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Deion Branch to the Jets / Seahawks???

That Darrell Jackson, Nate Burelson, and Deion Branch WR combo looks pretty crazy.

Darrell will still be the Top receiver; he just owns. Very underrated, very skilled. One of my favorites.
 
Vertical Limit said:
That Darrell Jackson, Nate Burelson, and Deion Branch WR combo looks pretty crazy.

Darrell will still be the Top receiver; he just owns. Very underrated, very skilled. One of my favorites.
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I'd be happy to see those guys play Miami in the Superbowl!
 
Actually, I am gonna go the other way. I would HATE to see the Patsies gain a first rounder for this guy. IMO he is NOT worth a first, and the Pats would save a ton on the Salary Cap.
 
Gardenhead said:
I'd be happy to see those guys play Miami in the Superbowl!
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Me too, I like Seattle. They are a very complete team and alot of fun to watch. A class act organization as well, you don't really hear much about them.
 
Gardenhead said:
The Pats are screwed.
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They really are.. this whole plan blew up in their face.

The whole reason they gave Branch permission to seek a trade was because they thought his demands were outrageous. They felt that he wouldn't have been able to get the type of money he was asking for on the open market. And if this happened, maybe he would lower his demands and sign the contract that the Patriots have had on the table during this entire ordeal.

The problem is, the Patriots apparently undervalued Branch. They didn't read the market right because there were teams out there willing to give him the money that he was seeking.

Now most people are going to turn around and say, "so what, these teams will never meet the Patriots demand for compensation." This is probably pretty accurate, however this is significant news because it basically eliminates any opportunity the Patriots might have had to sign Branch on their terms, he isn't going to come crawling back to the Patriots offer like that organization had hoped he would.

This entire plan backfired on the Patriots and IF he ever plays for them again, it will be for the 6 games required to become a Free Agent at the end of the season, IMO.
 
FaninPatsyLand said:
They really are.. this whole plan blew up in their face.

The whole reason they gave Branch permission to seek a trade was because they thought his demands were outrageous. They felt that he wouldn't have been able to get the type of money he was asking for on the open market. And if this happened, maybe he would lower his demands and sign the contract that the Patriots have had on the table during this entire ordeal.

The problem is, the Patriots apparently undervalued Branch. They didn't read the market right because there were teams out there willing to give him the money that he was seeking.

Now most people are going to turn around and say, "so what, these teams will never meet the Patriots demand for compensation." This is probably pretty accurate, however this is significant news because it basically eliminates any opportunity the Patriots might have had to sign Branch on their terms, he isn't going to come crawling back to the Patriots offer like that organization had hoped he would.

This entire plan backfired on the Patriots and IF he ever plays for them again, it will be for the 6 games required to become a Free Agent at the end of the season, IMO.
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I don't know if there's still bad blood between the NE and NYJ's front offices (compliments of Jests' GM Parcell's machinations back when the Pats first signed Belichick as their HC), but if there is, you can bet money that at least part of reason the Jets were interested in Branch was to screw NE.

I also suspect that part of Branch's greivance may be that NE's trade demands were unreasonable.
 
Kinzua said:
I don't know if there's still bad blood between the NE and NYJ's front offices (compliments of Jests' GM Parcell's machinations back when the Pats first signed Belichick as their HC), but if there is, you can bet money that at least part of reason the Jets were interested in Branch was to screw NE.

I also suspect that part of Branch's greivance may be that NE's trade demands were unreasonable.
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I'm not sure that there is bad blood between the Front Offices (although there's no doubt in my mind that Kraft was up to something illegal when he persuaded Belichick to come to New England a day after he took the H-C Job of the J-E-T-S).

And I think you hit the nail on the head, about Branch's greivance. I'd even take it a step further and say that ALL his greivance entailed was that New Englands trade demands were unreasonable.
 
FaninPatsyLand said:
I'm not sure that there is bad blood between the Front Offices (although there's no doubt in my mind that Kraft was up to something illegal when he persuaded Belichick to come to New England a day after he took the H-C Job of the J-E-T-S).

And I think you hit the nail on the head, about Branch's greivance. I'd even take it a step further and say that ALL his greivance entailed was that New Englands trade demands were unreasonable.
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Unreasonable??? Am I missing something? A team agrees to pay a player
36mill/6yrs I'd say if he's worth top money then he's certainly worth a top pick as compensation to a team he IS still under contract with. NE has dropped their asking price for deion to a 1st round pick and a later round pick so if deions worth all this money to the jets he sould also be worth their 1st round pick nest season. Unless the Jets really never had any intention of signing Branch and were only driving up his price in an effort to make it harder for the pats to sign him to extension. That sounds more like the truth.
 
MR NFLFAN said:
Unreasonable??? Am I missing something? A team agrees to pay a player
36mill/6yrs I'd say if he's worth top money then he's certainly worth a top pick as compensation to a team he IS still under contract with. NE has dropped their asking price for deion to a 1st round pick and a later round pick so if deions worth all this money to the jets he sould also be worth their 1st round pick nest season. Unless the Jets really never had any intention of signing Branch and were only driving up his price in an effort to make it harder for the pats to sign him to extension. That sounds more like the truth.
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Yeah, unreasonable. The Patriots were still asking for 2 first rounders when this was posted. Hell there was an article on NBCSports.com that said Branch was filing greivances against the Patriots because their compensation demands were unreasonable.
 
MR NFLFAN said:
Unreasonable??? Am I missing something? A team agrees to pay a player
36mill/6yrs I'd say if he's worth top money then he's certainly worth a top pick as compensation to a team he IS still under contract with. NE has dropped their asking price for deion to a 1st round pick and a later round pick so if deions worth all this money to the jets he sould also be worth their 1st round pick nest season. Unless the Jets really never had any intention of signing Branch and were only driving up his price in an effort to make it harder for the pats to sign him to extension. That sounds more like the truth.
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When all the dust settles---me thinks this is correct:sidelol:
 
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