patchick said:NJ, "you're making his point." He's not deferring to their opinion, he's saying he thinks that people watching the NFL from other markets are misreading the situation because they don't understand how this team operates. So we should take a lot of the rumblings and "league sources" with a grain of salt.
FWIW, I'm on record as part of the crazy optimist camp thinking Branch is pretty likely to come back to the Patriots.
If he does come back to the Pats, it will never be as it was before. Actions such as this have consequences. I think at this point everyone would be better off to get our 1st and 3rd (this year or next) and see what we can do with those.
We do not need petulant players who sue the club and file grievances with no precedent and with no legal basis.
It's over for Deion in NE, at least for this fan.
It's Chad and Ben time...