[Old 2020 thread] NFL Free Agency/Trade Rumors:

[Mack Herron]

Hoyer no longer looks like a fit for the Colts.

 

[farn]

Yeah it’s pretty loaded.

I look forward to next season’s playoff excuse.

 

[Love The Drake]

I don’t see any reason to spend money on Perriman, especially when you have this draft class. The guy has been an underachiever his whole career. I wouldn’t let his 36 garbage time catches fool you. If they make this move I will be genuinely pissed off.

That makes sense

 

[primetime]

I don’t see any reason to spend money on Perriman, especially when you have this draft class. The guy has been an underachiever his whole career. I wouldn’t let his 36 garbage time catches fool you. If they make this move I will be genuinely pissed off.

Yeah, I'd rather pay Robby Anderson to play the same role than Perriman.

 

[Love The Drake]

Yeah, I'd rather pay Robby Anderson to play the same role than Perriman.

Anderson might be 4 times as expensive

 

[Bill Lee]

Hoyer no longer looks like a fit for the Colts.

Oh no! First a worldwide pandemic, now this!

 

[luuked]

Hoyer no longer looks like a fit for the Colts.

Makes sense. Hoyer has all the experience in the world and could be the ideal mentor for Stidham. If he is fine coming back on the cheap.

 

[Chevrolet]

Brady’s last extension was before the 2017 season. No additional years were added after the attempted trade other than the voided years added last training camp when he was given a raise and the team got much needed cap space. In 2018, Brady was given incentives which he did not earn.

The report in my last post originated in the SF Bay Area from Matt Miller of the Bleacher Report. This is not score settling as you contest. No one did anything wrong here. Belichick had every right to try and trade Brady and keep Jimmy G. Bob Kraft had the right to stop it, and Tom Brady has the right to be angered by it and use it as motivation to leave the Patriots when his contract expired.

The truth of this report has been obvious to anyone with half a brain since the fall of 2017. (Pats could not afford both Brady and Garoppolo; if Belichick wanted to keep Jimmy G, then it was Brady who had to go). It’s just that you and others just didn’t want to pull your head out of the sand to consider that there might actually be discord between the Patriots owner, head coach and QB. Well, there was discord, and this week it was no small factor in Brady leaving for Tampa.

Except its not true. BB did not try to trade Brady...ever. The Fox Report was denied by Lynch.
It is likely true however that Brady was tired of BB management style and that he was pissed the Pats would not guarantee him for more than one year and that Brady and BB did not see eye to eye on contract security and how much longer he would be an effective QB

 

[Zuma]

Makes sense. Hoyer has all the experience in the world and could be the ideal mentor for Stidham. If he is fine coming back on the cheap.

Couldn’t agree more. If Stidham is the starter...what a great backup to have in terms of experience and playbook knowledge.

 

[borisman]

You're taking a Fox News report that is using RUMORS from the Bleacher Report? Seriously?

Sorry, but I'll take Lynch stating it as FACT that BB shot him down over this 3rd party rumor BS. And any intelligent person would do that.

What Shanahan, Lynch said on '17 49ers-Pats trade talks

Edit: just for the record, I'm on the side of Lynch's story.

 

[Froob]

Dalton will probably have to be released. Who is trading for him at this point? I don’t want him bad enough to give anything for him but I’d sign him for relatively cheap.

 

[jah]

Dalton will probably have to be released. Who is trading for him at this point? I don’t want him bad enough to give anything for him but I’d sign him for relatively cheap.

My issue with that is he would probably be the starter which will only set the franchise back.

 

[Froob]

My issue with that is he would probably be the starter which will only set the franchise back.

Maybe he pushes Stidham, starts one year. Depends how ready Stidham is. Probably wouldn’t offer Dalton anymore than 5 mill. If I really love Stidham I’d just stick with Kessler or sign somebody cheap to backup Stidham.

 

[pheenix11]

Did you guys see what the Vikings got for Diggs?

Seems like a lot. I like Diggs and I’m usually one to value known commodities rather than potential draft picks but seems like the Bills overpaid.

Bills acquired WR Stefon Diggs and a 2020 seventh-round pick from the Vikings in exchange for 2020 first-, fifth-, and sixth-rounds picks and a 2021 fourth-round pick.
That's what you get for a No. 1 wideout, so Bill O'Brien should take notes for next time. Diggs was frustrated on more than one occasion last season in Minnesota, broke out for a bunch of 100-yard games in the middle of the year, and then had a somewhat quiet playoffs with 4-76-1 across two games. He, Kirk Cousins, and coach Mike Zimmer never really seemed to be on the same page while Cousins seemed to favor Adam Thielen when everyone was healthy. Diggs goes to Buffalo where he'll join John Brown and Cole Beasley in the Bills' wideout trio. It's not an overly great fit for Diggs to pop off in fantasy, but he should still return easy WR2 numbers at worst. The numbers just may not be consistent with Josh Allen firing him the rock. It should still be an exciting team to watch.

 

[jah]

Maybe he pushes Stidham, starts one year. Depends how ready Stidham is. Probably wouldn’t offer Dalton anymore than 5 mill. If I really love Stidham I’d just stick with Kessler or sign somebody cheap to backup Stidham.

I still want a young QB not named Stidham. We don't need to get rid of #4 but we can't put all our hopes on him.

 

[Love The Drake]

Did you guys see what the Vikings got for Diggs?

Seems like a lot. I like Diggs and I’m usually one to value known commodities rather than potential draft picks but seems like the Bills overpaid.

They overpaid to stick it to us.
They knew Bill wasn’t going close to that high.
Unless Diggs has a 2007 Moss year the Bills overpaid when they are looking at a incredible deep WR class.

Is Diggs that much better than Anderson?

 

[DaBruinz]

I hope the Patriots wait until May/June to bring in a back-up to Stidham or they bring in a SFA so the person doesn't count against the cap.

I expect we're going to see Brissett or Hoyer dumped by the Colts. My guess is Brissett since he'd save them nearly 9M against the cap..

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

They overpaid to stick it to us.
They knew Bill wasn’t going close to that high.
Unless Diggs has a 2007 Moss year the Bills overpaid when they are looking at a incredible deep WR class.

Is Diggs that much better than Anderson?

Bills overpaid because they sniff blood in the water with the Pats AFCE Championship run being up for grabs after 2 decades (yes I remember 2008).

 

[Bill Lee]

Couldn’t agree more. If Stidham is the starter...what a great backup to have in terms of experience and playbook knowledge.

Yeah, and if he can't beat Hoyer out, who can he beat out?

Maybe he pushes Stidham, starts one year. Depends how ready Stidham is. Probably wouldn’t offer Dalton anymore than 5 mill. If I really love Stidham I’d just stick with Kessler or sign somebody cheap to backup Stidham.

If Stidham can't be Hoyer out, it's better to find a better young QB than tread water with Hoyer. Everyone has seen what Hoyer has, it's not enough.

Bills overpaid because they sniff blood in the water with the Pats AFCE Championship run being up for grabs after 2 decades (yes I remember 2008).

Bills played us hard this last season. We're in a rebuild. Makes sense for them to make their move now.

 

[Froob]

Bills overpaid because they sniff blood in the water with the Pats AFCE Championship run being up for grabs after 2 decades (yes I remember 2008).

I’d have traded for one of the Rams receivers (Kupp, Woods, Cooks) before I did that Diggs deal.