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I’m thinking only way that could possibly happen is if the team that comes in last already has their franchise QB in place, and that would be odd. No team in need of a QB is going to trade TLawrence for anything.
Haha, Bucky is a funny guy. Lets see here, my view from 40k feet is that Brady was holding them back, yeah thats it. All that talent on offense and disinterested Brady just held them back, now they are going to put a real qb in there (one who is "interested") and this offense is going to soar; soar i tell ya!
This has been discussed in several other threads. Here is a list of SB winning QBs and their contracts for as far back as I could find them.
I didn’t forget Foles. I listed Wentz as he played the majority of the season and had the bigger contract. It didn’t really matter either way for PHI . . . they didn’t have a big cap number for QBs that season.
I agree with the top portion and much of the other things you said but I found the sound bite and Bucky wasn't referring to Brady's contract he was referring to his ability to play which I think is silly. If NE gets relatively the same amount of crippling injs\bad luck on offense this yr they will be much worse not better. But im on record as saying I doubt that happens and I think 6-10 is worst case scenario and with some solid def and better luck they could win 10 games. People can disagree, time will tell.
You won't get an argument from me that large QB contracts are debilitating to their teams chances of winning SBs; I have felt all along that QBs particularly when older are much better served taking a little less. Most teams have no choice but to overpay them.
IMO, "lie" is a bit of a reach in terms of a word choice. It's extremely difficult to evaluate salary cap data and interpret the impact from those numbers. Unfortunately, salary cap math is not the same as real math.
Ftr, "puts the lie to" is just an idiom I seldom get to use and couldn't pass it up, i wasn't trying to call anyone a liar but I do believe it is a false narrative that became popular recently when somebody wrote a biased "story".
I have no idea how they wrangled this. CBA was clearly in favor of Brown in this case.
No chance. 5 seems like a floor and 11 a ceiling. I'd be surprised if they didn't win between 7 and 9 games.
Yikes, this is typical 40k foot view crap from someone who doesn't really know anything about the team.
I am guessing that NE threatened to drag out the grievance and arbitration process and potentially would have called AB and / or other witnesses that may have put more black marks on Brown's already damaged reputation. Brown ended up getting $5 million of the $9 million bonus. IIRC, he got $1 million guaranteed last year. So if my math is right, he ended up getting $6 million to play in a single game. (I am not sure how much of the $1 million he was paid last year or if the new $5 million settlement includes that or not).
I think there are plenty of naysayers who just wish NE would die off already and be dead and buried for the next 20 years. I love all the things people are pulling out as evidence that NE will be horrible (mostly based on how BB has fared without Brady). They say BB was terrible in Cleveland (even though he was the last Browns coach to win a playoff game). They say NE was terrible the first year with BB (when Brady warmed the bench). They point out that BB has coached plenty of other QB that have played in conference title games besides Brady (Jimmy Garoppolo, Drew Bledsoe, Bernie Kosar, Mike Tomczak, Vinny Testaverde, and Mark Rypien). Clearly if BB were the genius people are suggesting he is, he would have won with any of those guys at QB.
A reliable #8 defense year over year. They stay out of the top 5 for the most part because BB hates ball hawks (Asante Samuel, hi!).
I sort of disagree on the last part. The defense is all taught to strip the ball and to be in position to bait players for some picks. The defense won't get as many return TDs this year (that was a fluke last year) and probably will have fewer interceptions (they played a lot of bad QBs last season). But they should still be solid in not allowing a ton of yards or points again this year. So fewer forced turnovers and fewer return TD's will put them in the pack with other decent defenses. I would guess in many redraft leagues someone will value the NE DEF/ST as the top unit again and take them way too early. If an entire league thinks NE will be terrible this year, maybe they will drop to the point where they are worth picking up (but somehow I doubt it).
Depending upon geography of individual leagues, the Bills may go before the Patriots will. Buffalo is getting a lot of hype. Based on current ADP at MFL, NE is DEF4 and BUF DEF5 (only 6 picks apart).
Pryor didn’t even play last year. Was stabbed and arrested for assault instead. Can’t imagine he makes opening day roster.
AB trying to go back to the Pats has been suggested for the last month plus. I doubt it happens, as they ended up paying several million dollars last year and this year for one game of Brown. I doubt Kraft would want him back, but IMO unless Brown deducts all the money NE has already paid (essentially to not play football in NE) in the form of a low dollar new contract, I don't see NE even considering it.
Gotta believe the last thing you want is AB's influence on the youngsters as you try to rebuild this roster.
I saw this movie last year, except it was called BEN WATSON. It's like any other NE signing. It depends on the contract, the health of the player, and for tight ends . . . if he's willing to block.
Cam money this year is absolutely insignificant given his career earnings. He is playing this year for that big deal he gets next year. It is likely he is a one year rental and he signs big bucks elsewhere. I doubt he will be thinking oh they should have given me more. I bet he says thanks for giving me a chance to show I can still start and lead a team when other teams didn’t(after signing a three year 30 million per year deal).
I’m concerned about the McCourtys. Devon refused question in press conference that included every problem in society. I think he is not happy and I’m doubting he plays. Seems very disgruntled.
When he first came to the Titans, BB was interested in him. He's a long way from being the TE that returned a kick for a TD but ...I didn't even know he did that til BB mentioned it many years ago.
The article that explains why up to 35 million. https://www.masslive.com/patriots/2020/08/patriots-just-got-almost-10-million-in-cap-space-for-2020-because-of-a-covid-19-rule-change-heres-why.htmlAnarchy99 said:
Theoretically, yes. But they end up having to take Cannon and Hightower back (when they otherwise would have gotten off their contracts if they wanted) in 2021. Also theoretically, they could release both of them (at least as far as I know . . . haven't seen anything that says players that opted out can't be released next year) . . . that would free up another $14 million next year. I would guess BB would get them to play for less next year or face being in the glut of purged vets on the market next off season.
Article on five possibles this year... https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/03/sports/five-players-patriots-should-acquire-help-offset-opt-outs/
I mentioned Dotson as an OL option in another thread. I would say no on Ryan. If there is anything they have too much of, it's CBs. IMO, Reid is likely too expensive if they are plotting to save cap dollars for next year (IIRC, he played last year for close to $10M . . . one would guess he is not looking for a Cam Newton like deal) and may be bit of a distraction. And as you already pointed out, Njoku is probably not available. Ngakwae is a good player . . . but has almost an $18M salary for this year. BB hasn't really shown he is willing to pay that much for a defensive player that is not a CB.
