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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Interesting choice of words.
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Yes. Two things occurred to me when he said that:
1. they could have made the offer to another in the Patriots' organization or, more likely:
2. they could easily have made a POSSIBLE deal offer. "If we can get Tampa Bay on board and if we can work out a deal with Cassell for a long term deal, then we'll give you a 1 and a 3."
What's clear is the bottom line -- he took the deal in hand over the one in the bush, especially as he was under a tight timeframe to get Vrabel off the books and to get things set for his own free agency signings.
He couldn't afford to wait months to get this done, as was the case in the Deion BRanch situation -- and that was a trade with just ONE team.