My Ridiculously Early Start on a 2026 Offseason Plan

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

Ridiculous overpay for Phillips.

AAV contract reasonable, wpuld have like him in NE.

stelfans · Mar 9, 2026

And another insane overpay for Linderbaum.

Keep your picks fellas!

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

Insane.

manxman2601 · Mar 9, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Ridiculous overpay for Phillips.

AAV contract reasonable, wpuld have like him in NE.

What makes you think AVT has signed somewhere? As far as I can see he's still available.

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

It was reported, but not confirmed. CBS showing it on their tracker, but no contract value given.

2026 NFL free agency tracker: Updates on top 100 free agents, including Trey Hendrickson

A running tracker of all the big NFL free agent deals and player movement.

www.cbssports.com

Sounds like it is not final, still holding out hope. Would be a good signing for NE.

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

Christian Barmore acquitted.

Now trade him to Jax for BTJ. Then trade up in the 2nd round for a DT.

Just a thought.

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

mayoclinic said:
It was reported, but not confirmed. CBS showing it on their tracker, but no contract value given.

2026 NFL free agency tracker: Updates on top 100 free agents, including Trey Hendrickson

A running tracker of all the big NFL free agent deals and player movement.

www.cbssports.com

Sounds like it is not final, still holding out hope. Would be a good signing for NE.

CBS Sports has taken down the AVT to Giants signing on their tracker.

DoubleDeluxe · Mar 9, 2026

mayoclinic said:
CBS Sports has taken down the AVT to Giants signing on their tracker.

NFL.com doesn’t have it either

manxman2601 · Mar 9, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Christian Barmore acquitted.

Now trade him to Jax for BTJ. Then trade up in the 2nd round for a DT.

Just a thought.

Why is everyone so keen to get rid of Barmore? He was lights out in the playoffs and if we lose Barmore, it just means more double teams for Milton Williams.

manxman2601 · Mar 9, 2026

There's still time to go, but we haven't crossed many off this list.

WR
EDGE ~~(probably x2)~~
TE 2 (at minimum) ~~(including FB)~~
Safety
LG
NT
Backup LT
Backup RT (maybe)
RB3
Backup MLB
CB depth

Rdforty2 · Mar 9, 2026

Seumalo 3/31.5 to the Cardinals.

One-If-By-Sea · Mar 9, 2026

mayoclinic said:
0 for 3 so far:

- Alec Pierce re-signs with Indy. $29M AAV
- AVT reportedly signing with Giants for $11M AAV - I would have matched that

$27M to $29M AAV for Pierce is crazy, but the more important lesson learned is that the team who drafts well has the inside track to re-sign the drafted player as a FA after Y4 or Y5 of his rookie contract.

Have to draft well for so many reasons. That is why I love @mayoclinic and @manxman2601 .

DoubleDeluxe · Mar 9, 2026

One-If-By-Sea said:
$27M to $29M AAV for Pierce is crazy, but the more important lesson learned is that the team who drafts well has the inside track to re-sign the drafted player as a FA after Y4 or Y5 of his rookie contract.

Have to draft well for so many reasons. That is why I love @mayoclinic and @manxman2601 .

To a degree.
Indy offered him a lot of money, pretty sure that was key to his re-signing.
There are reports Wash potentially offered more, not sure if they are true.

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

Usually there are bargains to be found after day 1 of FA. As of right now, the following are still available:

EDGE: Trey Hendrickson, K'Lavon Chaisson, Sam Williams. Veteran stopgap like Joey Bosa and Jadeveon Clowney.

LG: Alijah Vera-Tucker, Joel Bitonio

CB: Riq Woolen, Nahshon Wright

S: Jaylin Hawkins, Kevin Byard

LB: Devin Lloyd

manxman2601 · Mar 9, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Usually there are bargains to be found after day 1 of FA. As of right now, the following are still available:

EDGE: Trey Hendrickson, K'Lavon Chaisson, Sam Williams. Veteran stopgap like Joey Bosa and Jadeveon Clowney.

LG: Alijah Vera-Tucker, Joel Bitonio

CB: Riq Woolen, Nahshon Wright

S: Jaylin Hawkins, Kevin Byard

LB: Devin Lloyd

EDGE - Arnold Ebiketie

WR - Romeo Doubs

LT - Rasheed Walker

LB - Leo Chenal, Dre Greenlaw

LG - Elgton Jenkins

manxman2601 · Mar 9, 2026

Here's James Foster doing some NFL scouting on Leo Chenal. Why wouldn't Vrabel want him. He sounds perfect. Perhaps he does which is why Tavai was released.

One-If-By-Sea · Mar 9, 2026

DoubleDeluxe said:
To a degree.
Indy offered him a lot of money, pretty sure that was key to his re-signing.
There are reports Wash potentially offered more, not sure if they are true.

Probably true that Wash offered more and Pierce preferred to take less and not change teams. Proves my point. Drafting well and re-signing your own players is the most important requirement..

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

manxman2601 said:
EDGE - Arnold Ebiketie

WR - Romeo Doubs

LT - Rasheed Walker

LB - Leo Chenal, Dre Greenlaw

LG - Elgton Jenkins

Good options.

Imagine if tomorrow the Pats signed:

LG AVT, Elgton Jenkins, or Joel Bitonio

EDGE Trey Hendrickson

LB Devin Lloyd, Leo Chenal, or Dre Greenlaw

CB Nahshon Wright or Riq Woolen

S Jaylin Hawkins

The Pats have the cap space do all of those moves.

The defense would be vastly improved at EDGE, LB and CB depth, and the OL would be improved.

That would leave the draft to mainly address WR (trading for BTJ still a possibility), RT, TE, S.

manxman2601 · Mar 9, 2026

Leo Chanel athleticism

6’3, 250lbs
4.53 forty
1.55 10 yd split !!
40” vert
6.98 3-cone
34 bench

Only 31” arms

But come on, aside from those arms, why wouldn’t you want him as a part time pass rusher at least? He can play edge, he can backup Spillane and he could be used as a mug front blitzing linebacker. He is now my no 1 FA wish.

mayoclinic · Mar 9, 2026

Don't we already have Chad Muma?

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