Patriots Rumor Patriots rejected two major trade offers?

Big Bucks said:

What gets me is the trade made by the Rams after we took Polk at #37

• Rams receive: 39th overall pick
• Panthers receive: 52nd, 155th and 2025 second-round pick

Why wouldn't we have been offered the same and didn't accept. Things like this make me wonder about those in charge.
FYI Patrick Paul went 55 and of course Colts took Adoni Mitchell at 52

I need to punch a wall.

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Triumph said:

Maye has only played 26 games where he was "The Guy"

In the ACC. Year 1 he faced - ND, Clemson [10] and Oregon [15] all losses. He should have returned to NC and came out next draft.

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50-yard-line said:

I feel like dangling the pick to Harbaugh was as much about trying to see how much ******** he threw on JJ McCarthy vs. his real feelings than anything else. Herbert is expensive and hasn't won anything...Harbaugh said JJ was THE GUY.

Really? Prove it.

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Stu Pidassle said:

From Maye's point of view, staying another season to possibly gain 2 draft positions is a risky move. If the rest of the team is mediocre again or he gets hurt it is likely that his stock would drop. From the Pats perspective, having control of the player now gives them the opportunity to develop him as they see fit.

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captain stone said:

If the Vagiants had given ass-urances that they wouldn't take Maye but this ****ing FO still refused the trade, then not only are they Clearly incompetent (just look at their ****ing Idiot day 2 picks) but they're also ****ing gutless ****ies as well.

Meet the New boss; same as the Old boss.

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moosekill said:

This is a dumb take. He was picked third in the draft. No he shouldn’t have stayed.

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Stu Pidassle said:

From Maye's point of view, staying another season to possibly gain 2 draft positions is a risky move. If the rest of the team is mediocre again or he gets hurt it is likely that his stock would drop. From the Pats perspective, having control of the player now gives them the opportunity to develop him as they see fit.

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Stu Pidassle said:

This article just confirms what was talked about in the media before the draft. Players fail at all positions, debating one unknown vs a larger set of unknowns is just framing the fundamental question a different way. If the Maye is good, this is the part in Dynasty II where RKK says that he put his foot down and forced Wolf to draft the QB. If he is a bust there will be plenty of things to complain about, including the missed opportunity to restock other positions during this draft. So far he seems much different than Mac. More confidence, less ****iness. I also like the fact that he faced some hardship in college and played ell enough to stay at the top of the draft.

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Big Bucks said:

What gets me is the trade made by the Rams after we took Polk at #37

• Rams receive: 39th overall pick
• Panthers receive: 52nd, 155th and 2025 second-round pick

Why wouldn't we have been offered the same and didn't accept. Things like this make me wonder about those in charge.
FYI Patrick Paul went 55 and of course Colts took Adoni Mitchell at 52

I need to punch a wall.

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JohnJH said:

He's more than young enough to sit for a year and let Brissett/Zappe/Rourke take the pounding while talent is built up between now and the 2025 FA Period and Draft (where we'll probably still be picking high), with QB being the one position that we won't have to draft high and can take an OT and/or WR, etc. next year (and whatever else we need).

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Triumph said:

People actually want this guy to start this season.

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Froob said:

If teams want Maye this badly…uhhh maybe he’s that good? How often are we going to have a chance at an elite QB prospect?

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Bill Lee said:

I agree this is how things should go, but doubt they actually will.

Team goes 2-4 and the fans will be screaming for Maye and I doubt this team's leadership will be able to say no, we're coaching him up for next season, JB is our guy.

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Stu Pidassle said:

Drafting a QB is the easy part. Developing him will be much harder and requires patience. If he starts right away we should expect a lot of mistakes which is ok if the player learns and grows. Blindly throwing him to the wolves either before he, or the rest of the offense, is ready is the scenario to avoid.

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bresna said:

Sometimes this place drives me nuts. Acting as if every pick the Patriots take is going to suck and every pick every other team takes is going to be a hall of famer is a terrible way to look at the draft. What's even worse is that these posts look ridiculous with 20/20 hindsight.

Just wait until the season gets going to critique the picks. No pick is the right one YET.

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Froob said:

If teams want Maye this badly…uhhh maybe he’s that good? How often are we going to have a chance at an elite QB prospect?

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NE_Zealot said:

I’m good with taking Maye at 3. Not having a franchise-level QB is a death sentence in the NFL. As fast as QBs were coming off the board who do we get instead, Bo Nix?

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