UPDATES on Butler situation: Butler wants to be "A Patriots for Life" AND "paid like a Top 10 CB"

[VrabelMayeWin]

How the F do they still have $90m in cap space left? They will be hard pressed to spend to 89%

Over the Cap has them at $87M.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Over the Cap has them at $87M.

I can't recall so many teams so flush with cash to spend.

 

[kennyb]

Why the hell would Bill do that? They want him, then let them pay him - it will cost them Pick #2 in the draft!

They want him for a reasonable price. If the price is the #2 overall, then they don't want him. See how that works?

Around the league, he's not considered a top 10 or even 20 cb. Hard for the homers here to fathom that.

 

[Gronk]

I can't recall so many teams so flush with cash to spend.

Yeah its weird, because the amount of redonk contracts certainly hasn't gone down. Theres plenty of them every year. Maybe the length/back end of those deals combined with the cap increases has finally created a surplus of unspent money?

 

[kennyb]

Maybe they can take hightower off our hands too if theyre so flush.

 

[Todd Bradley]

LOL yeah, like the 49ers are going to give up the #2 pick in the draft and a big money contract for Butler......

Not a chance.

 

[Love The Drake]

Never know.
Id rather keep strap but seems that ship may have sailed.
Time to see what Cyrus Jones and Jonathan Jones can do.
And kick the tires on Claiborne or shield

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

They want him for a reasonable price. If the price is the #2 overall, then they don't want him. See how that works?

Around the league, he's not considered a top 10 or even 20 cb. Hard for the homers here to fathom that.

You're an idiot if you don't think he's in the top 15 at least.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

LOL yeah, like the 49ers are going to give up the #2 pick in the draft for and a big money contract for Butler......

Not a chance.

Well they can forget about butler than.

 

[Todd Bradley]

Well they can forget about butler than.

I highly doubt they've ever been interested to begin with.

The only source on this is some unverified sports fan Twitter account. Nothing credible.

 

[50-yard-line]

They want him for a reasonable price. If the price is the #2 overall, then they don't want him. See how that works?

Around the league, he's not considered a top 10 or even 20 cb. Hard for the homers here to fathom that.

Then they don't get him and we keep him at 3.9 million. He's worth that.

And where the hell do you get that he's not a top-20 cornerback? That's silly. BB put him one-on-one with Brown and Butler was right there on every play.

PFF (yeah, I know, but at least they've got some measurements) had him at #2 behind Talib. I don't buy that, but he's in the #10 area, certainly. I've never heard anyone put him out of the top 20.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

Si

I highly doubt they've ever been interested to begin with.

The only source on this is some unverified sports fan Twitter account. Nothing credible.

Titans and saints are still the two teams that make sense. In my opinion

 

[PatriotReign]

I actually like the deal Miguel proposed and would like to see it happen.

 

[ViperGTS]

Option A. Force him to sign the tender and go from there.

Option B. Extend him with 3.91 this season and upped to 11 per for the next 3.

Option C. Pray someone bites on the restricted tender and pays a high 1st.

In any case, Butler won't be Butler anywhere else as he is here due to 1) coaching and 2) the undervalued safety play that Dmac and Harmon etc provide.

 

[Jlaff]

My God don't let @Actual Pats Fan see that version of the flying Elvis logo.

 

[AtomicDawg]

 

[JMC00]

nd kick the tires on Claiborne or shield

Shields can't clear concussion protocol.

 

[Biffins]

Translation: His agent called everyone and noone offered more than what the Pats did. So he "calmed down". Now take that $9-10m per year and be quiet.

 

[Love The Drake]

Would love to have strap back hopefully Bill hasnt already moved on.

 

[TomPatriot]

I actually like the deal Miguel proposed and would like to see it happen.

It's not on the table and you won't see it happen. He takes the tender or finds a deal elsewhere. So his agent is doing the right thing and trying to find a deal elsewhere.