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The deal is for four years, $37.5 million, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Patriots WR target Golden Tate agrees to deal with Giants

SDGuy73 said:

The deal is for four years, $37.5 million, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Patriots WR target Golden Tate agrees to deal with Giants

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That sucks. Too rich for NEs blood.
I thought Tate wanted to play for a contender

NWPATSFAN said:

That sucks. Too rich for NEs blood.
I thought Tate wanted to play for a contender

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Money is always a contender.....

Southieinnc said:

Money is always a contender.....

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It's certainly a factor.
But his mouth was saying something else.

The local idiots were bitching last night about BB not signing Humphries or Tate. Finally one them said, tell me this......How many of the FA WR have caught more than 100 passes in a season or caught passes for more that 1100 yards? How many of them have three Super Bowl rings or a SB MVP? How would yopu explain to Edelman that we couldn't pay him $9M a year yet we gave someone else that kind of money and they've never come close to his performance?

I don't think that Belichick is done. There's always the possibility that he'll make a trade or sign an antique like Cobb or Nelson. The Giants now have Tate and Sterling Shepard in exactly the same role as slot receivers. Maybe the Giants look to NE and try to make a deal.

I coached for more than forty years but never had to deal with a salary cap, just assinine parents. We're fortunate that BB doesn't give a rat shit about what we or anyone else thinks. He's going to win Super Bowls in spite of us.

Amazing how quiet the NFL got today other than Ryan Tannehill being traded to the Titans. Will he start or will he back up Marriota?? None the less..................

BB and the Gilletteers must need a day of respite from all of theactivity yesterday.

Even the radioheadsare calming down, but they are questioning BB's sanity signing two WRs that they were in no way prepared to talk about. They seem to like Harris because he's 6'2" but are concerned about 5'9" Ellington and the height is all they seem to be focusing on.

In all honesty, I think TB12 needs to get his butt over to the dome and bring in all of the new guys for an intense 4 or 5 days of passing drills and getting acquainted with Brady's style and release. JE should probably show up and coach them.

Randall Cobb to the Cowboys and Clay Matthews to the Rams

Shoeshine Boy said:

Randall Cobb to the Cowboys and Clay Matthews to the Rams

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Cobb is cooked.....

Shoeshine Boy said:

New rule will make draft order coin flips a thing of the past

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They should fix it and build in a measure of reward for excellance instead only reward based on sucking... Clearly I don't mean give the best team the top pick, but forcing a perennial winner to always pick near the bottom? Even a system where the odd rounds are based on sucking and even based on achieving...

Hogan signed with Carolina

Shoeshine Boy said:

Hogan signed with Carolina

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Not surprised really.
He was decent in '16 & '17.
'18...not so much.

Yankee Traveler said:

Not surprised really.
He was decent in '16 & '17.
'18...not so much.

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Once defenders started guarding the hook route he had very little left.....

So much for his wife being a NY doctor and him wanting to play in NY.

Yankee Traveler said:

Not surprised really.
He was decent in '16 & '17.
'18...not so much.

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He couldn't hold a block to save his life. It came really close to costing SB49.

Tom can't wear his fav helmet anymore. He played with the new type for most of 2018 but switched back to the old style for the final four games and the playoffs. NFL says that the old style arenot safe enough.

NFL enforces helmet ban for Brady, 31 others

Shoeshine Boy said:

Hogan signed with Carolina

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Chris Hogan ranked #91 WR

Team G Rec Tgt Yds Y/G Y/R YAC/R
2018 NE 16 35 54 532 33.3 15.2 5.5

nefansince75 said:

He couldn't hold a block to save his life. It came really close to costing SB49.

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I said he was decent, not Patriot HOF ready...

NFL free agency compensation window closes today; Patriots projected to earn four extra 2020 draft picks
Beginning today, teams can sign free agents without having to keep the compensatory formula in mind.
By Bernd Buchmasser@BerndBuchmasser May 7, 2019, 6:00am EDT

Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
Almost two months ago, on March 13, the NFL’s 2019 league year and free agency period began — and it was a busy one for the New England Patriots. Not only did the team lose some of its core players from years past headlined by standout defensive edge Trey Flowers and starting left tackle Trent Brown, it also brought in a total of eleven outside players through the open market.

All in all, though, the free agency balance is once again a negative one for the Patriots. This, in turn, leads to the team being projected to earn multiple compensatory picks in next year’s draft. According to Over The Cap, New England is currently projected to gain the maximum four selections for its net free agency losses — as was the case after 2018’s free agency:

OverTheCap.com
While compensatory selections will not get announced by the NFL until next February, the final tally is ultimately expected to look similar to the projection above. And if it actually did, New England would enter the 2020 draft with a total of thirteen selections — five of which in the first three rounds (one first-rounder, one second-rounder, three third-rounders).

Remaining Patriots free agents
RB Jeremy Hill

WR Cody Hollister

LB Ramon Humber

OT Ulrick John

LB Albert McClellan

DT Danny Shelton

Today, the Patriots will get one step closer to securing four extra selections in next year’s draft as the NFL’s free agency compensation window closes: any players still on the open market — among them five players who were under contract in New England through last year — can now be signed without having an impact on a team’s compensatory chart.

There is one exception, though, as teams do have the option of placing a rather seldom-used tender sheet on a free agent today:

Deadline for prior club to send “May 7 Tender” to its unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents. If the player has not signed a player contract with a club by July 22 or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later, he may negotiate or sign a player contract from that date until the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, at 4:00 p.m., New York time, only with his prior club.

New England did this with running back LeGarrette Blount back in 2017 and therefore prolonged his counting against the compensation formula for another two months. The gamble paid off for the Patriots, as Blount ultimately signed a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles that factored in this year’s compensatory formula. Don’t expect anything like that to happen this year, though.

The next date to take a look at when it comes to compensatory draft picks is therefore week ten of the regular season: if a team releases a free agency pickup before that deadline, he would no longer count against the formula — potentially altering the picture once again. However, it would be rather surprising if one of the ex-Patriots signed in this year’s free agency was let go again this early into his tenure with a new club.

It is a fluid process, as can be seen, but one that is expected to result in considerable return for the Patriots next year. And one that also allows the club to pick up free agents starting today that will not alter said return. It would therefore be no surprise if players like offensive tackle Jared Veldheer or defensive lineman Allen Bailey — both of whom visited New England at one point this offseason — were brought aboard soon.