Lets put some meat on this.
CAR 11M gtd was not about this year but for the 3yr contract. The structure of the deal was reportedly: Breeland was scheduled to count $3,833,333 against the 2018 salary cap, $9,833,333 in 2019 and $10,333,334 in 2020. He had agreed to an $8.5 million signing bonus (prorated).
More recently the KC offer “leaked“ 2 weeks ago:
Other teams recently working out Breeland are IND, ARI, CLE, BAL, NYJ. Most of them have significantly more cap than NE. But as CAR contract suggests Pats would have no problem to cover that. There is a lot of competition for him at the moment but also hesitation. BB probably sensed the hesitation and made a move to inquire in a possibly opportune moment.
If BB thinks Rowe and J-Mac are not able to take #2 CB as he wants . he will pay Breeland no problem. If the below is true (the source is most likely Butler's manager who certainly wants to look good) he offered Butler significantly bigger deal and Im not sure Butler is a better player on his own (i love Butler btw). (Im not sure how Breeland would pan out here esp. missing half of TC and all offseason either . but he is def. a player)
If Rowe and J-Mac play significant # of snaps tomorrow it just might be about their immediate future..