Free Agents Discussion

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Originally Posted by Wyatt

@AdamSchefter 8s8 seconds ago
Patriots are giving LB Dont'a Hightower a 4-year, $43.5M deal that includes $19M guaranteed, per @_sportstrust.

$11m a year. There is the standard.

Watch the rest of the ILBs start inking deals over the next 24 hours.

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On another note, I was talking to my friend who is a Cheats fan (yeah, I have one of those) and he used the term "going all in" to describe what he feels like Bellicheat is doing this year.

Bellicheat is famous for stockpiling draft picks for future years and to keep developing low priced talent. You either take the NE contract discount or you walk.

However, this season, he has:

A. Traded away many of his early round draft picks. His top pick currently is 3rd round #72 overall with only three picks in the top four rounds total.

B. Signed "big ticket" contracts for folks other than Brady.

Gilmore at $13.000m a year average
Hightower at $10.875m a year average
Solder at $10.016m a year average
Allen at $7.350m a year average (trade but....)

That is 4 of their top 8 contract averages (not Brady, McCourty, Gronkowski, Cannon) signed in 2017.

And that is with Brady, McCourty and Cannon all signing their contracts in 2016. Gronk signed his current contract in 2014.



If the cheats win the SB for 2017, then they will be tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers in SB franchise wins (6) and HC SB wins (6 with Chuck Noll).



If the cheats win the SB for the 2018 season, they will set the new franchise SB win record with 7, HC SB win record with 7 and be the first team in NFL history to "3-peat" SB victories.



Brady has already won the "QB with most SB victories" record with 5 wins.



We could be looking at the end of the Bellicheat/Tommy Cheater era in the next year or two if they are pushing for short-term gain and long-term ruin.

Cheers,