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Mike Dussault

The Pats won’t release Amendola. Why? Because its a short sited move and that’s not how they operate. Sure they save 2,8 mil this year, but next year it adds even more than that to the cap. They could keep Amendola and accomplish the same thing by structuring contracts to pay more next year. Consider that Edelman has played only 1 healthy season. Is it worth dumping Amendola so that you can move about 3 mil from this years cap to next? No way.

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Fair points, there’s an element of risk with both players. Really both have only had one healthy season in their careers, though Amendola has probably shown more consistency as a receiver.

I guess in a vacuum I’d prefer Edelman back, but I also think that Amendola should be effective if he stays and Edelman walks, assuming he put together a healthy season. He has to at some point, right?

Ultimately I know the Pats will do what they think is best for the team long term. If that means eating some contract money on Amendola in 2015 because they think Edelman is the better player, I don’t think it will stop them.

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I think will allow us to collect more data real time in the field, have the draft evaluation process done quicker and sooner, and allow the coaches, if they want to in season, because they’re trying to evaluate a position now and thinking about the next year, [find out] are there going to be guys in the draft? In the old days, you’d have to pick up the phone and call upstairs and talk to somebody upstairs. Now, if Bill is interested, he’ll be able to go to his tablet or go to his desktop and in a very efficient and very multimedia way and get real data instantly…

Jonathan Kraft touches on Wes Welker fallout – Sports – The Boston Globe

https://www.patspropaganda.com/i-think-will-allow-us-to-collect-more-data-real/

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Brady was rated pretty highly on the board and in the fifth round — we took Brady in the sixth — Bill walked over to the board and picked up Brady’s card, looked at Scott, and said ‘what’s Brady still doing here? There’s too much value to be sitting here. This kid’s a winner.’

Jonathan Kraft touches on Wes Welker fallout – Sports – The Boston Globe

https://www.patspropaganda.com/brady-belichick/

Mike — Quick, on a scale of 1-10, how excited are you that the Pats are going to: a) trade Amendola, b) re-sign Edelman, c) Trade for Revis and, d) sign Decker, Sanders, Orakpo, Allen, Tate, Mack, Bryant, and (hopefully) Moss in free agency? Every. Friggin’. Off-season. :)

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a) 8, but that they’ll release him.

b) 10, I’m bumping the Edelman return chances from 40% to 60%.

c) 3, never going to happen but fun to imagine.

d) 10, Moss AND Welker are coming back.

Would Sam Shields be a good FA acquisition? I can’t imagine him costing too much and he’d be a good addition getting rid of any immediate DB needs and has insane speed and potential.

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Probably not as long as Talib stays. With Ryan/Arrington/Dennard/McCourty/Harmon and hopefully Talib (or Revis, even though that’s a pipe dream) the Pats have other places where they should spend their cap space. 

I expect them to be active on the offensive and defensive lines, including at defensive end, where a “splash” acquisition could happen.

Shields should land a solid deal, but if they pay Talib, there’s not much need to add him.

Do you think Harmon and mccourty could work well as the safety tandem despite the size

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Yeah, in today’s NFL it’s about balance. The traditional free/strong safety dynamic is becoming less and less common. Both safeties need to be able to have some range in coverage AND come up into the box to tackle a running back.

Is Harmon that enforcer everyone is clamoring for? No. But I really liked what I saw out him in his rookie year. He has long arms, good range and comes downhill aggressively. 

We’ll see how free agency and the draft play out but the job won’t simply be handed to Harmon regardless. There will be additions at the position and maybe even Adrian Wilson sticks around now. It will be competitive.

But if it’s McCourty and Harmon as the starters I think they’ll be pretty good together.