Why have we heard nothing about Wilfork?

[RxJock1120]

Can Brady help us here again? How much will he be making next year?

Brady is already making 1/2 the league average for a player of his caliber, I wouldn't even ask him if it was up to me.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Brady is already making 1/2 the league average for a player of his caliber, I wouldn't even ask him if it was up to me.

Huh?

 

[RxJock1120]

Huh?

I may be mistaken, but I believe Brady is making like 12 mil a year, while forehead and Brees are close to 20 mil per year.

 

[Gronkowski123]

brady's an idiot for taking so much less.
maybe kraft's paying him off on the side.

 

[Bruins29]

brady's an idiot for taking so much less.
.

why?

 

[Huckleberry1]

brady's an idiot for taking so much less.
maybe kraft's paying him off on the side.

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No doubt

And he is obviously an idiot.

Sucks to be him.

 

[hwc]

It seems like he wants to keep playing based on his comments.

Then Vince has made the decision that he prefers ending his career with another team instead of retiring as a Patriot. That's fine. His choice. No reason to hold it against him. Certainly can't hold his decision against the Pats.

I'm glad he got another ring. Nice bookends to his Pats career. SuperBowl ring in his first year and in his last year.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

Can Brady help us here again? How much will he be making next year?

From what I heard. Maybe someone can confirm. Brady cannot restructure because there is a rule on the amount of restructures in a certain time frame. Pats and Brady are maxed out.

 

[Joker]

I want my quarterback to be the highest paid!!!

I want my team to sign Revis and McCourty and Vince and five top free agents!!

I want everything I've ever seen advertised on TV!

or else Kraft is cheap and the Patriots suck...got it.

 

[Brady6]

What do you save by cutting them? Ain't nowhere near $10 million.

If you cut them with 6/1 designations it is north of $7.5M this year.

 

[Brady6]

Cutting Amendola saves $1.6M, and Arrington only saves $865k ($1.6M if his cap hit is spread over 2 years as a post-June 1 cut).

While I agree that neither's performance justifies their cap hit, unfortunately most of that is sunk cost. In Amendola's case, you could save a bit of money by cutting him, but then you'd have to start talking about replacing him. It would take more than $1.6M in new cap money to get a replacement that's at all close to him in ability, and that's without regard for chemistry/experience in the offense.

OTOH, in Arrington there just isn't much money to be saved. I think his real worth is a bit more than the Pats would get back by cutting him. He's definitely not worth $4.6M, but most of that money is sunk cost anyway.

Re: Wilfork, I'm still hoping that he'll just agree to take a 66%-ish paycut, but realistically I don't see that happening so I assume he'll be cut.

You save $4.5M cutting Amendola with a 6/1 designation and $3M cutting Arrington with a 6/1 designation according to overthecap.com.

 

[supafly]

Yeah I am afraid the end is near for Vince unless he will negotiate way down. I expect if he does sign, then there will be a lot of weight incentives. Vince will have to tighten his budget and waistline considerably.

Per Miguel--there already are weight clauses in his current pact, which he consistently meets several times per year.

I highly doubt that Belichick would be ignorant enough not to include such clauses when paying out millions of dollars on a long term deal, as he did back in 2010.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

As others have said, big props to VW's play as a Patriot. I'd like to see him finish what years he has left as being a Patriot. But VW isn't worth anywhere near what he is slated to make this year or, IMHO, even what he earned last year. The Patriots have too many important players to re-sign with too little immediately available money to pay a lot(overpay) for VW, no way, no how.
If VW's mindset last year is the case this year, I just don't see any possible avenue for VW to return to the Patriots. The bottom line business side of the new England Patriots cannot possibly justify having VW as a high paid player IMHO.

 

[AzorianPats]

If the Patriots make a wrong move ...

We'll be hearing from Bianca before we hear it from Schefter ... bet on it.

Due to his status on the team I do not expect Bill to play rough with Wilfork.

Didn't Bill play rough with VW last year? And wasn't Kraft the one to step in and work something out?

I love Vince, and want to see him retire here, but I don't think he's the type to take team friendly deals. He's like Mankins in that aspect.

 

[DarrylS]

If the Patriots make a wrong move ...

We'll be hearing from Bianca before we hear it from Schefter ... bet on it.

Due to his status on the team I do not expect Bill to play rough with Wilfork.

He is also a personal favorite of Mr. Kraft..so there are other forces at work.

Somewhere in the Bowels of Gillette BB and his Lieutenants are working on nefarious plots to piss off posters from patsfans.com...

 

[patsbrasilpatriotas]

Please REGARDLESS of what happens with Revis and DMAC, cut or restructure Vince´s contract. Next year Hightower and Jones will be FA. We need the money.

 

[50-yard-line]

If you cut them with 6/1 designations it is north of $7.5M this year.

And you eat 4 of that back next year in dead money. So in total, replacing those two guys with rookies, you wind up saving about 1 million total over the next two years, as you have to replace them on the 51 with two contracts that will be 500k+ for 2 years.

And the Pats need to be under the cap next Tuesday. Browner+Wilfork or Revis will get you there. June cuts to Amendola and Arrington won't.

One or both of those guys might well be June 1 cuts (teams only get up to 2), but they're not the answer right now if we're talking about keeping Revis or McCourty.

 

[RobertWeathers]

This draft is deep at defensive tackle. I rather draft two tackles and let him walk if he doesnt restructure.

I am willing to bet that the team is thinking along the same lines as you.

 

[RobertWeathers]

He is also a personal favorite of Mr. Kraft..so there are other forces at work.

So was Bledsoe. BB calls the shots on personnel and Kraft helps/signs off on the big ticket items.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Next year Hightower and Jones will be FA.

People are not talking about this enough. Two more big ticket items that'll net at least $30-$45m in guarantees each.

In the past, the team has locked up younger players early (AH and Gronk). With Collins a FA after the 2016 season, does the team try to strike an early deal w/ him? Might make sense as if he hits the open market, he will also make a killing.