At some point people have to stop worrying about the other teams because we are good enough to beat them. There isnt but maybe two teams in the AFC that I worry about matching up against, and the Patriots are not one of them (Even with Dalton or Cam). Now Rogers gets traded there, maybe I have a different outlook (but that isnt happening this year either)
I will never buy a Rookie Jersey until they are on the team a year, but then they likely have the number they want and wont get hammered with a Number Change
Maybe, I just don't see it. Does Dalton make this team a SB contender? I don't think it does. So why delay the evaluation of Stidham before the 2021 draft. This team needs a reset, I guess it comes down to BB ego allowing that reset
Here is what they are saying on the Pats board
https://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/bengals-release-qb-andy-dalton.1152293/
How if in order to do it will Cost you Gilmore and Sanu, or Thurney and Sanu
They have that. They are in transition and need to see what their 4th round QB has, so they can decide what to do in 2021 draft. Dalton doesn't help their evaluation of that. If anything it makes the team Worse be the cap moves that would have to be done to fit his contract
They are an old Roster. and a High Cap % tied into those older players.
So if they are looking at their Roster and thinking yeah he need to make one more run before blowing it up then doing what they can to get a QB makes sense (Dalton isnt that QB).
They need to go through a reset. and fix their Cap. That should start this year, and Dalton or any other QB signing for that matters delays that to be what 8-8
Another thought is the Best pick is the ones they didnt.
2 times Beane said he was trying to trade up - Didnt happen
1 time Beane said an offer to move back that included a future pick (didnt make the move)
They are. Really what does Dalton offer to the Patriots that their Draft and Developed for a year QB doesn't? I have yet to see that posted to all these Dalton to Pats posts
Before 6/1
2020 Dead Cap: $15,341,6682020
2020 Cap Savings: $3,329,165
After 6/1
2020 Dead Cap: $7,670,834
2021 Dead Cap: $7,670,834
2020 Cap Savings: $10,999,999
Dalton Does NOTHING for the Patriots. They dont win a SB with him, and if anything hurt their chance for QB evaluation and QB in 2021.
They will roll with Stidham and let the cards fall as they will
Their ability to Sign a QB comes down to what they will do with
Sanu - 6M in space on Release or trade
Thurney - 14M in space on Release or trade.
They do that and they have 22M in space this year (which will go to the QB)
they have lost revenue from the Draft attendance so far (not a ton but still revenue).
My paycut from my job starts May 1st. I took a 20% hit (valid through the end of the year) unless our revenue projections perform better than what we are thinking.