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Originally Posted by Gary Cooper
If we want to copy the Patriots sustained dynasty, its difficult to justify large contracts to anyone besides the QB.
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Actually New England did pay several key players big deals.
The difference with them compared to others was they would set hard lines in the sand, and wouldn’t go past those points. They also would trade key players for a pick even while still seemingly at the end of their primes, especially those who had already been on a fairly high salary.
But off the top of my head I know they paid Gronk, Hernandez, Edelman, McCourty, Hightower. They just never got bent over on a deal.
They weren’t afraid to let a guy see what he was truly worth and many times, it didn’t seem enough for them to leave.