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Mike Dussault

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https://www.patspropaganda.com/7186/

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To sum, the highest cap number Wilfork can have for the Patriots in 2014 is $11,600,000. The lowest he can have and while being on the roster is $4,555,000. The lowest cap number he can have is after being released – $3.6 million. The question is can Wilfork and the Patriots find a number between $4,555,000 and $11,600,000 that both sides are happy with. There are definitely ways for a deal to happen.

Ways to reduce Vince Wilfork’s cap number :Patriots Salary Cap

Great, thorough read, from PatsCap.com’s Miguel.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/to-sum-the-highest-cap-number-wilfork-can-have/

Are you surprised the pats haven’t talked to really anyone except talib

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Not really, I’ve believed all along that Talib should be the priority in free agency. Edelman’s the only other one who might make sense to touch base with, but I don’t think they’re worried about the market putting him out of the Pats’ range.

Talib on the other hand could get significant interest on the market so it would make sense to try and work something with him out asap.

They also could be trying to lock down some restructures on guys like Connelly/Wilfork/Kelly.

The thing I don’t understand is why they cut a player like Gregory now, but are still sitting on the rest of probable cut guys like Sopoaga. Sometimes it seems like they are almost too patient, but they have a knack for letting the market come to them.

Mike. I completely agree about the need for quality interior O and D line depth but if Kelvin Benjamin is available as low as 29. A kid with that much potential and at 6 foot 5 inches it would be too much of an opportunity to pass up.

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It’s hard to really discuss needs at this point, because all the glaring ones will be filled by the draft. This speaks to your point exactly. They can’t go into the draft needing to find a starter at any position. This allows them to pounce if a player like Benjamin or someone else they might really like falls. That’s what value is all about and you can’t draft for value when you have critical needs.

If Talib does walk, how much does that push back the defense from where it was early last season? Because before all the injuries hit, there’s no denying it was looking very promising. But as we all saw in the AFCCG, without Talib the Pats were absolutely picked apart.

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First, I thought this was interesting…

I do think that there’s something to be said for Talib living off of the good will he earned in those early games last season. We tend to forget the weird meltdown against the Panthers and the hip injury that once again returned. Most focus on his great start and then the knee injury in the AFCCG.

My view, as I previously mentioned this morning, is that if he walks they focus on the front seven with some of the money they had slotted for Talib. As much as the Pats were picked apart vs. Denver, that has as much to do with having no depth in the front seven as it did not having a cover corner for Demaryius Thomas.

The pressure was literally non-existant. PFF had them getting pressure on Manning just six times with no sacks. If they can’t nab Talib they should make a serious play for Jared Allen/Demarcus Ware/Julius Peppers. An elite front seven will make any secondary look good, let’s not forget that.

It certainly makes the need for a corner bigger and they’d likely have to find someone else in free agency and the draft. But they’re not dead in the water with Dennard/Ryan/Arrington.