Thelonious
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.It's not a fit at all. And why the hell would someone like Barnidge agree to come here to be a third tight end? He can probably be the #1 TE on a crappy team.
When possible, it is preferable for a number of reasons bearing on cost, upside, longevity, succession to have your backup be younger than the person he is backing up. Pass on this opportunity, if it is one at all.
I'm surprised that the Browns didn't try to trade him for at least a 6th or 7th or something. The smart thing would have to have kept him for 2-TE sets, but hey, it's the Browns.
You act like he is breaking the bank and we are tight to the cap. We can pay him,it wont be much but it doesn't have to be. He's not the belle of the ball with a hundred suitors. He's a good affordable piece.Unless he is willing to take a big pay cut to play for a contender I don't see it being a fit. It would be an awesome signing since I have zero confidence in Gronk to play 19 games. But I don't see it happening. He's going to want more playing time and money than we can give him. There are a few playoff caliber teams that could use a TE if he's sick of losing.
Right, I get it. It's just we hear this argument every single time a player becomes available (for example, Adrian Peterson).Barnidge turns 32 on September 22nd. His options will be limited, especially with 20+ TEs in this class being given a draftable grade.
He was scheduled to earn $3.3M in base salary + $1M in roster bonuses from the Browns this year. Before it was announced that he was being released, the Pats were rumored to have been considering offering a 7th for him - meaning they may have been willing to take over his remaining contract ($4.3M total for 2017).
Barnidge isn't going to get close to that from another team.
So, his choices are ...
... finish his career playing cheaply for a crappy team?
- OR -
... finish his career playing cheaply for the team most likely to win the next SB?
Right, I get it. It's just we hear this argument every single time a player becomes available (for example, Adrian Peterson).
All I'm saying is Barnidge had 1000 yards and 9 TDs in 2015 (although his 2016 was a step back from that). I think he can do better than being the 3rd TE on the Patriots. It's not like his choices are "sign with the Patriots and win a SB" or "sign with the worst team in the league". I have to believe there's a place where he can play for a competitive team and play a larger role. That would be the happy medium I would search for, if I were Barnidge.
I would love to add him, it just doesn't seem realistic at all.
At best he’s mediocre...At worst, he just got cut by the Cleveland Browns. Nothing to see here.
Okay, cool -- thanks for the clarification. In that case, I completely, 100% agree with what you're saying. I could potentially see it being a fit (albeit unlikely) for the reasons you mentioned.Unlike the horde of posters who are typically certain that a guy like Adrian Peterson would be an unmitigated boon to the Pats (and vice versa) and that the Pats would be stupid to pass on him, all I'm saying is that there are some potential advantages to both the Pats and to Barnidge.
I'm neither in favor nor opposed. I'm not saying "it's a match made in heaven" and I'm not rejecting the possibility out of hand by assuming what either party "wants" (because I have absolutely no way to know that for a fact). I'm merely doing my best to explore the potentials and to weigh the pros and cons as objectively as I can.
Okay, cool -- thanks for the clarification. In that case, I completely, 100% agree with what you're saying. I could potentially see it being a fit (albeit unlikely) for the reasons you mentioned.
He was pretty good the last couple years in Cleveland, but he'll be 32 in September and he probably won't want to be the third man on the totem pole.
The reality for Barnidge is that he's turning 32 at the start of the season, which will (realistically) limit his options and potential 2017 paycheck, regardless of how well he played for the Browns over the past two seasons.
Not enough roster space for him.