pats sign another safety.. rofl..

[Tatonka]

Patriots | Akins Signed - posted at KFFL (http://nfl.kffl.com)
14:57 PT: Patriots.com reports the New England Patriots have signed free agent S Chris Akins (Browns). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Akins could also provide special teams support should recent speculation on the trade or de-franchising of S Tebucky Jones happen.

maybe they are gonna play a 4 safety defense? :wink:

[Ingtar33]

Damn T,
You beat me to it... It looks like the Pats are going to part ways with T.Jones... Now if only the 'aints don't trade a 1st rounder for him, we might have a chance.

[Tatonka]

it would be so gay for the aints to give up a friggin first rounder to a team that already has 2... for a damn safety.. i would be so irked..

would be sweet to have 3 first rounders though.. no question.. talk about setting yourself up for the future.

i just can NOT see any team doing that..

[PA Season Ticket Holder]

Christ they might have 3 1st round picks. How the hell could they afford that?

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[Ingtar33]

Actually I was wondering how they could afford any of this... seeing as they were only 2mil under the cap before they signed colvin

[Tatonka]

they cheat

[lunatic_bills_fan]

I think its time for Clump to step in and explain to us how this mirage of signings from the patsies has taken place, with a less than attractive cap situation.

[Fat Tony]

Would Tebuckey Jones be worth our 1st rounder?

[Ingtar33]

no...

But he'd be better than Prioleau

[Buffarama]

They're doing what TD doesn't want to do, mortgaging the future.

[Doc]

They have effectively lost all leverage WRT trying to trade Jones. Furthermore, I think that Jones is probably outpricing himself as he wants to "set the standard" for FS's, and seeing as how SB MVP Dexter Jackson just signed a deal paying him almost $3M a year, you can bet your bottom dollar he wants at least that. That is probably why you see the rash of S signings with the Pats, that and because other teams were ready to sign Harrison, who is a SS only, and in decline.

[itsandthings]

Akins was signed for ST. He was a ST captain on Cleveland last year and had 25 ST tackles.

The Pats are looking for a 2nd for Jones, New Orleans is offering a 3rd. It likely will happen sometime before the draft, but the 1st proved to be a fantasy.

Harrison played injured last year, but he isn't washed up. At 30 years old, there is some tread left on those tires. Him and Milloy at S are a fearsome combination, especially given the Pats defensive coaches know how to take advantage of good players.

[Demon]

Originally posted by Fat Tony
Would Tebuckey Jones be worth our 1st rounder?

I heard he would. New Orleans is offering their #1 i heard.

From what i heard they would trade 2 of their 3 firsts and maybe a middle rounder to a top 5 team and select Andre Johnson from Miami as WR and then select a DE with the 3rd first rounder.