Patriots Sign Demaryius Thomas

[maust]

I was going to make a reference to Thomas' age but then I looked and discovered he is younger than Edelman. Is it just me or is that surprising? Seems like he's been around a lot longer than just since 2010

 

[Urgent]

Torn Achilles in December? That's like a one-year recovery, right?
I can't imagine he is a candidate for active roster the first 8-10 games of the season.

 

[luuked]

Torn Achilles in December? That's like a one-year recovery, right?
I can't imagine he is a candidate for active roster the first 8-10 games of the season.

 

[Froob]

The actual real deal will be quite lower id guess . still a hot candidate for the worst Pat deal this offseason.. makes a quite depressing WR hunt actually..

Jesus that’s a lot. I wonder if it’s heavily incentivized?

 

[fnordcircle]

Hooray.

 

[Froob]

 

[maust]

Hooray.

Jeez, calm the f**k down. This constant unbridled enthusiasm and verbosity of yours is getting obnoxious

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

I don’t think it’s a bad deal. Guaranteed money shouldn’t be high and if he hits the 6 mil it means he had himself a solid year.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

DT will join Joey Galloway, Tory Holt and Reggie Wayne in Pats lore.

Training camp hasn’t even started

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Edelman-Gordon-Thomas-Dorsett is not half bad

 

[patsinthesnow]

The 2019 WR group has so many potential outcomes.

High-end example:

Gordon (returns)
Thomas (healthy)
Edelman
Brown/Isabella
Dorsett

Top 3-5 WR corps in football.

Low-end example:
Dorsett
Edelman
lower round rookie
???

Gordon (suspended)
Thomas (decline, doesn't recover to form prior to injury)

Not good.

Hopefully the team can get something in the middle.

 

[BobDigital]

I like it.

2017 - 949 yards
2018 - 677 yards

I think he can be an 700 yard WR or so. Better than Hogan or Dorsett. Good enough to be a #2. They needed someone who could do that to be a bridge player. Now get some talented rookies in and we should be okay.

 

[signbabybrady]

The 2019 WR group has so many potential outcomes.

High-end example:

Gordon (returns)
Thomas (healthy)
Edelman
Brown/Isabella
Dorsett

Top 3-5 WR corps in football.

Low-end example:
Dorsett
Edelman
lower round rookie
???

Gordon (suspended)
Thomas (decline, doesn't recover to form prior to injury)

Not good.

Hopefully the team can get something in the middle.

I get your not being greedy but hopefully they get the high end example .

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Well I’ll say this...anything was better news to me than re-signing Hogan or paying through the nose for Tate. Pats gambling again on some low risk, moderate reward players and hoping to get something unexpected back.

 

[203Pat]

Jesus that’s a lot. I wonder if it’s heavily incentivized?

I sure hope so.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I'm curious to know how severe the achilles injury was. Was it a full tear or partial tear?

Hot take is $6m is high for a over 30 WR with a significant injury but I'm assuming a majority of it is performance/snaps/roster/active -based.

I don't think it's a sure thing he makes this team anyways

 

[PP2]

Torn Achilles in December? That's like a one-year recovery, right?
I can't imagine he is a candidate for active roster the first 8-10 games of the season.

He'll probably be suspended anyway, under the PCP. I think BB is counting on that to be a sort of pseudo-PUP. Recover and serve his suspension at the same time.

Two birds with one stone.

 

[Froob]

I can’t wait for like 5 mill of this contract to be “Win SB MVP.”

 

[Deus Irae]

Jesus that’s a lot. I wonder if it’s heavily incentivized?

$6m, particularly an incentive laden $6m, for a top 2 WR, is not a lot of money.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

If his previous injury is any indication, he may be ready by training camp. Exactly what we need on the outside.