Patriots Trade for Michael Bennett

[thecore762]

can he still play?

4th in the league on QB hits last year.

 

[SBLIII]

so we only swapped a 5th for a 7th and got a DE who tied Flowers in pressures?

 

[Deus Irae]

What the hell is wrong with you that you would hope for a person to get injured over nothing of his doing?

 

[TheRainMaker]

Looks like the Pats found their Trey Flowers replacement as Flowers was the poor mans Michael Bennett.

 

[manxman2601]

BB loves hits and pressures.

 

[Triumph]

Long in the tooth

 

[Drewski]

 

[Love The Drake]

If we have him and Tre that's wow.
If he's replacing Flowers and Clayborn is staying we need more d lineman.

 

[Froob]

Now who amongst us would like to kick off the political discussion in this thread?

See the harryboy thread lol. Not to get into things, but not many cared when we signed James Harrison who has a horrible history.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

I don't like guy's attitude at all. But he's a 9-10 sack guy.

Exactly.

 

[SBLIII]

If we have him and Tre that's wow.
If he's replacing Flowers and Clayborn is staying we need more d lineman.

well, the draft is strong for DL.

 

[Patriot Missile]

Pretty excited for the move. Very productive player and if it brings his brother back I’d be cool with that.

If Flowers stays this team is golden. Hope he does, but we all know of the possibilities for him.

Unlike a lot others I’m interested in bringing back Clayborn for another season. Expecting players to just fit in right away is a little much, but he did show us some samples of good play at times. Will see soon enough what BB thinks of him. I suspect he might be asked to restructure?

 

[Uptown]

Bye Flowers. Thanks 4 the memories Chief!

 

[borg]

I like the move as well but don't think it's any implication of their desire to bring back Flowers.

Has BB ever paid max $$$$ for a premium edge rusher?
Never!
Has BB ever jettisoned a premium edge rusher at contract time?
Hell yeah!
Has BB ever gone to the veteran discount window to get an impact edge rusher on short $$$$?
Standard Operating Procedure

Does BB love him some 3rd round comp picks?
Will Michael "I want a raise" Bennett be ticked off if NE signs Flowers to double his current salary level?
Is this draft stacked with DE/DT talent to fill holes and develop the next Flowers?
Yes, Yes,Yes

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Love it! Just the value I wanted.

Does anyone know why Philly wanted to get rid of him anyway? I mean for the type of player he is 7.2 and 8M with nothing guaranteed is a good deal. Do they really have no other contracts they can dump? I am just wondering what is causing the Eagles to let go of him.

Philly doesn't have a lot of cap space even w Foles off the books and for Roseman to be creative or active in free agency, they needed to clear some cap space, ergo moving Bennett.. I go to see a few Eagles games last year and Bennett didn't play like a guy in his 30s..... I like this.. if we can just keep him out of casinos.....

 

[Patstastic]

Interesting. The guy who won the Pats a SB in 2014 (His offside penalty basically ended the game for sure. Before that It was about 95% over. There was still a slim chance Seattle could've forced a fumble recovery of some sort) could also help win them a SB in 2019. Irony.

That said, it's a good addition. I hope that doesn't mean Flowers is likely gone.

 

[Drewski]

Has BB ever paid max $$$$ for a premium edge rusher?
Never!
Has BB ever jettisoned a premium edge rusher at contract time?
Hell yeah!
Has BB ever gone to the veteran discount window to get an impact edge rusher on short $$$$?
Standard Operating Procedure

Does BB love him some 3rd round comp picks?
Will Michael "I want a raise" Bennett be a happy camper if NE signs Flowers to double his current salary level?
Is this draft stacked with DE/DT talent to fill holes and develop as the next Flowers?

Is Trey a "Premium Edge Rusher"?

 

[Jackson 2]

can he still play?

No Bill just trades for guys who can't

 

[Drewski]

Drewski, I know what you just did!

 

[SBLIII]

Interesting. The guy who won the Pats a SB in 2014 (His offside penalty basically ended the game for sure. Before that It was about 95% over. There was still a slim chance Seattle could've forced a fumble recovery of some sort) could also help win them a SB in 2019. Irony.

That said, it's a good addition. I hope that doesn't mean Flowers is likely gone.

I agree but allocating 25+ million in your edge players doesn't scream BB to me. He probably rather strengthens WR and DT.