OT: Will Anderson gets paid - and paid a lot - like a whole lot

PATSYLICIOUS · Friday at 4:30 PM

Steve102 said:
Ever think that it's not them that is holding it up it's Gonzo?

Of course

Huckleberry1 · Friday at 5:01 PM

Rob0729 said:

These contracts are ridiculous.

ViperGTS · Friday at 5:08 PM

Huckleberry1 said:
These contracts are ridiculous.

Yes, they are. The prices for tickets and everything needs to come down. Seeing some reports that Gonzo wants 50 per. **** all that. I wonder when the end is. Seems untenable.

50-yard-line · Friday at 5:10 PM

They just paid Hunter a ton, too, didn't they?

Big shift in the league right now - top end WRs aren't going to get the $$ much longer. Defense is coming back in style.

I'd rather the Pats get, say, Crosby or Garrett than an AJ Brown in a trade.

Huckleberry1 · Friday at 5:30 PM

ViperGTS said:
Yes, they are. The prices for tickets and everything needs to come down. Seeing some reports that Gonzo wants 50 per. **** all that. I wonder when the end is. Seems untenable.

I'm at the point where I think that they should pick up Gonzalez option and then trade him for a 1st when he has a year left. And that's not a knock on him, I would do the same to anyone but Maye. You can't pay multiple players 50 million plus a season and put a great team in the field. They are going to have to crush the draft every year and let players play their contracts out and replace them.

TommyD4207 · Friday at 5:32 PM

ViperGTS said:
Yes, they are. The prices for tickets and everything needs to come down. Seeing some reports that Gonzo wants 50 per. **** all that. I wonder when the end is. Seems untenable.

Cap keeps going up, it's tenable until the inevitable gambling scandal takes down the league.
Until then, let these kids make their money.

ViperGTS · Friday at 5:33 PM

Huckleberry1 said:
I'm at the point where I think that they should pick up Gonzalez option and then trade him for a 1st when he has a year left. And that's not a knock on him, I would do the same to anyone but Maye. You can't pay multiple players 50 million plus a season and put a great team in the field. They are going to have to crush the draft every year and let players play their contracts out and replace them.

Man when I hear 70 plus per for Maye I am not even sold on that one either. IMO it's starting to become a draft extremely well, have coaches to develop said players and maybe you contend and trade guys once they start pinging the 100 per etc. Use said picks to reload and see what happens. The current situation is becoming untenable.

Also Houston just paid this and they don't have a QB. Brilliant.

Toofy · Friday at 5:41 PM

I think the days of single team domination are over. With every position player now wanting to break bank , you need to be like the Seahawks and hope you get the right team at the right time and hope some of your rookie players become studs.

So in essence build depth via veterans and decent players and keep pinging on drafts and if you strike it right , trade then during their 4th or 5th year to recycle those picks .

I don't think 3 stud players can win you a trophy if they hog all the cap space . The league needs to bring cap restrictions at player level else the game will go for a toss. No single player should get more than 10% of team cap space which means 30 million cap on any player.

ViperGTS · Friday at 5:45 PM

Toofy said:
I think the days of single team domination are over. With every position player now wanting to break bank , you need to be like the Seahawks and hope you get the right team at the right time and hope some of your rookie players become studs.

So in essence build depth via veterans and decent players and keep pinging on drafts and if you strike it right , trade then during their 4th or 5th year to recycle those picks .

I don't think 3 stud players can win you a trophy if they hog all the cap space . The league needs to bring cap restrictions at player level else the game will go for a toss. No single player should get more than 10% of team cap space which means 30 million cap on any player.

I like that idea. Then the usual suspects will whine about the owners making too much money etc etc. Just charge less for tickets and everything else. They won't do it though so in the end they will kill the league unless the cap goes to 1 billion per year.

Huckleberry1 · Friday at 6:00 PM

ViperGTS said:
Man when I hear 70 plus per for Maye I am not even sold on that one either. IMO it's starting to become a draft extremely well, have coaches to develop said players and maybe you contend and trade guys once they start pinging the 100 per etc. Use said picks to reload and see what happens. The current situation is becoming untenable.

Also Houston just paid this and they don't have a QB. Brilliant.

They have to pay Maye, you don't find franchise QB's often, and you keep them when you have one. As far as everyone else goes just be strategic. Draft their replacements early and trade them instead of taking the extra draft pick. If Jermod McCoy falls to 31 they should seriously consider taking him. He's probably the best corner in this draft,

Thunderhead · Friday at 6:13 PM

Patriots are going to get priced out of true contention like the Red Sox have. No chance the Patriots ever give out this contract, even if well deserved for Anderson.

Real fan 02 · Friday at 6:18 PM

Steve102 said:
It'll be more if he waits. Only danger is a career ending injury.

I've heard that... but as you mentioned injury.. he has been injured before.. he needs to secure his financial future. He has the same agents as Mcduffie i hear...

Huckleberry1 · Friday at 6:24 PM

Thunderhead said:
Patriots are going to get priced out of true contention like the Red Sox have. No chance the Patriots ever give out this contract, even if well deserved for Anderson.

Wrong. The teams paying 3-4 guys huge money are going to be priced out of contention because the rest of their team will be dogshit. The teams that are smart and only give 1-2 guys the huge deal!'s will be the teams that will have the best shot at winning championships, they will just have draft and develop players better than their competition.

VrabelJr · Friday at 6:53 PM

The best economics in football are signing cheaper OL that can block expensive DL and cheaper CBs that can shutdown expensive WRs. If you can do those you can field a team with $40+ million more talent every where else.

Huckleberry1 · Friday at 7:56 PM

VrabelJr said:
The best economics in football are signing cheaper OL that can block expensive DL and cheaper CBs that can shutdown expensive WRs. If you can do those you can field a team with $40+ million more talent every where else.

I think that it's all going to come down to drafting and developing players. The guys getting monster deals are great players, and I understand why teams and fans don't want to lose them. I'm a big fan of an Gonzalez, and he deserves to get a big deal, but I don't see how you can give 3-4 guys half the payroll and be competitive. I do think however that the Patriots arein a good situation, because I believe that Vrabel and Co. can continue to draft really well, and that they are committed to developing their players. We will have a good deal f I'm right or not by this time next year. If they have another rookie class like this one they are going to be in very good shape, and the future will be bright.

BUSTAMOVE · Friday at 8:25 PM

patfanken said:
Still, am always suspicious of these big deal announcements when they first happen. Remember when Diggs was first signed, it was hailed as a 3 year $69MM deal, and in the end, it was a one year deal for under $20MM. Most of these "big deals" come with a lot of outs for the team. That's why those contracts are measured in inches rather than a couple of pages

STILL, that is a **** load of money

I agree that most contracts have outs. Someone just posted that 134 million of the 150 million contract is guaranteed.
There are more or less no outs on this contract

Family · 2026-04-18T06:46:07-0400

PatsFan2 said:
IF they had a QB they would have mopped us up last year.

They have a quarterback.

Stroud's rookie year he looked like the next Patrick Mahomes. Turned the team around instantly.

Now his confidence is gone. This has to be somewhat coaching.

Stroud will probably be the next Baker Mayfield/Sam Darnold, and Houston will never get to the next step with this staff.

Good for defensive players to get paid though.

Huckleberry1 · 2026-04-18T08:08:38-0400

Toofy said:
I think the days of single team domination are over. With every position player now wanting to break bank , you need to be like the Seahawks and hope you get the right team at the right time and hope some of your rookie players become studs.

So in essence build depth via veterans and decent players and keep pinging on drafts and if you strike it right , trade then during their 4th or 5th year to recycle those picks .

I don't think 3 stud players can win you a trophy if they hog all the cap space . The league needs to bring cap restrictions at player level else the game will go for a toss. No single player should get more than 10% of team cap space which means 30 million cap on any player.

I get what you are saying about position caps but it's disgraceful that these billionaire owners have to be protected from themselves. If I'm the players I would never agree to it, and I would tell them that if they want their 18 game season and they can't control themselves then the cap should go away completely and then they can spend all they want. Billionaires are destroying this country.

Toofy · 2026-04-18T08:28:05-0400

Huckleberry1 said:
I get what you are saying about position caps but it's disgraceful that these billionaire owners have to be protected from themselves. If I'm the players I would never agree to it, and I would tell them that if they want their 18 game season and they can't control themselves then the cap should go away completely and then they can spend all they want. Billionaires are destroying this country.

I hear what you are saying , let them reduce the games to 16. The way the world order is moving with AI and billionaire domination, not sure what the future holds and it's definitely not looking rosy.

Real fan 02 · 2026-04-18T08:35:53-0400

TommyD4207 said:
Cap keeps going up, it's tenable until the inevitable gambling scandal takes down the league.
Until then, let these kids make their money.

Yep! Ty law said when he got paid it was unheard of for a CB to get his type of contract.. he was making 7M then.. I'm what gonzo is going to get..

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