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Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff April 15, 2008 10:58 AM

Each Tuesday on Boston.com, questions from Patriots fans are answered as part of a weekly mailbag. This week's mailbag is posted and includes some of the following topics:

  • Drafting a defensive lineman with the No. 7 pick, and if that is true value.

  • The possibility of drafting a guard, such as Branden Albert, at No. 7.

  • Taking stock of the numbers on the team's roster to determine what type of room there is for rookies.

  • A look at free-agent linebacker Victor Hobson and what he might bring to the team.

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    2 comments so far...

    1. "On the last part of the question, it is pretty much unheard of to trade a top pick only a few weeks after the draft."

      That's because when you trade a player, you're immediately resposible for all the unpaid signing bonus.

      So, I sign my 1st round pick to a 5 year, $20 million contract, with a $10 million signing bonus, normally it would cost against the salary cap $2.0 million per year (for the bonus). However, if I turn around and cut or trade that player, I'd have to pay any remaining signing bonus (in this case, the entire $10.0 million, would would all be applied to that year's cap).

      Long story short - if you cut/trade a player, pray he doesn't have much of a signing bonus remaining!

      Posted by Timothy Gatti April 15, 08 05:39 PM

    1. According to the revised draft chart that is cirdulating on the net the the Pats seventh pick in the first round is equal to theCardinals 1st (16th), second (50th), and fifth (149) round picks.

      Would the Pats trade for the Cardinals 1st and 2nd picks?

      Posted by rich April 15, 08 06:37 PM
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