I think most of us figured that when they drafted Stevenson, that signaled that the Pats wouldn't pick up Sony's option. Doesn't mean he won't be back. Just means that they won't pick up the option.They must really like Stevenson or Michel knee is worse than we thought...
I think they'd like to go year to year with Sony, non-pass catching RBs are easily replaceable, no reason to give him 2 years now.They must really like Stevenson or Michel knee is worse than we thought...
Especially at that priceI think they'd like to go year to year with Sony, non-pass catching RBs are easily replaceable, no reason to give him 2 years now.
Wynn is tough because a healthy Wynn is a pretty good left tackle and that is, ballpark, a ten million dollar a year player but he's not been healthy since becoming a pro. For one year it's not terrible.I'm not sure Wynn is a 10M player in a vacuum but having a solution in place for one of the OT spots in 2022 has some real value.
Roster and salary cap planning probably got a lot easier once the team could project to paying relative peanuts at the QB position in 2022 (and hopefully a few years after that).
$10.4 million would rank Wynn 16th among LT in terms of cap hit terms for 2022 and 17th in AAV of existing LT contracts. He’s an above average LT when healthy, so getting him at a ~average price on only a one year deal seems like a reasonable trade off for the health risk.I'm not sure Wynn is a 10M player in a vacuum but having a solution in place for one of the OT spots in 2022 has some real value.
Roster and salary cap planning probably got a lot easier once the team could project to paying relative peanuts at the QB position in 2022 (and hopefully a few years after that).
It wasn't COVID, he got rolled up on and hurt his knee. So that's three leg injuries in three years.I thought Wynn played well last year, and his injuries have all been of the freak or no long term after affect variety: Achilles, turf toe, and CoVid.
It's fully guaranteed, so not really.His contract could be restructured if needed.
It's so frustrating too because he's not a guy who had any real injury history that i'm aware of--he started 40 of 41 games over this last three years of Georgia. Now you have to wonder if one injury is leading to another.It wasn't COVID, he got rolled up on and hurt his knee. So that's three leg injuries in three years.
I think everyone kind of assumes Michel's knee is toast. Multiple ACL tears, clean out procedures, injections, recurrent fluid build-up.They must really like Stevenson or Michel knee is worse than we thought...
Too soonSo Michel (pick #31) is far from an outlier. Lamar Jackson (pick #32) is a notable exception.
Why? We don't win SB 53 without Sony; had we drafted Jackson he'd be on the bench that year and we might not win.Too soon