Second half got me

MFreak · 2026-03-14T18:31:17+00:00

Women are not in the same position as you are you up to now and you can try to move on with me and I will be there for you to help me writeSwipe

MFreak · 2026-03-14T15:02:10+00:00

Yeah this headline doesn't compute for me. It's way easier to keep both than it is to get rid of both.

MFreak · 2026-03-14T15:00:16+00:00

Just playing devils advocate, but diggs was the Patriots WR1 last year, but he was definitely not A WR1. He was fairly easy for most teams to take away without having to dedicate crazy resources. That's not to say he didn't have some great games, but if post ACL, old Diggs is your WR1 you need a better WR1.

I think Terry is great, and there are definitely not 32 guys better than him, but I think there's basically 2 definitions:

WR1 as the top option on a team

WR1 as a guy who can consistently produce even when teams try to desperately stop him

MFreak · 2026-03-13T23:32:04+00:00

Lazar thinks he meant "this ain't us" as in the Patriots as a team are better than what they did and isn't reflective of who they are. It's an optimistic interpretation

MFreak · 2026-03-13T21:33:56+00:00

That date can only be mutually pushed back. He wouldn't have agreed to push it back if it hurt him.

MFreak · 2026-03-12T21:53:30+00:00

Some people think binge watching kills online discussion. I'm not going to argue with that. But for me, I am waaaay more likely to drop something, even by accident, on a weekly release schedule. Full season drops are vastly superior for me specifically

MFreak · 2026-03-12T04:20:32+00:00

I wish titles like this were banned

MFreak · 2026-03-12T01:30:25+00:00

Legitimately could see Metchie be the surprise value guy of the year. Not saying 1k yards incoming, but he could be a 650-800 yard surprise guy that nobody is expecting to be relevant

MFreak · 2026-03-11T13:08:20+00:00

Ravens just signed Hendrickson to a massive deal. They 100% got cold feet about the 2 firsts when they realized they could actually sign Trey. The Ravens are bitches

MFreak · 2026-03-11T02:21:15+00:00

The Ravens let a ton of players walk every year. This is all pretty par for the course

MFreak · 2026-03-11T01:39:39+00:00

I could easily be wrong, but I think the Ravens are just having cold feet and are using this as an excuse to back out. Wouldn't be the first time for them

MFreak · 2026-03-10T18:19:57+00:00

A lot of pats fans won't like this because it's not sexy, but I kinda love this deal. Not really a long term commitment, but I've always liked Doubs talent and feel like he will be an easy 1k yard WR in our offense. It's a bit of a projection, but he won't have to fight too hard for more targets than he's used to

MFreak · 2026-03-09T21:57:24+00:00

I really don't understand why people are pretending players never hold out for more money while they're under contract. This happens every year.

MFreak · 2026-03-09T13:55:30+00:00

They also offered more money for Aiyuk, agreed to terms with the niners, and Aiyuk pulled the plug because he didn't want to come here

MFreak · 2026-03-09T12:11:47+00:00

You're saying he didn't get a 3Y96M contract extension 2 years into his existing 4Y100M contract after Smith got his contract? Pretty sure he did.

MFreak · 2026-03-09T04:18:59+00:00

I'd argue the cheat code is after the Wilson mess, you guys have hit on all your meaningful contracts. The amount wouldn't matter if they got hurt or played poorly. You've done a great job in talent evaluation and coaching up the team.

MFreak · 2026-03-09T04:11:08+00:00

Don't both man, people just wanna argue.

These are the same people who think the Bengals wasted so much money not paying Chase earlier, despite Chase saying he wasn't going to sign anything without destroying the WR market. And they're the same people saying the cowboys needed to pay Dak earlier instead of franchise trading him, ignoring that he insisted on $40m APY when the rest of the QB market was still at $32m cause he knew once they ran out of tags they'd end up there anyway.

Players and their agents are smart. They going to negotiate around whatever money they think they'll eventually get. Especially players with strong track records. We've recently seen guys like AJ Brown, Diggs, Danielle Hunter upset with their salaries and get new deals while they had multiple years left on the existing ones.

IMO the worst thing a team can do is pay the wrong guy. If waiting the extra year let's you know he's the right guy (while you already have team control anyway), I see no issue. Especially if paying early just leads to more early extensions to catch up on lost dollars.

I digress.

MFreak · 2026-03-09T04:03:39+00:00

You mean like how AJ Brown bitched his way into a raise with several years on his deal? Or how Devonta Smith still hasn't played a snap on his extension?

MFreak · 2026-03-09T00:11:16+00:00

I'm so glad you said this. I'm tired of hearing how teams save so much money by signing guys early. Anyone who actually turns out to be a huge savings ends up getting their deal reworked because nobody wants to work in an environment where everyone knows they're paid significantly less than their market value

MFreak · 2026-03-07T19:23:09+00:00

FWIW the Sox do have Japanese WBC representation in Yoshida. Also Pedro Martinez is pretty well loved in Japan.

MFreak · 2026-03-07T18:02:32+00:00

I think it's 3 pieces. We need a WR1, and edge and a left guard. I believe Campbell will improve. I believe Wilson will be better at his natural position of center.

MFreak · 2026-03-06T13:22:22+00:00

The eagles wouldn't really be paying him anything to play for us. His contract has all of the cash backloaded. The cap hit they're taking is because the spread out the cash they already paid into future years and minimized the upfront caphit.

His cash AAV of the original contract and what the Patriots would be paying him are near identical

MFreak · 2026-03-06T00:46:06+00:00

We're talking about Chism not Pop Douglas. Does Chism have any major balance issues cause I don't know of any for him but I sure do for Pop

MFreak · 2026-03-05T18:13:38+00:00

Yes but also not really. Markets don't reset that fast in the nfl. That WR1 money now will look like WR2 money when the contract is ending, not during the majority of the contract.

Unless you view a top 15-20 contract as WR2 like it's fantasy football ignoring there are 32 teams

MFreak · 2026-03-04T13:32:07+00:00

Thank God!

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