After a week of free agency moves and departures, might we remind you, #Patriots fans… (via @komboa)
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Ranking New England Patriots’ Best Remaining Free-Agency Options | Bleacher Report
Ranking New England Patriots’ Best Remaining Free-Agency Options | Bleacher Report
Some interesting choices here from Frenz and a lot of them make a lot of sense. There’s little question that significant holes remain, and even if they’re only filled by low-end free agents, the Pats will not enter the draft with any glaring needs. The current glaring needs: guard, running back and cornerback, with a sprinkling of defensive tackle.
What sets New England apart isn’t so much the financial acumen (the Patriots have had more than their fair share of bad deals), but their steadfast approach to valuation of a player. They don’t waver or allow themselves to be taken advantage of. They are cold as ice when it comes to their players. It goes back years, to the team cutting Lawyer Milloy on the eve of the season. No player is bigger than the organization. Whether it was Wes Welker, Randy Moss, Richard Seymour, Logan Mankins, Mike Vrabel, Deion Branch or a number of other players, the team either turned the players into draft picks or walked away without getting stuck in a bad contract. Just the fact that they would approach Tom Brady about accepting a contract that would pay him in the ballpark of $10 million a year is something to appreciate. The Patriots can also be very quietly generous with their players to build that trust with a player who performs. Last season the team reworked the contract of Sebastian Vollmer to give him a better chance of earning incentives in his contract that he missed the year before because of injury. Often they give even their practice squad players a boost in salary at the end of the year. When the time comes to ask players for a pay cut later on, I am sure that these things are remembered. They play a different game than anyone else in the NFL.
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Ahh, the long-haired Brady of 2010.
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It Is What It Is » Sunday NFL Notes: New year, same old Rex Ryan
It Is What It Is » Sunday NFL Notes: New year, same old Rex Ryan
Chris Price’s Sunday notes have the Jets being a near-lock to open the Pats’ season, but the rings will already be handed out sometime in June. Also some good insight into the Pats’ search for a Vereen replacement, with Pierre Thomas and Ahmad Bradshaw now potentially leading the list. Obviously, they’re not the names that Reggie Bush and CJ Spiller are, but I think both are strong possibilities as the Pats have shown interest in Thomas before and Bradshaw could be a good low-risk signing.