Numark Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The patriots have place a franchise tag on vince wilfork today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Cody looks like the next Wilfork - two big fat slobs that fall in the draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawchukBills Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The patriots have place a franchise tag on vince wilfork today. Sad day, would've been huge. Add a NT and take one from a division rival...but no big surprise here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Was anyone really expecting him, or any other proven NT, to hit the market, what with the franchise tag being so low? The Bills will need to get a sleeper NT from another team's roster, or draft one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVUFootball29 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 He wasn't coming here anyways, he wants to be back in Miami to begin with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhg Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 They could still trade him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 They probably are going to trade him (not to us). Wasn't he saying that he was fine with everything, but he did NOT want to be tagged? I mean, the last thing the pats* should want is a disgruntled NT and one of their only good players left on D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago_Mike Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 They could still trade him. they could, but the pats would have a huge hole to fill then. i don't see how that really helps the pats this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStranger76 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The only good NT that even has a chance of NOT being franchised is Hampton, and even that is 50/50 at best. I know NT was probably the #1 free agent priority, but don't expect much. Now everyone is gonna be calling for "trade down and draft the NT" but that is not the way to go either. Don't trade down to get a "decent" NT when you should stay and get a very good LT or QB. We are not gonna be able to get big upgrades at every position of weakness in one offseason. Take it one position at a time and maybe we get one in round 2 or in a trade up scenario........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawchukBills Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I was hoping that the 1 in a 1,000,000 chance that Bill and his boys gave in the Vince's wishes and signed him long term or let him walk....ohh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Does Washington have a 1st round pick? And if they don't trade him, we can hope that he holds out into the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHampshireBillsFan Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The problem for NTs is that they are lumped in with all DTs for salary. A top NT is worth a lot more to a 3-4 team than most DTs are to a 4-3 team. Teams like NE take advantage of that with the franchise tag. I would love to see Wilfork play like Jason Peters did for us. I would love to see Wilfork get knocked on his butt by a center and then get up and realize he shouldn't feel so bad because his salary is not that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Speaking of the Pats, Moss says he expects the 2010 season to be his last with them. No animosity on either side, just the nature of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 This is no big surprise even if Wilfork wasn't going to be happy with it. They weren't going to let him walk for nothing they want to control his rights so that even if Wilfork doesn't want to play for them they can still trade him and get something for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Well, he has expressed his extreme displeasure about the prospect of being tagged so I doubt he's happy about actually being tagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clippers of Nfl Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 PLEASE DONT TAG ME. PLEASE DONT PAY ME MILLIONS. BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 if we picked him up now we'd have to give our #1 in this year and next year's draft. is he worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson from Gamehendge Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 they could, but the pats would have a huge hole to fill then. i don't see how that really helps the pats this year. They drafted Ron Brace last year out of Boston College. He is very highly thought of, and looked good when he played in place of Wilfork this past season, against us. http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=...o&bio=33654 They also have Myron Pryor who they are high on as well. (also played against us) http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=...o&bio=33661 I think they are fine at that position...once again, giving them the ability to trade a big player for good draft picks. *PAY ATTENTION BUFFALO! (if we have talent worth trading?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Cody looks like the next Wilfork - two big fat slobs that fall in the draft The two aren't all that similar. Check out this article from just Wilfork's time as a prospect. You'll note that he'd once been up as high as 345, then dipped to 324 for the combine, then gone up to 336, but having gained muscle rather than fat. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m120...28/ai_b6006987/ Contrast that to Cody, who was at over 400 in high school, dropped to 255 and then came to the Senior Bowl at 370 looking awful. Notice that Wilfork dropped weight for the combine. Google "Balanced lineman In wife Bianca, Wilfork has the perfect match" and you'll see that his wife looks out for what he eats. Cody is a much higher risk than Wilfork ever was. ---------------------- As for Wilfork being tagged, duh. This was going to happen all along. That's why they got rid of Seymour, so they could have the cash to tag or re-sign Wilfork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 They probably are going to trade him (not to us). Wasn't he saying that he was fine with everything, but he did NOT want to be tagged? I mean, the last thing the pats* should want is a disgruntled NT and one of their only good players left on D. Nobody wants to be tagged. Everybody threatens to sit out or be disgruntled. And yet a huge majoriity end up re-negotiating. That's what will happen here. The Pats* need Wilfork badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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