Devin McCourty contract talks in progress

[patsinthesnow]

@AlbertBreer: The Patriots have reached out to start contract talks with veteran S Devin McCourty. He's due $3.97M in the final year of his rookie deal.

The last few deals have been completed after the initial news of negotiating was reported (Thomas, Sherman, Kaepernick) so hopefully Devin will be signed longterm soon.

 

[JackBauer]

Good to be proactive on this. I've long believed that BB loves McCourty, and that he would pull out the stops to keep him here.

 

[patchick]

Good to be proactive on this. I've long believed that BB loves McCourty, and that he would pull out the stops to keep him here.

He reminds me very much of Mayo -- guys with the combination of athletic talent, intelligence, leadership and professionalism to help set the tone for the team on and off the field. Players like that get extended.

 

[Rob0729]

Good to be proactive on this. I've long believed that BB loves McCourty, and that he would pull out the stops to keep him here.

That's the thing. Everyone looked at his move to safety because Belichick had him in the dog house. Belichick always loved the guy. I think Belichick just felt he was more valuable and impactful as a safety than a CB.

I don't see McCourty leaving the Pats anytime in the foreseeable future.

 

[JackBauer]

He reminds me very much of Mayo -- guys with the combination of athletic talent, intelligence, leadership and professionalism to help set the tone for the team on and off the field. Players like that get extended.

My thoughts exactly. Some players just have that about them - Wilfork, Mayo, etc.

 

[JackBauer]

That's the thing. Everyone looked at his move to safety because Belichick had him in the dog house. Belichick always loved the guy. I think Belichick just felt he was more valuable and impactful as a safety than a CB.

I don't see McCourty leaving the Pats anytime in the foreseeable future.

Given how bad the defense (safeties, especially) was for those couple years before McCourty took over, let's hope not.

 

[deters]

Hope we can keep him. While not the best in the league, I think he is a Top 10 safety. He is worth about $5-6 mil a year imo.

 

[mayoclinic]

He reminds me very much of Mayo -- guys with the combination of athletic talent, intelligence, leadership and professionalism to help set the tone for the team on and off the field. Players like that get extended.

One of the things that I like about this defense is that there's a nice balance between guys with freakish athleticism and ability who can potentially dominate their position and create mismatches (Revis, Chandler Jones, hopefully Collins and Easley, and certainly Wilfork in the past) and guys like McCourty, Mayo and Ninkovich who are incredibly sound and smart, and who help glue everything together. BB has shown in the past how highly he values that second kind of player.

 

[Marqui]

One of the things that I like about this defense is that there's a nice balance between guys with freakish athleticism and ability who can potentially dominate their position and create mismatches (Revis, Chandler Jones, hopefully Collins and Easley, and certainly Wilfork in the past) and guys like McCourty, Mayo and Ninkovich who are incredibly sound and smart, and who help glue everything together. BB has shown in the past how highly he values that second kind of player.

Aren't McCourty and Mayo in the freakishly athletic category, technically going by their combine numbers?

 

[50-yard-line]

Hope we can keep him. While not the best in the league, I think he is a Top 10 safety. He is worth about $5-6 mil a year imo.

Hehe, he'll get closer to 10/year than 5-6. 4/36 with 25 guaranteed maybe. No way he signs for 5-6 a year.

 

[borg]

BB will sign him for safety money, then insert him as CB if Revis departs after next year......BB....evil genius

 

[Miguel]

http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=467 is my take on his comparables. Also propose a contract

 

[Kontradiction]

Good to hear. McCourty is one of the better free safeties in the AFC, aside from 2011 (at corner), has had a fine career with the Patriots. He's the reason why the Patriots ranked so high in defending the long pass last year and deserves to get paid. It'll be interesting to see what the guaranteed dollars are on that bad boy.

 

[mayoclinic]

Aren't McCourty and Mayo in the freakishly athletic category, technically going by their combine numbers?

Both guys certainly have plenty of athleticism, but I don't think of either as creating mismatches so much as being incredibly smart, sound players who stabilize the defense and make everyone else better. JMO - it's probably not worth splitting hairs. Neither is particularly flashy, and both are probably under-valued by the majority of fans and by the media.

 

[JackBauer]

Hope we can keep him. While not the best in the league, I think he is a Top 10 safety. He is worth about $5-6 mil a year imo.

In that case, kiss McCourty goodbye.

 

[Deus Irae]

Hope we can keep him. While not the best in the league, I think he is a Top 10 safety. He is worth about $5-6 mil a year imo.

I think you may wish to reassess player values. The cap is no longer flat.

 

[strngplyr]

I think you may wish to reassess player values. The cap is no longer flat.

It will become flat again in 2017 or so I do believe I read, so it is something that needs to be considered. Can't give every player a gigantic contract because of expected growth in the next 2 years, but it does leave additional options at least.

 

[SalemPats]

Hopefully we can lock him up for another 3-4 years at 4M/year

 

[strngplyr]

Hopefully we can lock him up for another 3-4 years at 4M/year

not sure if serious...

 

[Big-T]

Hopefully we can lock him up for another 3-4 years at 4M/year

Lol 4m a year for the 2nd best FS in the league? Look at what Byrd got because McCourty is likely getting similar.