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If the Pats do give him an offer, the Steelers cap situation is so bad they probably couldnt match it.
OK. I'll bite.Why is pursuing another young receiver with upside a desperation move? He saw his targets and playing time increase each year in PIT.
Sanders is a guy I loved up until this season. Got hurt in 2011, but before that, really seemed to be coming on, made some really tough catches and showed decent YAC ability. This past year, however, he did have a problem letting some easy throws get through him. I still really like his potential and would prefer the Steelers keep him, but if the Pats want him badly enough, it won't matter, the Steelers cannot match any front-loaded deal without cutting other players.In a normal year, I'd be screaming for Pitt to match, but with as many holes as they have, the extra $1.35M in cap space and the 3rd round pick might be enough compensation to sign one receiver and draft another. A Ramses Barden/Marquise Goodwin or Tavon Austin/Darrius Heyward-Bey combo (depending on how much $ and pick they want to spend) could give them an interesting group along with Antonio Brown, Burress, and Cotchery.
Definitely not route-running, he's a terrific route runner.
He had some knee, foot and shoulder problems the last couple years, but I have never bought the premise of players being injury prone. It hasn't concerned the Steelers that much in that he will be the #2 WR opening days unless NE takes him.
Yeah, I like him, too. I remember he had a good game against the Pats in '11. (I'm not a Pats fan, I just remember). As for your FA/draftee suggestions, I guess Bey can stretch the defense, though he can't do much else. Guy never gathers in too many of his targets. Go long, Darrius. Keep going. Keeep...going...
I meant watching Ben yell at him for running the wrong routes. Saw that a bunch of times last year and the year before. Perhaps it's just something my own head made too big a deal out of.
The Patriots have cap room that the Steelers don't have, so if they view him as Lloyd's replacement I don't see the 3rd round pick to be that big of a deterrent. They could still sign him to a contract that is less than what the other WRs have gotten, and still be a good deal. They won't have to pay anywhere near Vincent Jackson or Wallace money, but could still get a good WR at a bargain price.Belichick doesn't seem to care much about how other teams feel about him, so I don't see him not making a deal that he feels will help the Patriots just because of an unwritten rule not to sign others' RFAs. If there's a team that would be considered most likely to sign someone else's RFAs, I think the Pats would be pretty high on the list.
Injuries have been his main issue, but other WR talent on the Steelers is part of it as well. Hard to get playing time when you have Wallace and Hines ahead of you, and Brown's emergence in 2011 when Sanders was hurt made it more difficult.With Wallace gone, Sanders is widely thought to be the starter opposite Brown this year.
Lloyd has said he will redo his contract to stay with NE, so Sanders might not be a Lloyd replacement. They might sign him anyway.
If the Pats give him an unmatchable offer and he chimes in to say the Steelers couldn't afford Sanders, he would actually be right this time.
Bringing Sanders in for a workout in order to frighten Lloyd into taking a pay cut would be a pretty sly move.
And since when are the PAtriots desperate in anything? Welker gone? Step right up Amendola. Just had a Pro bowl year in your contract year, but you're 29? Good luck playing for the big dollars with the Raiders. You want to hold out for more money? We'll take a crappy pick and call the next man up.
Now we're talking. They just signed amendola and donald jones. Wouldnt surprise me if they did this to gain leverage on lloyds contract negotiations
Lol ok step right up into a hit a break your glass jaw amendola.
Donald Jones was a RFA too, right? ESPN has him listed as such. Also doesnt have him listed as being a Patsie.
BUF did not give a tender offer to Jones, so I believe that made him an UFA. He signed with NE for 3 years.
Smart move by them then, Im assuming he came cheap.
Usually, there are fewer trolls on the boards this time of year. Why aren't you under a bridge somewhere?
You're not a very good talent evaluator.
He has always looked good playing against them. Amendola, Jones and either Sanders or Lloyd gives them a better overall WR corp than they had last year.
Just have to hope they don't all get injured on the same play.
Looks like a bunch of bottom feeders/trash to me.
There's a bridge somewhere that wants you back underneath it. Please offer something substantive or refrain from posting. This just in. The Patriots ability to evaluate talent is about as well documented as your trolling ability. Back to your bridge...
Hard to make your mark behind Wallace/Brown and dealing with numerous injuries. Premature to say he was given "every opportunity" and failed. Disclaimer: Sanders was an offseason acquistion target for me and I picked him up in 3 leagues (including 2 startups) so I feel NE has validated my opinion of him.
maybe, but you can keep his 7 total TDs in the last 3 years. What do you like about him so much? Maybe the fact he can be blanketed by the most average DBs in the league? He is Jericho Cotchery. Nothing more
fairtrueand funny
Your comments are trash.What are you a bitter, hater Jets fan?
And what exactly had Welker done before he went to NE?
And it was a lot less than Amendola.
The Patriots have had some success with receivers, but let's not forget Taylor Price (3rd), Brandon Tate (3rd), Chad Jackson (2nd)...and so on. "Finding" Randy Moss or Brandon Lloyd wasn't exactly talent evaluation, either.To me, it looks like the Patriots signing a fair amount of guys with potential and hoping a few stick. That's a low-quality WR corps even if they do sign Sanders, and it will be heavily reliant on the TEs and Lloyd.
They may scare no one, but in recent years, has any of their receivers really scared anyone?Here is the Pats WR breakdown from the past 3 seasons and how many catches each player had:1 Wes Welker 3262 Deion Branch 1153 Brandon Lloyd 744 Julian Edelman 325 Brandon Tate 246 Chad Johnson 157 Randy Moss 98 Taylor Price 39 Tiquan Underwood 310 Matt Slater 111 Donte Stallworth 1Other than Welker, that's a pretty sorry group with some very average (or worse) production.But here's how the Pats ranked in terms of total points scored in that time . . .
NEP 1588NOS 1392GBP 1381ATL 1235NYG 1217DET 1208SDC 1197HOU 1187DAL 1139DEN 1134BAL 1133PHI 1115SFO 1082CHI 1062OAK 1059CIN 1057SEA 1043PIT 1036IND 1035WAS 1026NYJ 1025TBB 1017TEN 1011MIN 1000BUF 999CAR 959MIA 890ARI 851JAC 851CLE 791KCC 789STL 781
