2014

First, a look at 2013 production vs. cap hit for the most highly-paid guys in the league in order to get a context for projecting price ranges vis-a-vis the Pats' cap (rather than projecting in a total vacuum). NOTES: - These are the Top-25 cap hits (not salaries) for TEs in 2013 (Spotrac)...

DEFENSE Players' Cap numbers for [2014][2015][2016] in $Millions (*) = player was on IR in 2013 Defensive End Ninkovich -- [2.250][3.450][2.850] Chandler --- [2.229][2.600][UFA] Bequette --- [0.710][0.800][UFA] -- saves [0.440] if cut Buchanan -- [0.508][0.598][0.688] Carter ------ UFA -...

Following on from the success of the previous "Looking at the Patriots" Threads from the '11, '12 and '13 seasons. I feel that I ought to start this thread up with a bit of news relating to the 2014 season, even though the new league year hasn't yet started. As expected there are a couple...