PFT: Malcolm Butler trade never seriously discussed between Pats/Saints

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Lololol this organization is shite!! Feel bad for fans

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I feel bad for people who type out "Lololol"

Why don't you go post somewhere else since you aren't a Saints' fan?

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the Pats won't discuss that trade possibility until he signs the tender

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well to be accurate he isn't part of the team until he signs and according to league rules they aren't supposed to be able to "officially" negotiate for him until he does.

personally I don't think they ever had any plans other then resigning both butler and hightower and are just playing hard ball so the players lower expectations of salary deals then are going to get.

if butler ever would be "shopped" I think the saints could do it at a great cost like 1st round pick plus another pick or player

I disagree with PFT at the end where it says it's very likely Butler won't get it from the Pats


The Pats have 36 million in cap space, I don't see why everyone assumes they won't pay Gilmore and Butler

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The Pats don't pay

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That myth has been busted many of times

Devin McCourty, Gronk, Hernandez, Gilmore, adalious Thomas, Logan mankins, Moss in 08, Revis, are just off the top of my head examples of free agents and home grown talents that have gotten top of the market deals from the pats the past decade


Also the Pats have never had this much cap flexibility. That plays a huge part

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Devin McCourty, Gronk, Hernandez, Gilmore, adalious Thomas, Logan mankins, Moss in 08, Revis, are just off the top of my head examples of free agents and home grown talents that have gotten top of the market deals from the pats the past decade

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and a lot of those contracts were value:production.

Gronk was a top 2 TE and arguably a top 5 offensive threat that costed 9mil a year. Hernandez had top 5-10 TE potential and produced like a solid #2 WR while getting paid similarly. Other comparable offensive weapons were getting paid a lot more.

Mankins was top 3 lineman getting paid big guard money, then the second his production dipped and the value wasn't there, he was flipped

you guys pay for production and value, but when its not there BB lets them go or flips them. Gronk as a dominating WR gets paid 15mil, but Gronk as a top 2 TE only gets paid 10mil. that's the kind of value he keeps.

Chandler Jones and Jamie Collins combine for 29.1mil annually, that is their market as they are both top 5 at their position, but there is no value in that at all.