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Thoughts on Patriots not using the tag – Extra Points – Boston.com

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Thoughts on Patriots not using the tag – Extra Points – Boston.com

Thoughts from Bedard…

I expect the Patriots to be trying to hammer out deals with WR Wes Welker, CB Aqib Talib, RT Sebastian Vollmer, CB Kyle Arrington and WR Julian Edelman before free agency starts a week from today; Welker stands the best chance to get done, and I’d be fairly surprised if it’s not done by the start of free agency or very early in the period.

As I wrote in today’s B/R piece I’d view the Pats willingness to let Vollmer go as a sign they’re okay taking a risk at right tackle (Marcus Cannon?) to improve at WR and in the secondary. Same thing goes for Woodhead, and in reading the tea leaves it seems he could walk as well.

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Truth is, Brady has set in place a new template for all other cynosure superstar players – those who have become embedded in the identity of a franchise – to follow when it comes to seeing the back end of their careers with the franchises they helped build. He’s just initiated what could be the next trend in professional sports.

Tom Brady sets template for superstar end game – ESPN

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Option routes, and why they drive some receivers crazy | Shutdown Corner – Yahoo! Sports

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Option routes, and why they drive some receivers crazy | Shutdown Corner – Yahoo! Sports

If you want to talk about the Patriots picking a receiver this offseason in free agency or the draft, they’re going to have to be able to figure all this out…

“At times, there are four decisions that a receiver needs to make after the snap the way our offense is. That’s one of the advantages of our offense, that we give players a lot of flexibility within the system to take what the defense gives us. And that’s definitely something that’s unique about our offense.”

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I was probably wearing my fan hat as much as anything else. I just didn’t want to ever see this become like Joe Montana leaving San Francisco, Emmitt Smith leaving Dallas, Brett Favre leaving Green Bay, Peyton Manning leaving Indianapolis. If Tom Brady played out this current contract and left us, there was no doubt in my mind that someone out there would pay him top dollar, and they should, for his ability, his leadership and his unselfishness.
“I was just trying to stay ahead of the curve. If we were going to have to pay him elite-quarterback money and have elite-quarterback cap numbers, I just didn’t think we would be able to build a team. We don’t want to have a team where we’re paying 18 to 20 percent to a player on the cap. I wanted to do something elegant that would work for everybody. I had been talking to him off and on for maybe 18 months, about how I wanted him to finish his career here, and about how we both have to be smart about it. I just really want him to end his career a Patriot.”

Joe Flacco, Tom Brady on opposite ends of quarterback contract spectrum – NFL – Peter King – SI.com

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