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Given that the Pats secondary overall is young, Woodson might be a nice short term fill with his experience.

He seems like more of a FS type than SS. Could be a decent fit at nickel CB assuming he's not looking for big money.

 

 

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I agree the money will be key.

All things being equal, I'd rather see them sign Reed. woodson might be a little cheaper though and is arguably more versatile as you can plug him in at CB in case of injury, etc.

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I hadn't thought of Adrian Wilson, but yeah he'd potentially be a nice fit as well.

I also wonder about a guy like Antoine Winfield if he shakes loose. He's another older guy with no ring.

I think the Vikes kicked him inside to nickel this past year. He's small but plays big, good open field tackler and could possibly play safety.

The thing with a guy like Reed is he could be so valuable in sort of a teaching role to guys like McCourty and T.Wilson at the back end.

 

 

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In response to ClarkGriswold's comment:

Truthfully it doesn't matter if the market floods if you are 1 of the 2 top FA's at your position like Goldson. He'll get paid regardless. What it does impact though is the second teir FA's. The more flooded the market the less those second teir FA's (like Reed) will take to get

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In response to ClarkGriswold's comment:

You answered my question before I could ask you Russ

Meh, never really liked Woodson after his constant complaining about the tuck rule.

Woodson did not have as an embarassing performance as Champ Bailey did in that playoff loss to the Raven.

 

Brady and Woodson back together  add Tony Gonzalez!!!!! bring on the Super Bowl!!!

 

i am loving how many SS are on the market right now!  Reed, gholdson, bailey, woodson, grimes....... maybe we can get one cheap!

We need a cover S, McCourty can be the deep S, but we need someone who can contest a TE because Gregory isn't the guy. 

In response to NEGAME2's comment:

We don't need Gonzo, luv, we've already got the best (EVER) in Gronk along with Ballard. I'm assuming we keep Fells as the blocking TE, but Gonzalez isn't need. That is, unless he's coming for a vet min. 

In response to natesubs' comment:

I doubt Bailey would want to play S, he's still got some good CB in him. Maybe not as a #1, but  he can still play CB. And I doubt Brent Grimes would switch to S, I'm sure he'd want the cash as a CB and he's like 185 pounds. 

 

No way do I want someone who weighs less than McCourty back there. 

In response to natesubs' comment:

 

i am loving how many SS are on the market right now!  Reed, gholdson, bailey, woodson, grimes....... maybe we can get one cheap!

 

Grimes is a CB, maybe you mean William Moore of ATL? At 220 lbs, he fits the bill.  He's also 27 so may be around for four or five years.

 

Geez Rusty, the Packers releasing Woodson will give the Packers 10 million dollars in cap space...that can't be possible with "salary cap hell" lurking around, can it? So let me get this straight, the packers signed Woodson to big money - he then helped them win a Super Bowl - they then cut him when he got old (36) and expensive to their cap. How can this be? Aren't teams not supposed to be able to do this? It will land them in hell!! Paying big for a player (that is really good) gets you nowhere - it just screws up your cap and you get yourself into "salary cap hell"..there is no way out! That is what you've been telling us for years, yet four teams over the last two weeks have shaved a combined 36 million off their payrolls without cutting one single player that is not old and way past their prime. Those very same teams will now go out and spend that available cap space on younger players heading into their prime. Interesting. Amazing. And yet confusing/puzzling to one. 

Glad you have this salary cap stuff figured out rusty - keep us informed of any new/cutting edge developments on the subject. 

Woodson and Reed are old, no secrets here.  If pats feel they want all in on a safety, then their target should be D Goldson From 49 ers....

Watching a football program yesterday and they said Woodson is now only a 25-30 play player.  Screw that!  We need an every down player back there.

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In response to ClarkGriswold's comment:

Look at it this way - the packers signed a guy to a big and scary salary cap hell contract - he then went on and lived up to that contract and won a Super Bowl in the process. Now at the ripe old age of 36, the packers terminated that big old scary contract and saved themselves 10 million to go out and find a younger and better player. Business as usual in the NFL...some understand that (you don't), but some do.

now you are correct, they may not find someone better than the younger version of the 36 year old Woodson to play safety for them, but they should be able to replace the older version at a fraction of the cost. Unless of course they waste time and resources bringing in guys like Chung, Bodden, Butler, Dowling and Wilson - then that would be a waste of money and the few resources (draft selections) that the NFL allows. That would hurt.

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