Tom Curran claims that the Bucs are getting "hammered" with calls on Vincent Jackson and argues that the Patriots should be in on him. He suggests that a package of Amendola and picks go back to Tampa. The trade deadline is Tuesday.
He doesn't claim to have any indication that the Patriots are indeed pursuing this and it's indeed rare when the Pats make a move that someone in the media predicted or advocated. I can't remember the last time that happened under BB.
Then again, despite the improved performance of the offense in the last three games, Jackson is an interesting idea and the Tampa-NE trade highway has been used often. And former Patriots front office guy Jason Licht works for the Bucs.
http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/patriots-need-make-run-bucs-jackson
In case you don't want to click on the link, here's the gist of his argument for the move:
In the end, this is probably a huge long shot...hence the thread title.
He doesn't claim to have any indication that the Patriots are indeed pursuing this and it's indeed rare when the Pats make a move that someone in the media predicted or advocated. I can't remember the last time that happened under BB.
Then again, despite the improved performance of the offense in the last three games, Jackson is an interesting idea and the Tampa-NE trade highway has been used often. And former Patriots front office guy Jason Licht works for the Bucs.
http://www.csnne.com/blog/patriots-talk/patriots-need-make-run-bucs-jackson
In case you don't want to click on the link, here's the gist of his argument for the move:
The Patriots have the cap room to easily deal with the rest of Jackson’s 2013 salary, and if New England didn’t want to pay Jackson at the 2015 rate the Bucs negotiated, they could release him with no further damage. Or they could renegotiate a new deal with him.
With Tom Brady getting better protection and Rob Gronkowski’s performances getting better each week, the Patriots’ offensive woes of the first few games are in the dust.
But if Gronk goes down (and that’s been known to happen) the Patriots are back to having an issue. The 6-5, 241-pound Jackson is insurance.
In the end, this is probably a huge long shot...hence the thread title.