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 whembly wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Helgrenze are you talking Michael Sam or Sam Bradford? I feel like you're talking the former, but Whembly, I think, is referring to Sam Bradford. How big can a rookie's salary be?

Oh... he's probably talking about Michael Sam.

He's a 7th rounder, so he's super cheap. He's actually made really good plays this preseason.


As to Bradford, the RAMs saves over 10 million if they cut him.

Yeah, Michael Sam. Too bad about the free drink thing though...

I think STL IRs Bradford. Even if they do, I think he is looking at career over.

Agreed, he spent more time hurt than playing.

I will sign up tomorrow morning

Go Texans!

 kronk wrote:
Go Texans!

I've been checking them out this preseason..... They should be at least as good as Dallas.

feth Dallas!

Patriots traded guard logan mankins to the bucs. For a udfa move TE and 4th round draft pick. Gotta say I HATE this move ;(

Yeah it seemed a bit of a strange move from the patriots, unless they know of something huge about Logan they've not let out just yet

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:
Yeah it seemed a bit of a strange move from the patriots, unless they know of something huge about Logan they've not let out just yet

No mystery here. Mankins is the highest paid guard in the league, with a massive salary and cap hit. Pats dump that, gain a pick and a backup for Gronk, Bucs improve their weakest unit.

Tim wright 6'4" 220lbs
Rob gronkowski 6'6" 265

Tim wright is not backing up Gronk. If anything it seem like an attempt to replace aaron hernandez's role as a joker. Well see how everything works out. It's definately appears to be a salary dump by the team knowing that mankins will be walking next year and is probably slipping in his play anyways. If this is what get a deal done for Devin Mccourty and Darrelle Revis then I'm all for it.

Poor word choice. I didn't mean that he's literally the next man up if Gronk went down again (god forbid), but, as far as I can tell not being a Pats fan, they need more depth at the tight end position given its importance, and Tim Wright provides this.

Chance, when the auto draft set?

It's gonna go off this weekend. Gonna set ready for draft Thursday, then it should take a day or 2 after that to draft.

So is this not a live draft at all?

Way too complex to do a live draft with players from all over the country. And we have players in other countries. A live draft like that would take HOURS to complete.

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:Yeah it seemed a bit of a strange move from the patriots, unless they know of something huge about Logan they've not let out just yet

The Patriots have shown, time and again, that they know when to cut ties with a player starting to decline. I think their track record with this sort of trade means Mankins' best days are behind him. The bucs might get a serviceable year or two out of him.

 Redbeard wrote:

Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:Yeah it seemed a bit of a strange move from the patriots, unless they know of something huge about Logan they've not let out just yet

The Patriots have shown, time and again, that they know when to cut ties with a player starting to decline. I think their track record with this sort of trade means Mankins' best days are behind him. The bucs might get a serviceable year or two out of him.

Sometimes they still don't cut ties soon enough though. See: Hernandez, Aaron.

Off-field issues aren't the same as physical wear and tear. I'm sure if it wasn't for the year in the hole, Hernandez would still be able to suit up and play ball.

There's a quote from Bellichik talking about stuff like this where he says basically it's better to cut ties a year early than a year late. Obviously I trust what the patriots are doing because there track record speaks for itself. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it haha. Mankins was a leader on the team and you could all of his teammates were bummed to see him go.

Chancetragedy wrote:
There's a quote from Bellichik talking about stuff like this where he says basically it's better to cut ties a year early than a year late. Obviously I trust what the patriots are doing because there track record speaks for itself. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it haha. Mankins was a leader on the team and you could all of his teammates were bummed to see him go.

Would you be mad at me then, for counting down the days until the Pats cut Brady??

What's your opinion on the Pat's backup QB Mallet?

How does he look?

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:
There's a quote from Bellichik talking about stuff like this where he says basically it's better to cut ties a year early than a year late. Obviously I trust what the patriots are doing because there track record speaks for itself. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it haha. Mankins was a leader on the team and you could all of his teammates were bummed to see him go.

Would you be mad at me then, for counting down the days until the Pats cut Brady??

You don't think those of us who are realistic aren't? It bums me out to even think of it though. So I choose to just stick my head in the sand about that topic. Especially with how garopollo has played(who I really think could be the next Aaron Rodgers)

@whembly my thoughts on mallett are he is garbage and hasn't shown ANYTHING in the 4 years he's been here. If I recall he's played in 1 regular season game and his first pass was an interception that lost me a fantasy week ;(. I personally think he'll be cut because he seems untradable at this point.

 whembly wrote:
What's your opinion on the Pat's backup QB Mallet?

How does he look?

The pats fans I know are getting really high on Jimmy Grappalo and that mallet's just sitting as trade bait

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

 whembly wrote:
What's your opinion on the Pat's backup QB Mallet?

How does he look?

The pats fans I know are getting really high on Jimmy Grappalo and that mallet's just sitting as trade bait

Garappolo has done better in 3 preseason games than mallett has done in 3 entire preseasons before this.

I'm an Ohio state fan and I actually thought Mallet was pretty good at michigan.

Also, Josh Gordon is done. Heh. Dumbass.

Just a reminder to the FFL guys. I'm setting draft to ready tonight. So the league will be drafting in the next 24-48 hours I believe. If you haven't done pre draft rankings please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Set....
Had to add a few to the Don't Draft list though.

Yah I find I set my top 50 then set another 20ish to don't draft then the rest I just couldn't care less. Without live draft the way yahoo drafts is so wonky anyways if you don't go 500 deep you end up with people you dont care for. Hopefully I can get me like 1/10 picks. For some reason I have extremely good luck with first or last overall.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:
There's a quote from Bellichik talking about stuff like this where he says basically it's better to cut ties a year early than a year late. Obviously I trust what the patriots are doing because there track record speaks for itself. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it haha. Mankins was a leader on the team and you could all of his teammates were bummed to see him go.

Would you be mad at me then, for counting down the days until the Pats cut Brady??

Different case, because we all know Belichick can't contend without Brady. He wasn't a genius when he coached in Cleveland...

 gorgon wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

Chancetragedy wrote:
There's a quote from Bellichik talking about stuff like this where he says basically it's better to cut ties a year early than a year late. Obviously I trust what the patriots are doing because there track record speaks for itself. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it haha. Mankins was a leader on the team and you could all of his teammates were bummed to see him go.

Would you be mad at me then, for counting down the days until the Pats cut Brady??

Different case, because we all know Belichick can't contend without Brady. He wasn't a genius when he coached in Cleveland...

He was a genius coach before it was cool to be a genius coach, so you probably never heard of his genius when he was in Cleveland