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True. But if we offer to extend him after a few games we could get him cheaper than if we wait until he's a free agent. From the player perspective there is always the risk of injury and so many prefer not to gamble but to take the "sure thing" now. Just to be clear on the whole thread, the...

The two contrasting views of Saints and "cap hell": https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2022/05/22/saints-pff-salary-cap-health-rankings/#:~:text=As%20a%20team%20that%20tends,constantly%20navigating%20%E2%80%9Ccap%20hell.%E2%80%9D

The Saints already have some $300m in spend in 2024 ($52m over the cap) plus $227m in spend in 2025. That's $525 million pushed off into the future. (Compared with about $150m for the Pats). Those Saints' bills will come due next year or the year after, and they will undoubtedly go through some...

Yes - including trading picks for players - that's lower risk in the short term (because established players) but hurts you down the road as you miss the cheap years of successful picks. They truly did mortgage the future some in Brady's last two years - including the dead money when he left...

Obviously a lot of this cap space in 2024/5 will be eaten up by extending our own players such as Judon. But there will still a lot left over. And many teams (including notably the Bills) have a lot less flexibility. Thus the Bills have $141 million already on the books for 2026, whereas the...

Pretty much everyone focuses on current cap spending, but that is only part of the picture. It is very easy to push spending into future years by signing long contracts, often with voidable years. Here's an introduction to "voidable years"...

The play here against the Raiders at 3:40 was all about his speed - got the defender all tangled up backpedaling and Thornton was able to easily break in at the top of his route:

If you sort on average YAC above expectation for 2022, and look only at receivers with more than 50 receptions, the order is as follows: 1. Waddle 2. Deebo Samuel 3. A.J. Brown 4. JuJu https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/receiving#avgYACAboveExpectation That's pretty damn good company. In...

"Not only did he have a 40-inch vertical, making him the tallest player (6-7 3/8) to record a 40-inch vert, but he also ran a 4.55 in the 40-yard dash. His short shuttle and three-cone times (4.12 and 6.87) were also elite." He's apparently stiff and has dubious hands. But if he just wanders...

MIxed bag for RAS here: https://patriotswire.usatoday.com/lists/10-most-athletic-patriots-draft-picks-bill-belichick-era/?itm_source=parsely-api

Watch the video linked earlier in the thread for an explanation. Not properly trained for the Combine and he apparently did better at his Pro day,

For any RAS fans out there: :)

I assume the top TE will be Darnell Washington - comparisons to Gronkowski here: https://www.nfl.com/news/2023-all-combine-team-offense

"He needs to keep filling out his extremely long frame, as he plays more like a big receiver than a tight end. His hands are subpar and he’s not strong enough to outwork grabby coverage or win contested catches right now. A team could view him as a Day 3 pick and stash him on the practice squad...

This hyper-athletic TE is 6' 7" with an amazing 40" vertical: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/zack-kuntz/32004b55-4e18-4573-2a82-42b17b1995fa He can just wander into the end zone and be essentially uncoverable by just about anyone given a throw at the right height.

FWIW - maybe just recruiting?

But Phillips :)can't possibly be :) a good player given his miserable RAS (unless this one is screwed up too) https://ras.football/ras-information/?PlayerID=10999&ovl=Patriots

Some of this looks pretty weird: https://ras.football/ras-information/?PlayerID=18775&ovl=Patriots

We had lots of opportunity as he went undrafted, got signed as free agent and then got injured and released and went unclaimed. Only difference now from last year is that he has worked with O'Brian.