Daseal
03-03-2005, 03:29 PM
What do you guys think. While looking through the stattracker that was posted I saw the patriots. They have so far cut/lost 8 players, and many were great starters for them!
G Joe Andruzzi (FA, CLE)
WR Troy Brown (cut)
G Wilbert Brown (cut)
TE Zeron Flemister (cut)
CB Ty Law (cut)
CB Earthwind Moreland (cut)
LB Roman Phifer (cut)
DL Buck Rasmussen (cut)
Law, Brown, Phifer, and Andruzzi are the big names. So do you think they've made a mistake letting so many go? Personally I think it could come bite them. Who knows.
BossHog
03-03-2005, 03:52 PM
NE doesn't make mistakes. :oink:
djnemo65
03-03-2005, 04:00 PM
don't forget they are probably losing bruschi too. still, it is NE.
SkinsRock
03-03-2005, 04:01 PM
Not to mention both Weiss and Crennell leaving....
Daseal
03-03-2005, 04:04 PM
Yeah - Weiss/Crennell spells bad things in my opinion.
sportscurmudgeon
03-03-2005, 04:04 PM
Troy Brown is a media hero because he played both ways - and some on special teams too - for much of last season.
Fact is that he was the #4 wide receiver and the nickel/dime back and at season's end he returned about one punt per game. Translation: he was a sub on defense and a sub on offense and a sub on special teams. HIs versatility is amazing in this day of specialization, but he was a stop-gap everywhere,
If the Pats kept him, he would cost $5M in real money and $5M in salary cap room. That's a lot to pay a guy who is a stop-gap.
Andruzzi may have been a mistake; he is a better than average OL and breaking up OL units can be a bad idea.
Ty Law was a great CB but he broke a bone in his foot and would have been a "$10M-man". That's a big gamble! It could pay off huge for someone if he recovers completely and resumes his place as one of the top 3 CBs in all of the NFL. Or ... he could be just an average CB hauling down some huge coin and sucking your cap dry. Interesting call here...
Moreland is a journeyman at best.
Flemister has been through Washington and is a waiver wire special.
Daseal
03-03-2005, 04:09 PM
What about Phifer, SC. A starting, very solid linebacker.
DCopper04
03-03-2005, 04:14 PM
Who in their right mind would let go of Flemister?
Daseal
03-03-2005, 04:15 PM
I just posted the whole list. Only a few of them were starters, but some are very good. Andruzzi, law, Phifer, Brown (debatable)
BrudLee
03-03-2005, 04:17 PM
Troy Brown is a media hero because he played both ways - and some on special teams too - for much of last season.
Fact is that he was the #4 wide receiver and the nickel/dime back and at season's end he returned about one punt per game. Translation: he was a sub on defense and a sub on offense and a sub on special teams. HIs versatility is amazing in this day of specialization, but he was a stop-gap everywhere,
If the Pats kept him, he would cost $5M in real money and $5M in salary cap room. That's a lot to pay a guy who is a stop-gap.
I'm frequently wrong, but I think Brown's role in the offense was reduced after he started playing both ways. That doesn't change the fact that the receiving corps in NE stepped into the role, but it does speak volumes about Brown that he reduced his role to help the team, at the cost of his own job. I suppose he still has his three Super Bowl rings to keep him company.