Free Agency For New England May Involve Defensive Tackles

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Free Agency For New England May Involve Defensive Tackles
By: Steve Balestrieri

And yet many people scarcely remember Anthony Pleasant, Bobby Hamilton and Keith Traylor, and Ted Washington....

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[patman52]

BB always had a man crush with Tom Kelly

 

[Sciz]

Desmond Bryant makes a lot of sense. I hope it happens.

 

[JackBauer]

Bryant would be an excellent signing. He's not Red, but would still be a nice addition next to Vince.

 

[FCB02062]

Jonathan Fanene...I hear he's fantastic

 

[Joey007]

Desmond Bryant. This guy could be a big time FA bargain. Doubt he'll go for too much.

 

[Jackson 2]

Chris Price seems to think Mike DeVito is a possibility.

 

[tonyto3690]

The Red Bryant contract falling apart last moment and Fanene bust is really killing us. Instead of being set at another position we're stuck scrambling to fix it. It's a pretty massive hole next to Wilfork and heaven forbid Wilfork gets hurt.

Also goes with Reggie Wayne who was 50-50 between us and the Colts. Him and Lloyd with Edelman as depth and the #3.

We would likely have ~12 million in cap space for FA (as opposed to ~18) and our only needs would be bringing Talib back and getting a better than horrible safety to replace Gregory.

Red/Reggie are almost as painful what-ifs as Chad Jackson+Laurence Maroney / MJD+Greg Jennings. Switch those and we are looking at a dynasty (not that we weren't close anyways).


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[Sciz]

The Red Bryant contract falling apart last moment and Fanene bust is really killing us. Instead of being set at another position we're stuck scrambling to fix it. It's a pretty massive hole next to Wilfork and heaven forbid Wilfork gets hurt.

Also goes with Reggie Wayne who was 50-50 between us and the Colts. Him and Lloyd with Edelman as depth and the #3.

We would likely have ~12 million in cap space for FA (as opposed to ~18) and our only needs would be bringing Talib back and getting a better than horrible safety to replace Gregory.

Red/Reggie are almost as painful what-ifs as Chad Jackson+Laurence Maroney / MJD+Greg Jennings. Switch those and we are looking at a dynasty (not that we weren't close anyways).


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If the Pats had signed Red Bryant and Reggie Wayne, then they would have had to cut players to get under the cap last year, and they'd have about $3M of cap room after Bryant, Wayne, and rookies (and minus Fanene).

Also, Bryant isn't a DT. They've tried him there, and he doesn't have the leverage to do it. He's a 3-4 DE or a big 4-3 LE. And the Seahawks fans that I've read from say he wasn't even that good, especially in the playoff games.