Pats Sign Amendola (5y/27.7m/10g), Talib, Wilson, Arrington (4y/16,/8.5g)

[TheImmortalGoud]

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Updating a previous item, Danny Amendola's five-year Patriots contract is worth $27.7 million.

The deal was originally reported at an agent-inflated $31 million. Amendola wound up getting less money per year than Wes Welker, which further supports the notion that the Patriots signed Amendola before Welker left for Denver. The Patriots also smartly tied up $1.72 million of the deal in per-game roster bonuses, meaning injury-prone Amendola will have to stay healthy to get that money. His signing bonus is $6 million. Amendola gets $10 million guaranteed.

Patriots re-signed CB Kyle Arrington to a four-year, $16 million contract.

The deal includes $8.5 million guaranteed. With the Pats yet to re-sign Aqib Talib or find a viable replacement, they've re-upped a key piece of depth. Arrington has started at least 12 games each of the past three seasons, but struggled mightily in 2012 before being demoted to nickel back. He is one of the NFL's premier slot corners, but the Pats don't want to enter 2013 with Arrington on the outside. Considering the way the cornerback market has collapsed, Talib should be back soon enough. Arrington is making a lot to man the slot.

Patriots agreed to terms with WR Donald Jones, formerly of the Bills, on a three-year contract.

Jones was a restricted free agent who wasn't tendered by Buffalo. He's the second receiver the Pats have signed since letting Wes Welker walk, but unlike Danny Amendola, he won't be guaranteed a roster spot. Jones is still only 25, but has never been particularly productive. He has just 82 catches in 35 career games. Jones also has a long injury history, missing a combined 12 contests the past two seasons. He's in a better situation going from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Tom Brady, but is unlikely to be a major fantasy factor. Jones is a role-type player who blocks well and can function at multiple receiver spots.

Restricted free agent Emmanuel Sanders is visiting the Patriots on Friday.

Power move. Even low-level restricted free agents rarely escape their tendering team, but the Steelers find themselves in a mess of a cap situation. Sanders is tendered at the original-round level, which means the Patriots would only have to surrender a third-round pick if they signed him to an offer sheet Pittsburgh couldn't match. The Pats — as you may have heard — have a ton of cap room and could offer a front-loaded deal Pittsburgh can't equal. Just 26 years old (on Sunday) with 94 catches in three seasons, Sanders would be worth a third-round gamble. He can play all three receiver spots, and has 4.4 wheels.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on SportsCenter Friday that Brandon Lloyd is willing to return to the Patriots on a reduced contract.

Lloyd has a $3 million bonus due Saturday. "They signed Donald Jones, they have Emmanuel Sanders (at club headquarters), and they've gotta make a decision on Brandon Lloyd," Schefter explained. "He's got a $3 million roster bonus. Brandon Lloyd would like to work out a restructured deal. And the two sides, it is my understanding, have spoken about that. Brandon Lloyd could end up staying on in New England at some type of reduced deal."

 

[Glenbino]

I was wondering why more people weren't going after Sanders.

You're not going to find a guy in the 3rd round this year that will give you his production and the Steelers are so hard up against the cap that pretty much anything over the low tender they threw at him would cause them to have to let him walk.

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

Rotoworld

Patriots agreed to terms with SS Adrian Wilson, formerly of the Cardinals, on a three-year contract.

Wilson was one of many veterans the Patriots hosted for a Friday visit. After grading out as Pro Football Focus' No. 2 safety in 2011, Wilson fell all the way to No. 59 in 2012 while being benched from Arizona's nickel defense midway through the season. 33-year-old Wilson is an in-the-box safety who will likely play early downs before being replaced by some combination of Steve Gregory and Tavon Wilson in passing situations. Wilson will probably be hailed as Bill Belichick's "next Rodney Harrison," but it's highly, highly unlikely he'll have 50 percent of that kind of impact.

 

[Len B]

$4 million for Kyle.. what the fuck.

Talib will be back, Lloyd will be back and I won't be shocked if they sign Sanders as well. They love loading up on WR heading into camp and letting the weakest link go.

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

Rotoworld

Patriots re-signed CB Aqib Talib to a one-year, $5 million deal.

While there was initial talk Talib could wind up with the Redskins, he ultimately drew little interest in a down market for cornerbacks. Talib's one-year contract gives him the opportunity to put together a solid 2013 season and then potentially hit the market again in 2014.

Restricted free agent Emmanuel Sanders has signed an offer sheet with the Patriots.

The terms are not yet known, but the Steelers now have five days to match or let Sanders walk. Although "poison pill" offer sheets were outlawed in the new CBA, the Patriots have an abundance of 2013 cap room while the Steelers have next to none. It's quite possible the Pats have structured their offer in a way that would be difficult or impossible for the Steelers to match. If that's the case, Pittsburgh would receive New England's third-round pick as compensation since Sanders was tendered at the original-round level. It's an aggressive move by a Patriots team clearly intent on remaking its receiver corps, and an ominous development for a Pittsburgh club that's been shedding talent. Were Sanders to end up in New England, it would almost certainly signal an end to Brandon Lloyd's time with the team.

Patriots re-signed LB Niko Koutouvides to a one-year deal.

Koutouvides is a special teamer who played just nine defensive snaps last season. He did start one game for the Pats in 2011, but is unlikely to see more than a handful of plays at linebacker this upcoming season.

 

[Glenbino]

Man fuck the Pats... Koutouvides is a bum though. He was brought in to be the starting MLB in Denver years ago and didn't do shit. Maybe he can contribute on ST for New England..

SMH at the rest of these signings though, the rich keep getting richer.

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

Rotoworld

Patriots released WR Brandon Lloyd.

This move isn't as much of a surprise anymore after it's been rumored to be a possibility for weeks now. 31-year-old Lloyd didn't have a bad season by any means in his lone year with the Patriots, but he reportedly had "erratic behavior" that some in the organization thought he might actually be bipolar. Lloyd didn't stretch the field in New England at all, and he doesn't create yards after the catch. He caught 74 passes for 911 yards and four touchdowns in 2012. Lloyd, Darrius Heyward-Bey, and Julian Edelman are at the top of the free-agent receiver market after the big six have already signed.

Updating a previous item, the Washington Observer-Reporter reports restricted free agent Emmanuel Sanders left New England Friday without signing an offer sheet.

It appears the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette jumped the gun. The Patriots are still considering whether to make an offer to Sanders, which would require them to give the Steelers their third-round draft pick if Pittsburgh didn't match the deal. The Boston Globe's Greg Bedard also confirmed Saturday that Sanders has yet to sign an offer sheet. One may still be coming in the near future.

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

fuck the Pats......

 

[PP]

Still dont get why they cheap on Llyod. almost 1k yards. w/e see ya all in the superbowl.