My eyebrows shot up at the brief mention of Howard as a possibility. Same can't be said of Engram, though he is the better fantasy player I guess. Really more of a wide receiver, drops too many passes, and can disappear. To some degree you can thank the Giants offense and Eli for the latter. I like Engram but I watch him every week and with Watson in the fold I agree 100% with Allen or an Allen type as a better target. Knows the system, etc.
Agreed. Watson still looks like he has a little left in the tank. Engram is a clear upgrade but I’d rather hold onto the picks. Now, if Atlanta were to relent on Hooper, sign me up.
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No way would I give a first round pick up for OJ Howard. Hes a good player not one who you give a first rounder up for.
He was drafted #19 overall and still is young with multiple years of control. Highly doubt Tampa gives up on him for a mid round pick.
We don't need Bennett to be claimed to get some cap relief do we? We get his game check amounts back.
Right -- I think Miguel has it as the difference between about $750k to waive outright with no claim and about $2 million plus if he gets claimed. So, definitely relief either way, but at just $750,000 savings you'd think they'd rather have the player unless he's totally become a distraction -- unless they are desperate for cap money.
I just think any OL we could acquire at this stage is extremely hit or miss--we've traded for like 3 of them already this season.
I agree here. With the little current cap flexibility, the best way to keep pressure off Brady is to have enough weapons the defense is forced to account for them. If they can get to him bringing 4 and dropping 7, I doubt there is much you can do. But with the right weapons in place, every time they bring extra rushers should leave doubt in their mind they are gonna get burned.
Alex Mack >>>>>>>>>>>>Ted Karras
There goes my weekend. Probably a legit injury but would be great if they’re letting him nurse a minor injury prior to trade deadline.
I don't disagree, but how the hell do you propose the Patriots fitting him under the cap. His base salary is $8.5M, which I believe means the Patriots would need $4.5M in cap space for him (assuming he's acquired next week). They've already dumped Bennett and restructured Mason. I guess a McCourty (extension) or Hightower (restructure) would get it done, but that's about it.
He also floated the different WR and TE names we've all heard. I don't trust him or his sourcing.
Yeah it sounded like his sources were other GMs thinking the Pats would make that move. Nothing from either the Pats or Giants directly. I was more just commenting on the implications / possibility.
Looks like Howard's base salary is essentially $1.5M, so I think the Patriots would only be on the hook for $780K for the remainder of the season and the Patriots currently have $2.8M of space even before Gordon gets waived in 2-3 weeks, so it should be no problem at all fitting him in under the cap. He's also on a very affordable $1.97M base salary next year.
