It will make him about the 10th highest paid safety in the NFL depending on how the rest of FA plays out. It’s a pretty reasonable price.That's a lot of money.
And, like Slater, he's a team leader and BB loves him some team leaders.It will make him about the 10th highest paid safety in the NFL depending on how the rest of FA plays out. It’s a pretty reasonable price.
For Jason yesThat's a lot of money.
Not sure, but we’ve come a long way from the collective SoSH freak out when BB drafted a guy we mostly thought was going to be a great special teams guy...So where does DMac rank among BB draft picks? Top 10? Top 5??
Not number one, I don't believe but YMMV.So where does DMac rank among BB draft picks? Top 10? Top 5??
They have a lot of work to do to get cap compliant and get him an offer in the neighborhood of $20 million cash for next year before Wednesday. Unless there are some drastic moves coming I don’t see much of a way forward once the league year starts and the whole deferred amount hits the cap.Feels like they are going to lowball Brady with the cap room shrinking a bunch. Not that I disagree with giving DMac this contract but it seems it like it may be tough to bring TB12 back.
Skimming through the list of BB picks I'm pretty sure in some order these would be the top 5:So where does DMac rank among BB draft picks? Top 10? Top 5??
Some others worth consideration. Mankins, Asante Samuel, and Solder off the top of my head. I’d definitely put your first five ahead of DMac, probably Jones and Hightower, but no way he’s behind Mayo (not even sure he’s a better player and he was a top 10 pick), Collins (2.5 good seasons), or Slater (he’s one of the great ST players of all time, but a great starter on defense just has more value given the number of plays).Skimming through the list of BB picks I'm pretty sure in some order these would be the top 5:
Brady, Edelman, Gronk, Seymour, Wilfork
Mccourty is probably borderline top 10, in the mix with mayo, jones, hightower, collins, slater, and maybe gost
Yeah, thinking about it again Collins shouldn't be on that list. I think with Slater (and ghost) it depends on how you rate the picks, yeah dmac was more valuable overall, but he was also a 1st round pick and paid a lot more money than a 5th and 4th round pick who are good enough at their positions that they might be on a hall of fame ballot someday, we can debate how much those things matter.Some others worth consideration. Mankins, Asante Samuel, and Solder off the top of my head. I’d definitely put your first five ahead of DMac, probably Jones and Hightower, but no way he’s behind Mayo (not even sure he’s a better player and he was a top 10 pick), Collins (2.5 good seasons), or Slater (he’s one of the great ST players of all time, but a great starter on defense just has more value given the number of plays).
C'mon, you can't really give him credit for Mark Bavaro, he was DC when they drafted him and the guy plays on offense.Not number one, I don't believe but YMMV.
I do think Matt Light should be in the mix as well.Skimming through the list of BB picks I'm pretty sure in some order these would be the top 5:
Brady, Edelman, Gronk, Seymour, Wilfork
Mccourty is probably borderline top 10, in the mix with mayo, jones, hightower, collins, slater, and maybe gost
I do think Matt Light should be in the mix as well.
Never gets old.On a day when they could have had impact players David Terrell or Koren Robinson or the second-best tackle in the draft in Kenyatta Walker, they took Georgia defensive tackle Richard Seymour, who had 1 sacks last season in the pass-happy SEC and is too tall to play tackle at 6-6 and too slow to play defensive end. This genius move was followed by trading out of a spot where they could have gotten the last decent receiver in Robert Ferguson and settled for tackle Matt Light, who will not help any time soon.
- Ron Borges, MSNBC after 2001 Draft.
Only pick above #10 that Belichick has ever had in New England, and he absolutely hit a home run. He's only had 3 others that were in the top 20 (Jerod Mayo #10 2008, Ty Warren #13 2003, Nate Solder #17 2011) and they all kicked pretty solid ass too.Never gets old.
I'd throw in that the Mayo pick involved moving back from 7 and picking up an extra 3rd for his trouble. The 3rd didn't amount to anything but from a value standpoint it was a great move, and Mayo had a better career than the 7 through 9 picks combined anyway (not to mention #6 Vernon Gholston lol).Only pick above #10 that Belichick has ever had in New England, and he absolutely hit a home run. He's only had 3 others that were in the top 20 (Jerod Mayo #10 2008, Ty Warren #13 2003, Nate Solder #17 2011) and they all kicked pretty solid ass too.
Reviewing the 2001 draft also made me discover that Freddie Mitchell only played through the 2004 season. Belichick humiliating him (in return for him chirping before the SB, dissing Rodney etc) ended his career.