The Official Gonzo Extension Watch Thread

[Water Boy]

Now that the AJB saga has played out, time to obsess about resigning/trading Gonzo. The AJB thread turned into a thread about Gonzo so let's give it the space it deserves.

I get the sense that Gonzo is shooting for the moon. I don't think he should be signed at all costs. The Pats are going to have to draw a line in the sand at some point.

 

[mayoclinic]

This is a minor issue.

The big story is that Sidy Sow is now available.

 

[Triumph]

Must have signing.

I envision that Gonzo will be the NFLs highest paid CB when its all said and done. Dude erased JSN in the SB - 4 receptions for 27 yards 0 TDs and the Pats D held Seattle to 12 points through 6 minutes into Quarter 3.

 

[Wozzy]

Gonzo was always going to be the last to sign. They had to get everyone else onboard and clear up all the extensions or reworking they were going to do to fit him in.

 

[mayoclinic]

Patriots HC Mike Vrabel makes Christian Gonzalez prediction amid OTAs holdout

New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel predicts when Christian Gonzalez may return from his OTAs holdout.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[slash83]

Bedard sounded convinced Kraft isn’t willing to pay Gonzo.

 

[mayoclinic]

That would be incredibly stupid, unless Gonzo is asking for something way out of range with the rest of the top CBs.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

The issue with Bedard is if you've listened to him over the years it's pretty clear he knows plenty about the Patriots but barely watches the rest of the league.

He doesn't seem to have any idea how good Christian Gonzalez is compared to his peers at the CB which is one of the 3/4 best in football and it's not really in question.

He's only about to turn 24 i think it sends a bad message if you pick a guy in the 1st round he makes an all pro team and has pretty much been a top 10 corner since the day he arrived in the league and you won't pay him but you'll pay 29 year old AJ Brown who shot his way out of town.

Even if you get 2 first round picks the chances that one of them is as good as Christian Gonzalez has to be less than 20% even that is generous, you're trading a franchise cornerstone for 2 lottery tickets because you're cheap.

Krafts need to stop living in the world they can cheap out and where Brady can fix everything, having a player that good he needs paid top of the market isn't a bad thing it's exactly what you pray happens the night you draft them.

 

[upstater1]

The issue with Bedard is if you've listened to him over the years it's pretty clear he knows plenty about the Patriots but barely watches the rest of the league.

He doesn't seem to have any idea how good Christian Gonzalez is compared to his peers at the CB which is one of the 3/4 best in football and it's not really in question.

He's only about to turn 24 i think it sends a bad message if you pick a guy in the 1st round he makes an all pro team and has pretty much been a top 10 corner since the day he arrived in the league and you won't pay him but you'll pay 29 year old AJ Brown who shot his way out of town.

Even if you get 2 first round picks the chances that one of them is as good as Christian Gonzalez has to be less than 20% even that is generous, you're trading a franchise cornerstone for 2 lottery tickets because you're cheap.

Krafts need to stop living in the world they can cheap out and where Brady can fix everything, having a player that good he needs paid top of the market isn't a bad thing it's exactly what you pray happens the night you draft them.

5 positions in football need to be paid when you have a top 3 player.

QB, CB, WR, DE and LT.

If you want to be cheap, be cheap with players at all other positions.

 

[slash83]