Deion Branch

Good thing we got rid of David Givens... :cry:

Branch is overrated imo.

I hate hold-outs and Branch isn't exactly an All Star wideout. I thought the Pats were supposed to be all about the team. :roll:wallymartin

I thought the Pats were supposed to be all about the team. :roll:wallymartin

How does Branch holding-out make the Pats not all about the team? C'mon man I voted for ya, you should be smarter than that. Anyway, he should follow Rice's advice and get back in camp.

[QUOTE="wallymartin"]I thought the Pats were supposed to be all about the team. :roll:Megametalrush

How does Branch holding-out make the Pats not all about the team? C'mon man I voted for ya, you should be smarter than that. Anyway, he should follow Rice's advice and get back in camp.

"I won't play unless I get more money" isn't exactly altruistic.  By it's very nature it is anti-team.  When a player gets more money, he crowds out other players because the team is unable to pay them.

this is just insane the last thing any starting NFL player needs is more money I wonder what he's already making now it's more then any of us will ever see in our entire life time I think all NFL players are over paid I mean just look at what Peyton Manning is paid he signed a contract for over 100 MILLION!!  NO ONE IS WORTH THAT MUCHMike0Robbins

[QUOTE="Mike0Robbins"]this is just insane the last thing any starting NFL player needs is more money I wonder what he's already making now it's more then any of us will ever see in our entire life time I think all NFL players are over paid I mean just look at what Peyton Manning is paid he signed a contract for over 100 MILLION!!  NO ONE IS WORTH THAT MUCHWario_and_Fox

By it's very nature it is anti-team.wallymartin

So are you still calling the Pats anti-team because of an individual? Were they still not all about the team when Seymour held-out last year? Bottomline, the Patriots are more about the team just as much if not more so than any other franchise out there. And if you don't think Belichick has a handle on this then you're sourly mistaken. So its all good.

Btw, congrats on becoming the new leader.  

[QUOTE="wallymartin"]By it's very nature it is anti-team.Megametalrush

So are you still calling the Pats anti-team because of an individual? Were they still not all about the team when Seymour held-out last year? Bottomline, the Patriots are more about the team just as much if not more so than any other franchise out there. And if you don't think Belichick has a handle on this then you're sourly mistaken. So its all good.

Btw, congrats on becoming the new leader.  

I didn't mean to imply that the Patriots as a whole were no longer "about the team".  Over the last several years, the Pats have been billed as the ultimate team, with every member putting the team first.  But there are individuals who have shown lately that they don't hold that mentality(Branch, Seymour, probably a couple others).  And you're right, Belichick will handle it.

And Thank you.