Christmas morning for the die hards!
 
Now Gonzo is gonna get paid even more than that! That’s $31M APY, Gonzo gets what, $32M? $33M?

The guaranteed money is huge, I feel like some of that might be “fake” guarantees. Like it’s for injury only, or becomes guaranteed later etc. Many of the first-reported details on these deals this time of year inflate these figures and then the real number is much smaller.
33 is probably the starting point. They’ll pick up his 5th year option for 2027, so the new money won’t start until 2028. That extra year of cap inflation alone explains the jump from 31 to 33.
 
Gonzalez is going to get paid big time
 
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