Yes.
If this is @ 2 million/yr, it is a steal with his knowledge of the offense and familiarity with Brady, playoff experience and sccess, and Edelman insurance.
The way I see it, they've already made their 1st round pick(Cooks), 2nd round pick(Ealy), and hopefully 1 of 2 5th round picks(Gillislee). They hardly have any roster spots up for grabs right now. They only need another edge rusher, ILB, and maybe another safety.
I think Lengel is still under contract but thanks for the omission of The Meathead.
I think this all means that they are keeping JG. There's no way they would want to risk a Brady injury with what they're building here
The roster going forward, though, depends a great deal on the Butler outcome. If they keep him, could they maneuver what picks they have left into just 2-3 choices overall?
They can truly draft for need and not BPA if they wanted to. That's how many spots are up for grabs. Also don't forget the practice squad guys battling for spots.
Agreed with both points. It'd be perfect if the BPA is an edge rusher or ILB of course, but I'd be surprised if they didn't go with BPA with those picks they do have.
On the one hand, DA caught a lot of balls during nut cutting time in Houston. And made so many big plays in the last two SB runs.
This might be a draft where its all homerun types. Why draft someone likely to get cut if you can draft an injury risk homerun or the like - a couple of times. Gronk, Flowers, Cannon come to mind.
All 3 are detestable humans (some worse then others) but for risks to reward on the football field the Pats won on all 3 of these guys.
He's single, with no kids. Moving a family likely didn't have much to do with it. His parents are from Boston and I believe he has extended in the area, but this wasn't about moving kids out of their schools type thing. I think he's content with his setup and at this point playing for the Pats, winning and the bromance with TB and JE are likely worth enough for him to settle for s little less, if that's even the case.
Those were all good picks from an on the field production stand point
For what it's worth, his girl friend is from RI (and is a total smokeshow). That might have made staying local easier, at least at the margins.
True on your first point. My point was that all three slipped due to character issues, especially AH and AD.
He's made a lot of money by real-people standards, and he has been on some really bad teams. He may figure that he's financially set, playing less means less risk of injury, and playing in a great situation is better than some incremental money he doesn't really need. People have different priorities and he's made his clear---it is not about maximizing money at this point.
Needless to say, I doubt they draft AH again. Spikes and Dennard, dont see why not.
Tucks in football jersey. WNB.For what it's worth, his girl friend is from RI (and is a total smokeshow). That might have made staying local easier, at least at the margins.
https://www.google.com/amp/heavy.com/sports/2017/02/-culpo-danny-amendola-girlfriend-photos-dating-patriots-wags-instagram-super-bowl/amp/
But how much different, do you guess, were the pre-draft reports on those three? Is AH's case enough to poison the entire well of "character issue" possibilities?
Well yes.
