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Pats cut Tyler Gaffney


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9 minutes ago, chknwing said:

NE didnt do anything wrong when they snagged gaffney, gettlemen just fuged up.

Not really.

They'd have had to cut a healthy player to keep Gaffney on roster till IR was available.

He was never worth that. The Pats proved it (and wasted their time in the process).

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6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not really.

They'd have had to cut a healthy player to keep Gaffney on roster till IR was available.

He was never worth that. The Pats proved it (and wasted their time in the process).

The 90 man roster. They cut some turd that wasn't even going to make the first roster cut down to bring him on and were only down to 89 for like a week. They won the Super Bowl that year so I think it's fair to say not having a healthy player instead for a week didn't really affect them. When he was injured this past season they waived/injured him immediately but no one claimed him so he went straight to their IR without taking up a roster spot while injured.

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13 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not really.

They'd have had to cut a healthy player to keep Gaffney on roster till IR was available.

He was never worth that. The Pats proved it (and wasted their time in the process).

He was never worth a draft pick to begin with.

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Already time for the annual Gaffney cut, huh?

51 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Eh, he was on IR the entire time he was with them so it's not like he took up a roster spot or anything.

Well, they did try to get out of his salary a year ago by waive/IRing him, but no one took the bait so they were stuck with him. Usually in that situation the team tries to work out an injury settlement to get out of the contract, but I'm guessing he wasn't receptive (I imagine we had a similar situation with Tyronne Green, no real reason to keep an impending FA you don't intend to re-sign him unless he just doesn't accept the buyout).

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37 minutes ago, top dawg said:

He was never worth a draft pick to begin with.

How much value do you generally put on a 6th round pick?

Most guys that are picked in the 6th or 7th aren't expected to be big deals, if they even make the squad at all.

By the time you get to that point in the draft it's "Hey let's give this kid a shot. If he doesn't work out, no big loss."

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1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

How much value do you generally put on a 6th round pick?

Most guys that are picked in the 6th or 7th aren't expected to be big deals, if they even make the squad at all.

By the time you get to that point in the draft it's "Hey let's give this kid a shot. If he doesn't work out, no big loss."

Mr. Scot, don't make me pull up that article by Joe Menzer that explained how Gettleman basically views every draft pick like gold. I believe Getty is the one that said there are no throwaways. I wholeheartedly agree. Every pick us an opportunity, and when you don't have a pick, it is an opportunity lost (regardless of stats and probability). Come on, man, you have to think like a GM. I am fairly certain that there was someone drafted in that round who is a productive player---at least good depth.

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