Patriots Trade For Indy TE Dwayne Allen

[manxman2601]

Lengel and Williams are glorified OTA/camp bodies. If you seriously believe that they will skip over one of the most athletically gifted TE classes in a long time you will be shocked in about 50 days.

I am still fully confident that they will go for a late d2/early d3 TE (Brittle ?) and then a very late project.

I don't want anybody called "Brittle"

 

[manxman2601]

 

[AtomicDawg]

I don't want anybody called "Brittle"

Unless his first name is "Peanut".

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Midround pick trades are always a gamble. So I don't see your issue there. But Allen is better than the 2nd tier of TEs in this class. So you take that over the minor injuries (which he's played through with varying results) and the large cap hit that Bennett would have taken.

You wanna make a bet this guy doesn't even come close to what an injured bennett did production wise. I know bennett wasn't coming back. Why not just draft a tight end. The value's immensely different. I feel he's a waste of cap space. It's a done deal. Gave up a fourth round where you can still get some value at a cheap price.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

There is practically no difference in quality of players at that point anymore in the draft. You are just arguing for arguments sake.

Also you really have to explain where you see a big gamble. All I see is the total opposite..

Actually you can get good value. Heck even a worthy tight end at that spot

 

[BadMoFo]

He's one of the good Colts.

 

[luuked]

I don't want anybody called "Brittle"

Another all time hit by auto correct. Kittle of course..

 

[makoute]

IDK, not a huge fan of this move, but Allen might turn around a bad season here in New England. One of Andrew Luck's biggest flaws is he plays favorites with his passes. Allen fell out of his favor.

And brady doesn't?

 

[BadMoFo]

 

[Bruins29]

Doesn't get the juices flowing.

Top to bottom solid roster depth gets my juices flowing. It leads to superbowls.

 

[luuked]

Actually you can get good value. Heck even a worthy tight end at that spot

Which they still can do if they feel so strongly about the player by picking earlier, trading down, trading up (not particularly expensive to get into the fourth round).

We are talking about a proven NFL ready blocker that doesn't need to be developed and is on a pretty friendly deal for the next 2 years before getting slightly more in his final year.

 

[PP2]

Exact same picks they got Bennett for. Really good blocker, can line up all over but is his health going to hold up? We can only hope so.

 

[FourierSeries]

I cannot think of anything to say that's good or bad, it is was it is and BB has a history of liking so guess what.. that makes me happy too.
Let's just say, I doubt I'd buy his shirt lol Doesn't get the juices flowing.

Bill Belichick's #1 priority in the offseason should be to make moves that get "Big Bucks'" juices flowing.

 

[BradyFTW!]

You wanna make a bet this guy doesn't even come close to what an injured bennett did production wise. I know bennett wasn't coming back. Why not just draft a tight end. The value's immensely different. I feel he's a waste of cap space. It's a done deal. Gave up a fourth round where you can still get some value at a cheap price.

You said earlier in this thread that you think trading a 5th for Allen is a good deal, right? Well, assuming the picks being exchanged are 137 and 200, the the draft value disparity between those picks is equivalent to a mid-5th round pick. So by your own standards I can't see why you're unhappy with this trade.

I'm not a big fan of Allen either, but given how little we gave up and what the FA market for TEs looks like, the trade looks like a solid move.

 

[FoxboroFlyer]

And brady doesn't?

Nope.
That issue went to Denver.
Now his favorite is the open guy.

 

[manxman2601]

Already a good guy in my book. Allen on Deflategate:

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Which they still can do if they feel so strongly about the player by picking earlier, trading down, trading up (not particularly expensive to get into the fourth round).

We are talking about a proven NFL ready blocker that doesn't need to be developed and is on a pretty friendly deal for the next 2 years before getting slightly more in his final year.

How much he's making the next two years?I want more than just blocking. Does he have the athleticism to get open. Don't we have lengel to block? Lol

 

[Bruins29]

I can't see why you're unhappy with this trade.
.

He has to be unhappy with something so this was it. Its called projecting.

 

[TB_Helmet]

That Collins trade looks better and better.

Man I LOVE having the 32nd pick in the draft

 

[BradyFTW!]

Which they still can do if they feel so strongly about the player by picking earlier, trading down, trading up (not particularly expensive to get into the fourth round).

We are talking about a proven NFL ready blocker that doesn't need to be developed and is on a pretty friendly deal for the next 2 years before getting slightly more in his final year.

Not to mention that by the time that last year rolls around, $7.5M will probably look like a good deal for an NFL-caliber TE. With the cap exploding like it is, any reasonably productive player will be a borderline steal on any sane deal signed four years ago.

And if he sucks, which he very well may, then we can cut him at any point after this year with no dead money. That's a nice feature, one of the best things about trading for players under contract IMO.