SEYMOUR GONE!

The Patriots are now confirming that they have traded defensive lineman Richard Seymour to the Raiders.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Patriots will receive a 2011 first-round draft choice

I mean sure you get value for him vs cutting him – but this is getting to be too much to take on the D side of the ball. Seymour, Vrabel, Bruschi & Harrison all gone over the course of 1 season?

I’m guessing there was enough talent seen on the squad to let Seymour go and not suffer too much, but man, I would be lying if I said seeing him and Vrabel be trading didn’t sting on the emotional side of things.

And talk about thanks for nothing – they ship him to the damn Raiders? Richard is going to be supremely PO’d at this one!

WOW, im shocked. At leased were getting good value.

Maybe Bill saw something he really liked in Pryor and Brace. Thought he could get the very most out of Seymour, even if it wasn’t on the field.

now who knows
ive heard rumors of strikes in the nfl to

In a corresponding move, the Patriots reached agreement Sunday with free-agent guard Kendall Simmons, a source close to the player told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Simmons will fill the roster spot vacated by Seymour.

A former first-round pick of the Steelers, Simmons started some in Pittsburgh last season and worked out for New England last week.

Kendall is expected to sign later Sunday.

I like it. Anything that costs the Pats seriously and can’t help them for at least two years it fine by me. Maybe by then Al Davis will have died and the Raiders will be respectable making the pick not so awesome.

We probably weren’t going to sign him AND Wilfork.

He’s at probably the height of his value, but entering what are usually years of decline.

A likely high first rounder is nothing to sneeze at. Shortsighted teams will say that 2011 picks are worth less than 2010, but the Pats aren’t trying to sneak in to a tiny window where they can win.

We’re taking a risk on defense this year, no doubt, but given that almost everyone on the squad was either old, injured, or almost a free agent last year, it looks like the Pats are really on the verge of completely revamping it into a young and talented group within a year or two.

I agree and am more exited about the trade now. Although I really wanted to get Taylor Mays next year.

I was really stunned by this move, as I believed that Seymour was the last person to ever be traded away. Given the situation with Wilfork, though, if we were to keep both for this season, it would’ve been a pretty messy situation we’d be dealing with heading into the offsesaon.

I just hope with Seymour gone that Brace really steps up.

You guys seem to scam the Raiders regularly. I wish the Bills held your secrets. :-)

I am on the fence though i’m leaning towards good move. We wouldn’t have resigned him and ended up getting a top ten pick (yes I am willing to predict the raiders suck in two years). The only thing I wish is that the pick was this year because there seams to be a lot of great defensive players at the top of this years draft. But who knows, next years might be better.

are pulling my leg, right? You’re not really thinking this was anything other than highway robbery of the senile Al Davis, right?

We get a possible top 5 to top 10 pick in 2011, for a 30 year old, one year left, hasn’t lived up to the big contract he held out for, injury prone, greedy bastard. That deal my friends, is what they call a “no-brainer”.

I’m glad he is gone. I like players who want to be a Patriot and are willing to put some money where their mouth is. These types are sprinkled all over the roster. Seymour wasn’t one of them by a long shot.