More evidence of Howe making stuff up?

[ctpatsfan77]

The Blitz with Jeff Howe & Karen Guregian | Boston Herald

1. Jake Ballard's contract was tolled into 2013 because he was kept on the physically unable to perform list last season. This means he is under contract in 2013, and the Patriots did not need to tender him as an exclusive rights free agent, which was originally believed to be the case.

Who actually believed that to be the case?

He was claimed off waivers, so he's still on his rookie deal.

 

[Patsrock]

The Blitz with Jeff Howe & Karen Guregian | Boston Herald



Who actually believed that to be the case?

He was claimed off waivers, so he's still on his rookie deal.

He actually is correct on the ERFA tender. If he had played in 2012 he would have had to be tendered a ERFA.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

He actually is correct on the ERFA tender. If he had played in 2012 he would have had to be tendered a ERFA.

Then what the heck did the Giants sign him to in the first place? A two-year deal?

 

[Triumph]

Rotoworld and Sportrac have Ballard as a 2013 ERFA but thats wrong.

1. Jake Ballard's recovery from knee surgery is coming along nicely, and there have been no setbacks, thus putting him closer to competing for a spot on the Patriots' crowded tight end depth chart in 2013. Here's something I didn't realize when the Patriots claimed Ballard last June after he was waived by the Giants: He doesn't qualify for unrestricted free agency until after the 2014 season. I thought Ballard would hit unrestricted free agency after the 2013 season -- making him a one-year rental of sorts for the Patriots -- because it would have been following his fourth year in the NFL. But Ballard didn't qualify for an accrued season toward free agency in his rookie campaign due to a limited number of games on the active roster. Knowing the Patriots had 2013 and 2014 to essentially control Ballard's rights, that had to be another positive factor that led them to claim him last June. Ballard is on the books for a "modest" $630,000 base salary in 2013, and the Patriots paid him $540,000 to rehab last year on injured reserve. It's a limited financial risk for a potentially nice reward.

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[cstjohn17]

The Blitz with Jeff Howe & Karen Guregian | Boston Herald



Who actually believed that to be the case?

He was claimed off waivers, so he's still on his rookie deal.

Oh Lord, not more threads about how the media is out to get the Patriots... that is so 2006...

Please make it stop

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Oh Lord, not more threads about how the media is out to get the Patriots... that is so 2006...

Please make it stop

This isn't about the media being "out to get the Patriots."

This is about the media writing stuff without even bothering to check basic facts.

 

[DefenseRules]

This isn't about the media being "out to get the Patriots."

This is about the media writing stuff without even bothering to check basic facts.

And it's an article from the Herald. Those guys are KNOWN for not bothering to check FACTS period.

 

[Patsrock]

This isn't about the media being "out to get the Patriots."

This is about the media writing stuff without even bothering to check basic facts.

The basic fact was he would have been ERFA at the end of the year. But since his contract was tolled it didn't become necessary to tender him a ERFA. They will have to at the end of 2013 if he is on the roster and not signed to a long term deal.

He was on a one year deal with the Giants when he was waived.

 

[cstjohn17]

This isn't about the media being "out to get the Patriots."

This is about the media writing stuff without even bothering to check basic facts.

It just sounds so whiny, 99% of football fans in America think Patriots fans are a bunch or spoiled over-sensitive babies, threads like this are classic examples.