Patriots Player Departure Patriots are sending WR Kayshon Boutte to the Texans for safety Jaylen Reed and a draft pick

[mgteich]

I don't know if he didn't trust Pop per se but I think it had more to do with Drake having a preference for the big play- which comes from in part the trust he had in Boutte to make them.

Douglas is a good #4/#5 WR.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Ross12]

So essentially, they really like Reed and this was basically a player swap. It'll ultimately come down to what Boutte does this year vs. what Reed does for the next 3 years.

 

[Rob0729]

My point was that you are exaggerating a perception of him being a head case when no one thought about or identified him as such. Only now that he’s traded. What your reason is for mentioning that appears to me as you piling it on to justify a decisions.

That the Patriots basically didn’t want to pay him or thought they had better players is the reason, right or wrong. Remains to be seen.

Agree to disagree, indeed.

You quit in training camp your rookie season and have to be talked down. That is a head case. I'm sorry it is. You get the opportunity of a lifetime and you go to the GM and walk away?

But I am done.

 

[Rob0729]

So essentially, they really like Reed and this was basically a player swap. It'll ultimately come down to what Boutte does this year vs. what Reed does for the next 3 years.

Well, there is a chance that the Texans give Boutte an extension. I tend to doubt it because Boutte sees himself as a starter and I don't think the Texans will see that past this year with Higgins coming back with two years left on his deal.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Creed is a champion. Like his father, Apollo. Reed, on the other hand, is not a champion, unlike perhaps incoming safety Reed Blankenship, or the First Reed (see what I did there,) Ed Reed, peace be upon him. WTF is it with "Reed" and that position?

Tell me one more time how we're not living in a simulation...

Anyway, if Reed is this secret superstar, it's a genius move. If, as is more likely, he just completes a desperate strategy to mask a deficiency, we're underestimating the eventual need for WR depth (every effin' year) because the need feels so urgent right now, and because (once again) Boutte feels to them like nothing special.

Oh well. Crowded WR room. We'll all live.

Who the hell said he was a superstar? It could well be that Reed was a prospect they liked in the 25' draft and the Patriots decided taking a player now that they could develop as a big nickel safety made more sense than a 5th round pick in the draft. One thing is certain however, and is that 99% of those crapping in this deal have never seen him play, and are talking out of their asses, as usual.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Douglas is a good #4/#5 WR.

Agree.

 

[Kdo5]

You quit in training camp your rookie season and have to be talked down. That is a head case. I'm sorry it is. You get the opportunity of a lifetime and you go to the GM and walk away?

But I am done.

20 something y/o is emotional and passionate about his ability and reacts accordingly amidst an appalling operation. Many players have big egos even when they aren’t proven especially at that position.

KB thought he deserved playing time, he did deserve playing time. Perhaps phrased it in an unproductive manner but you can forgive a rookie aged kid IMO.

You’re done though and I guess I am too. I appreciate your posts, regardless.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Who the hell said he was a superstar? It could well be that Reed was a prospect they liked in the 25' draft and the Patriots decided taking a player now that they could develop as a big nickel safety made more sense than a 5th round pick in the draft. One thing is certain however, and is that 99% of those crapping in this deal have never seen him play, and are talking out of their asses, as usual.

The point wasn't to go after you, it was to think through what they were thinking.

I'd love it if the idea is that he can bring something more than a JAG.

It's lovely to be playing that guessing game.

It's also true that a player who's shown he can survive at the NFL level is a better bet than a random 5th rounder, so that's a decent point. We do overvalue draft picks vs. people who've actually proven themselves.

(Like Boutte too, ironically)