"RIDCULOUS CAP IMPLICATIONS)
The contract someone else would acquire would include $10.75M guaranteed (including $2.25M this year). His salaries are $8.5, $9.5, $10.5 and $11.5). So this end up being a contract of $10.75 for a year and a half, with team options for 3 years thereafter).
If Gilmore is healthy, this is NOT a ridiculous cap implication for the patriots or the acquiring team. $10M a year is no longer shutdown corner money. One could argue that this is #2 corner money.
Of course patsfans posters believe that Belichick paid $31M guaranteed for a washed up corner with no value as a #2.
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BOTTOM LINE
1) Players get injured. If the concussion was a minor one, the Gilmore has considerable value. And yes, the team was right to give him time to recover and spend more time with coaches.
2) No one is likely trade for Gilmore unless they seem him healthy. The time to trade him (if we wish to) is in the offseason.
3) Playing Gilmore for the rest of the year MIGHT establish value for the future to the patriots or to another team. It seems unlikely that Gilmore isn't worth his roster spot for the rest of the year. Although, IF ROWE is healthy, we will have a considerable increase in players available. Patricia's game plans have to the potential of being much different with FIVE corners available.
