Asante Samuel Released

[Brady6]

Drop off was dramatic from 2012-to-2013.

SEASON-GP-COMB-TOTAL-AST-SACK-FF-FR-YDS-INT-YDS-AVG-LNG-TD-PD
2012-15-36-34-2-0-0-0-0-5-110-22-79-1-19
2013-11-30-29-1-0-1-0-0-1-1-1-1-0-3

 

[Patriot_in_NY]

Sign the beast......... Wait... Who? Ummm, never mind.

 

[PATS16N0]

PASS.

That guy ruined like 2 months of my life.

 

[SalemPats]

Unfortunately we don't need him

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

No idea how good he is now but not sure why we wouldn't kick the tires for a minimum contract. You can never have enough CB depth

 

[Sciz]

Your depth CBs need to be able to play on special teams, and unfortunately for Samuel, special teams involve a lot more tackling than ball-hawking.

 

[Stu Pidassle]

Anybody? No?

NO, we don't need a cb who can't tackle, gambles too much and puts himself above the team.

 

[Mack Herron]

This team is up against the cap and will struggle to tread water. Likley they will lose at least a couple of key vets (Talib, Edelman, Wilfork, Blount, etc). They need up and comers who will outplay their contracts (see Seattle). An older player is okay if he can come in solidify a position (e.g., Rodney) but not as depth.

 

[YearbookCurfew]

Nah, we don't need a washed up CB.

 

[pheenix11]

I still can't believe he dropped that INT.

!@#&#@ we were so close.

 

[zoostation]

Or ones with "Get Paid" tattoos..

..or ones who can't catch easy game-ending interceptions in Superbowls..

..to say nothing of the ones utterly blowing their man coverage on a game-ending down in Superbowls.

Not a big fan of Asante coming back, but the "Get Paid" tattoo never existed. Probably started by Ron Borges or some other 'credible' mediot attempting (somewhat successfully) to get the fan base stirred up.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/10/63548-asante-samuel-tattoo-not-get-paid.html#.UvN8fnljoTs

 

[Patriot Missile]

Lost his quick step to jump the route. He used to be a good player but i cant imagine him coming back and being even close to what he was.

Two words I cannot relate with Asante Samuel are tackling and discount.