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I don't understand the whole "Pats couldn't match the structure" argument. That only applies to transition tag offer sheets where the original team gets to either match or decline the EXACT terms of the offer. In free agency, the Pats could have countered with any structure they pleased. All they had to do was make an offer Revis would accept. Now, they weren't going to outbid the Jets in any case, but all the "structure" stuff is nonsense.
Meanwhile we here on the board will complain about how little tread Revis has left on the tires.Hold out, get released, sign with the Patriots, win a Super Bowl in Tom Brady's final season...
It'll be fun watching offenses eat up clock and convert 3d downs at an alarming rate (see 10-13 pats defenses) next year....all because kraft wanted to add to his pot o' gold....kraftys a real leprechaun, just watch him at the st Patrick day bkfst!!!!
Too bad there is no asterisk icon signifying an @sshole post.
Why not ask a meaningful question instead. For example, "Would you rather have the guys we got or Revis for $40 million fully guaranteed given the Pats cap situation?".If you asked everyone *before revis left* if they would rather have revis or the guys you just named, what do you think most people would pick?
Meanwhile we here on the board will complain about how little tread Revis has left on the tires.
It was a simple joke. You're quite ornery?Who the hell is "we?" Don't effin speak for me.
Let me help you clear this up so it becomes clear to you. You are correct, the Pats did not have to match the structure of the deal. But the fact was that the ONLY way the Pats could possibly make this deal work would be to "backload" it, so it would be cap friendly enough in the first 2 years so the Pats could keep their salary structure intact.I don't understand the whole "Pats couldn't match the structure" argument. That only applies to transition tag offer sheets where the original team gets to either match or decline the EXACT terms of the offer. In free agency, the Pats could have countered with any structure they pleased. All they had to do was make an offer Revis would accept. Now, they weren't going to outbid the Jets in any case, but all the "structure" stuff is nonsense.
No. It isn't. There were multiple reports that the contract is structured the way it is because that's what Revis and his agent required. All base salary, fully guarenteed money up front. No signing bonus. The only way the Pats could match that would be to gut their team going forward.I don't understand the whole "Pats couldn't match the structure" argument. That only applies to transition tag offer sheets where the original team gets to either match or decline the EXACT terms of the offer. In free agency, the Pats could have countered with any structure they pleased. All they had to do was make an offer Revis would accept. Now, they weren't going to outbid the Jets in any case, but all the "structure" stuff is nonsense.
It'll be fun watching offenses eat up clock and convert 3d downs at an alarming rate (see 10-13 pats defenses) next year....all because kraft wanted to add to his pot o' gold....kraftys a real leprechaun, just watch him at the st Patrick day bkfst!!!!
It matters because this deal is more attractive to Revis or any player than a more fiscally responsible deal that spreads the payouts and guarantees. The Jets had a lot of cap money this year to do a deal like this, but most teams would want to push guaranteed payments into year four or five, but that isn't what Revis would want.
And Revis wouldn't have taken it.There are more than two possible deals.
For example, the Pats could have matched the Jets offer (3 years, $48 million, $39 guaranteed) with:
2015 salary: $3 mil
2016 salary: $3 mil
2017 salary: $3 mil
Signing bonus: $39 million
Now, the Pats weren't going to make that offer, but they could have and it would have been an offer that was equal in every respect to the Jets offer. There is no rule (as there is with a transition tag offer sheet) where the deals can't be structured differently.
Why not ask a meaningful question instead. For example, "Would you rather have the guys we got or Revis for $40 million fully guaranteed given the Pats cap situation?".