Kenny Britt files injury grievance against Patriots

[FortressX]

Does this mean the Pats have less than a million in cap space ?

NFLPA records, via Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, show that Britt has filed an injury grievance seeking the $1.05 million salary he was set to make this season. Wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell also filed an injury grievance against the team after getting cut this year.

Britt and the team can work out a settlement. If they can’t, an independent arbitrator would hear the case.

Forty percent of Britt’s projected salary counts against the cap with the grievance filed and the NFLPA’s most recent cap update shows the Patriots with just under $1.27 million in space.

Kenny Britt files injury grievance against Patriots

Receiver Kenny Britt files injury grievance against the Patriots - The Boston Globe

 

[Vindicate]

This Just In: Robert Kraft """Donates""" To Mitchell and Britt for being "Role Models"

This Just In: Mitchell and Britt Drop Grievances




joking btw, those aren't real updates for the record.

 

[jah]

The cap situation is definitely starting to concern me.

 

[Froob]

Krafty Bob wouldn't pay up for all these players people wanted but, still has no cap space? ....Cap is crap?

 

[chasa]

Krafty Bob wouldn't pay up for all these players people wanted but, still has no cap space? ....Cap is crap?

This was a pretty bad offseason.

 

[varjao]

I'm not familiar with this process, does that somehow burn bridges with the player? The Pats don't need that, they already low ball free agents.

 

[Kontradiction]

Krafty Bob wouldn't pay up for all these players people wanted but, still has no cap space? ....Cap is crap?

Reminds me of my favorite thread of all time...

Is it just me or do any of you guys think Krafty is CHEAP

 

[Froob]

This was a pretty bad offseason.

I would have cut Dwayne Allen and kept Dola instead (don't sign Clayborn too if needed, he wasn't anything special outside of a strange all time great game vs the Cowboys) but, we were in a crunch. There were things we could have done better for sure, but there's only so much cap room.

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

Wg

The cap situation is definitely starting to concern me.[/QUOTE.

What can we do to fix the cap next season.

 

[PatsFan2]

There goes a Draft pick Second complaint in as many weeks...when does Roger step in??

 

[lancerman]

I wish we just kept Matthews on and rolled with him until he got healthy. Really think the Edelman suspension made us trigger happy.

 

[jah]

I would have cut Dwayne Allen and kept Dola instead (don't sign Clayborn too if needed, he wasn't anything special outside of a strange all time great game vs the Cowboys) but, we were in a crunch. There were things we could have done better for sure, but there's only so much cap room.

I think the FA we should have found a way to keep was Lewis, even before Hill and Rex went down.

 

[PatsFan2]

I wish we just kept Matthews on and rolled with him until he got healthy. Really think the Edelman suspension made us trigger happy.

Funny Matthews got healthy in a hurry now catching passes in Philly?? Young WR still in his prime well there is next years FA I guess.

 

[Coolade2]

Ah yes... The peripheral costs of a complicated offense requiring parade of receivers.. Need parade of capologists too apparently... Yikes

 

[PatsFan2]

Hate the beat a dead horse but the Pats held on the Britt for way too long...you just knew it wasn't going to end well. Seems like they gambled on the wrong guy should put the dollars on Matthews coming back.

 

[Sicilian]

Funny Matthews got healthy in a hurry now catching passes in Philly?? Young WR still in his prime well there is next years FA I guess.

I wish we could have brought Matthews back too, but let's look at two things in this statement:

1) Matthews didn't get healthy "in a hurry". It took him 4 weeks to get back onto the field, which would have been the bulk of the time we were without Edelman anyway. We needed players who could play early, regardless of skill, because we needed bodies.

2) He isn't catching "passes" yet... he caught ONE pass. Granted, it was a deep ball touchdown of 56 yards, but we just had something similar from Patterson too. I don't think Matthews (though I would have wanted him) would automatically be a boost to this offense. He'd be another option with potential is all.

 

[Ring 6]

I think the FA we should have found a way to keep was Lewis, even before Hill and Rex went down.

Lewis is way too injury prone to pay what it took.

 

[Ring 6]

Hate the beat a dead horse but the Pats held on the Britt for way too long...you just knew it wasn't going to end well. Seems like they gambled on the wrong guy should put the dollars on Matthews coming back.

They cut Britt. How was keeping him around to heal under a 90 man roster a gamble?
They didn’t “put any $” on Britt. Matthews being cut seemed to be about more than just his injury.

 

[Froob]

I think the FA we should have found a way to keep was Lewis, even before Hill and Rex went down.

I don't think Lewis even made much more than Burkhead as I recall.

 

[jah]

I don't think Lewis even made much more than Burkhead as I recall.

A little less than twice what Burkhead makes per year, but in absolute terms, only like 2.5m different. I believe one deal was 3/9m and the other was 4/22m. For an actual offensive weapon that's not much money. I think Lewis at 6m is a better deal than Amendola at 6m.

Not that any of that matters now.