Aiken was injured; Ayers and Casillas were pretty much free

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Since we all can't seem to abide any hyperbole being used in describing Belichick's positive trades, lets just pretend that Sapoaga costing us the difference between a 5th round and a 6th round pick somehow makes the core point that Belichick has had an incredible record with midseason acquisitions a mockable piece of rhetoric.

Many of them have been good mid-season acquisitions that have been important to the success of the team. No doubt about that one. It's good to have a coach who can take advantage of that area.

 

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I'm sure they'd like to say, but I assume someone will offer Ayers significantly more than we're willing to pay for him. Maybe not, but if that's the case I would expect Ayers to follow the money. Between coming off of a rookie contract and having iffy knees that may shorten his career, I wouldn't blame him a bit.

Agreed. I think he'll want to try and parlay his turnaround here into a starting caliber job somewhere else, or at least that would be part of the concern with that specific player.

 

[Deus Irae]

Hey now!

Sopoaga had both a solo tackle AND an assisted tackle here in N.England.

Good point. That's more than Salas, another mid-season trade, gave the team.