pats make strong move

by cityrooster on Sep 7, 2009 9:06 AM EDT

The trading of Richard Seymour to Oakland allows the Pats to continue being the premier franchise in the NFL for years to come. A first round draft pick for an aging, often hurt player. Not bad. His contract is up at the end of the year and we weren't going to resign him anyway. If he played for us this year and got hurt, or played poorly, his market value would have dropped off the charts. Now we can sign Wilfork. I can't believe Oakland gave up a first rounder. We go to the 4-3 and win the super bowl anyway.

The views expressed in these FanPosts are not necessarily those of the writers or SBNation.

Tweet Comment 5 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Not just a first rounder

but a probably very very low one, which Belichick will probably trade for even more draft picks.

I feel bad for Richard but I think it will pay off long term for the rest of the team

"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick

by Mainiac on Sep 7, 2009 11:57 AM EDT reply actions

that Seymour made his own bed with that holdout and getting injured every other year. If the Pats were to re-sign him this year, or after his contract expires, they couldn’t do anything but remember his behaviour at the end of his rookie contract. Unless they were wanting a reprise of that Julius Peppers ugliness in Carolina, they probably decided to cut their losses early, and to get value out of NE having his rights, they had to shift him out now. A first rounder (and a high one) is an excellent tradeoff to avoid contract extension disputes. Now signing him past 2009 is the Raider’s problem. Skeletor might threaten to eat his brain as part of the negotiations.

by Comedic.Sans on Sep 7, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

you mean a high one

It will equal to a top ten in 2011 for sure!

It may be now..it may be later...later aint gonna be no use! Am I right Al? We got alot of angry guys in their black panthers,muslims, young lords, besides you average anti-socials. We gotta go in, am I right, clean their clocks!

by Yardpenalty.com on Sep 8, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Hard but good decision

It sucks as a fan to watch the core pieces of the champion teams fade away or be parceled off each year, but it’s been happening for a while unfortunately and there is just no loyalty in sports anymore – by players or by teams. That’s what makes Troy Brown and Teddy Bruschi so cool – though both of them had moments when they almost left the team as well.

From a good decision standpoint, it’s amazing to me that the Pats can draft a player with the 6th pick in the draft, have him be a significant contributor on 3 super bowl teams, then trade him 8 years later for a pick that very well could be equal value.

It’s a no brainer to do this deal when you look at it that way, sucks for Richard that he’s stuck in Oakland for a year. But I guess that will motivate him to play well so he gets paid to be somewhere else.

PS – he seems like a guy who’s going to want to hurt the Pats now, I see him signing with Indy, San Diego, Baltimore, somewhere like that.

by JonnyNYC on Sep 8, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions