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Burn him at the stake!!
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Because he remains one of the 10 or so best wide receivers in football, and there's no one on the roster or in free agency who could replace him, let alone at his bargain basement cap number? If Brady and Edelman both go, the only seasoned receiver on the roster is Mohamed Sanu, who is definitely better than he played last season, but is still not a guy you're looking to build a receiving corps around.
I think it is accurate to say that the Patriots are in a cap position where re-signing Brady will severely undermine their ability to assemble a team around Brady that solves the deficiencies that plagued this year's team.
Not saying I disagree with the idea that they were dumb with how they've handled Brady, especially with what seems to be a pretty unproven QB situation behind him - but do you think it's still the not stupid thing to do to sign him given our cap restrictions heading into this year?
As it has been regurgitated 500 times over in multiple threads, Brady deserves a better cast around him. Can we afford both? I really just want to hear a situation where both are possible so I can have hope lol.
All past history suggests it will be a fast decline, probably injury related. Brady is very close to the end. Some other team may very well pay him for a year for the box office novelty, but tying up significant money with Brady for anything but year-to-year / incentive based makes no football sense.
He's their best receiverIf Brady goes, I dont see why the Pats would hang onto a 34 year old Edelman
Its essentially going to come down to ego. If they can handle it like they did for last 20 yrs then they might get back together.Chris thats pure speculation. You have no idea what BB wants. BB and TB have a great relationship. I've never seen anything from a single credible media member who's said otherwise.
Stop reading/ listening to the clowns.
If he goes with stidham he better get him some wideouts. When you have a young QB you want to make it as comfortable as possible to succeed.
He's their best receiver
Yes, I realize that about Edelman. I meant the Chargers trading for him. And Gronk has plenty of time to get back into football shape between now and September.
It's really a matter of keeping/replacing Thuney, getting a TE and getting a WR1/WR2. Those are the three elephants in the room. After that, it gets a lot less expensive. The cap space is there.
They've got plenty of cap space to fix the problems.
Stidham loved Meyers in PS last year, and he and Harry hang together. That might be the biggest reason BB decides to give him a shot.
I worry about the defensive free agents
Shelton
Van Noy
Collins
McCourty
Butler (RFA)
Roberts
How much of the available cap money will be needed for the defense? I suppose that we cut McCourty (and hope his brother stays) and we could extend Hightower. That's a start.
Please tell me how Gronk is going to undo the effects of all of his concussions between now and September.
They have about $30m right now.
We've already discussed this, in the thread you made. Without making any other moves, OTC has the Patriots with about $47m in cap space.
OK, so DI's answer to my question is that we have $47M of cap space available for the defense?We've already discussed this, in the thread you made. Without making any other moves, OTC has the Patriots with about $47m in cap space.
Miguel has them at $30m. OTC doesn't account for LTBE incentives and has the lesser Brady cap hit listed. The wild card is Brady's current cap hit since it halves if he's on the roster in 2020, but ultimately that money's probably going to be tied up in the quarterback position one way or the other.