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More short term i wonder if the Pats are gonna go ahead with trading Demaryius Thomas to the Jets. With a cloud of uncertainty over AB, do they go ahead with the trade or hold on to Thomas as an insurance policy?

Mail it to Robert Kraft's office

As a Buffalo sports fans i could empathize with the fans in Miami for what theyre going thru. But since its Miami i won't Now if only we could get New England to go thru something like this. That would make me all warm & fuzzy inside!

a friend of mine said he saw Gronk a month or so ago & commented on how skinny & scrawny he looked. From the impression I got from him i'd be highly surprised if he returned. Especially in light of the Pats cap situation after signing AB & the money it'd take to convince Gronk to put his body thru further wear & tear. Do they even have the cap space to make that happen? If there is truth to Gronk wanting to come back, recent retirees often want to come back, but after a week or 2 their body says something else. I suppose anythings possible but i dont see it happening

There was talk from AB's agent that said they'd be open to trading him to New England, but all official news from Pittsburgh was mute on it. All they said was that they would prefer him not to be in the AFC North or the Patriots. It came out later that New England gave them a better offer than the Raiders did, but that they sent him to Oakland so as not to face off against him. Theres tons of articles out there on it where i could post a bunch of links, but i'll just pick this one. https://heavy.com/sports/2019/03/patriots-antonio-brown-trade-offer-raiders/

I hate Brady too but Brady has been successful playing with no name rb's & wr's thruout his career as well. Its one of the more talked about things about that team. His only big name wr was Moss & how the Patriots dont ever have a marquee name at RB, that they insert cheap backs & run by committee. I surely dont see them as loading up on players that nobody else has. This year is an exception with the moves theyve made.

If AB wanted to go to New England the whole time, then it all makes sense. Pittsburgh would never trade AB to the Pats. So he goes along with everything & lands in Oakland & then finds a way to get his contract terminated & ends up on New England in the end. With eyes on a championship & playing a pivotal playoff game vs the Steelers to get there. Not tampering per se but a way to dictate where he wanted to play. Seems plausible imo Dude may be a diva but he's not crazy

everyone saying this wasnt gonna happen in the other threads should apologize for being wrong lol It was too obvious a call to come out so hard against the possibility. All we can hope for now is that he blows up this opportunity, but this sucks for our division

Yeah I agree, Ryan Leaf should just stay quiet. Trying to compare himself & his situation to AB is just laughable. Leaf is only known from how much of a bust he was, his opinion on AB is almost on the same level as one of us lol. Me personally i dont think AB is crazy. He didnt beat up his girlfriend or do anything like that. The feet injury & helmet issues were distractions for sure, but could be rationalized. Just the media jumps all over stories involving players as big as he is. AB mos def doesnt help his situation with how he reacts, especially in todays world. But i wouldnt call him crazy per se.

The Patriots are the only team that really makes sense for him. It'd be his best chance at winning a Superbowl. All people care about is if you win & if he won a superbowl he could in his mind prove all the doubters wrong, especially after this fiasco. Yeah money isnt gonna be as good as it was in Oakland, but he has tons of money already & will get more regardless. I really hope it doesnt happen but it wouldnt surprise me in the slightest.

haha wow, that escalated quickly. I just hope if he goes to another team, its any team but the Patriots

California is 2 party consent to recording someones conversation, so AB just committed a felony most likely lol

B-Man, you'll let yourself out? You were late to the party to begin with on that one

Well he came into the combine overweight so thats why his combine numbers werent that good. You can't tell me a 1st Team All SEC LB who put up 11 sacks & 45 tackles his final year at Florida had no talent. I mean if that was the case you wouldve done that, or myself lol. But like i said before, you gotta question his attitude & work ethic, perhaps its already been answered. But he's still young, only 21, still time for him to wake up & change if he has it in him.

Polite just never showed enough in preseason for the Jets. Dudes got tons of talent as evidenced by his final year at Florida with 11 sacks. Some team will take a chance on him. But gotta question his attitude & work ethic.

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Please with this new info, don't anyone say this means Zay & McCoy will be traded for Clowney, not again!

And with that 2015 Broncos team, it wasnt just an average offense per se, it was one with Peyton Manning at the helm. Albeit a diminished Manning, but one that still had the field awareness & game management as him.

thats what i keep hearing & he definitely was the best in the league last year & he's a lock to make the team. But for fan board hypotheticals if it came down to him & Williams i'd pick the Duke because he gives our offense something that nobody else can. With the exception of last year, AR averages about 22 yards/return. How much would Isaiah get, 19, 20, 21? Of course its just preseason but Roberts returns havent been very memorable so far this preseason, unless i'm missing something special he did. McKenzie is a better fit for our offense imo & he's been doing the punt returns, so I'd put McKenzie in that KR role too & use the extra roster spot for something different, like a tall wr who can make the big catch in the red zone. Now if we're keeping 7 wr's than that changes & i'd keep Roberts. But we're gonna have to make some difficult decisions come cut day. Is a few yards possible extra per return worth getting rid of another player who could make a bigger impact somewhere else? Thats the decision & its gonna be a tough one this year... which is a good thing

Well theres what WR's u think will be on the roster, and then theres what WR's u want on the roster. Like if its who i'd like, & if we're keeping only 6, i say keep the 1st 5 on the list but swap out Andre Roberts for Duke Williams.

It's probably a good thing i'm not the GM because i'd put Wade on the active roster & boot Yeldon & Perry off the roster instead. Wade has done far more with his limited opportunities than those 2 have. Not to mention not making the mistakes those 2 other "more experienced" players have made. As a coach you ask your players to do their best & so far Wade has just looked better. I'd be tempted to find a spot for him in the backfield & try him in the return game like others have suggested. Won't happen of course but thats what i'd do

I've learned to never draft any Bills to my fantasy team, & to never place any bets for or against the Bills too. As soon as you think you have them figured out, something unbillievable happens. I've learned my lessons

Shouldnt be if you've been around here awhile

I hear ya but can't that be said about everything said here? About Allen becoming a good QB? About how our team will do this year? Everything that takes place on a message board, other than sharing info from team sources or the media is speculation. None of us know anything about anything. If we'll win tonight vs Carolina, if we'll make the playoffs. But yet we still talk about it

Hindsight is 20/20 but I'm sure we all kinda wish we would've gone after Paradis instead, given what has happened with Morse. Sure you could say: 'we had no way of knowing this would happen". But at the same time, Morse plays a position that is 1 of the more violent places to play. If someone has a history of concussions there, then theres a relatively decent sized risk that he could get more. The question had to be asked before we signed him: 'what if he gets another one?' I'd think Beane & company would've considered that. Did they just determine we'll deal with it IF it happens? Regardless its bad for Morse, bad for us & our Bills. Hopefully he pulls thru but if he doesnt, I hope this is a learning experience for Beane & he won't go after players with this particular injury history in the future, at such a crucial position on the most physical part of the field.