Forbes, This Is How The Patriots Dynasty Was Built

[HarpoonIPA]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexrei...=newsletter&utm_campaign=new-england-patriots

 

[RodgerGoodell]

When do they talk about the cheating?

oh wait....

 

[Mazz22]

Not much new here but I did enjoy the dig on Revis. It will be so joyful to watch the next 4 years of his contract monster play out while he gets fatter and slower as the Jets can't franchise or sign long term the real talent on the Dline or at WR.

Brady's contract does not get talked about enough. $9mil a year and they got an MVP caliber season out of him. Broncos asked Manning to take a $4 mil pay cut and got the worst rated QB.

 

[chevss454]

Not much is new and there's very little actually about how the dynasty was built but I loved this part which is
especially for Tonytoes.

Shrewd financial decisions:
The man who Butler replaced, Darrelle Revis, was arguably the best defensive back in football last season. But yet, Belichick didn’t re-sign Revis in free agency and allowed him to rejoin the rival New York Jets for a cool $39 million guaranteed. The move couldn’t have worked out better.
Revis had an inconsistent year with the Jets, missing two games and exhibiting an inability to catch up to some speedier wideouts. Sammy Watkins in particular got the better of Revis in 2015, catching six passes for 96 yards when lined up against him.
It’s scary that Revis’ decline was already evident in spots this season, considering there are still four years remaining on his contract. Factoring in the cost, it was a no-brainer for the Patriots to replace Revis with Butler, who made less than $600,000 this year.
The decision to let Revis go is a continuation of Belichick’s pattern of shrewdly, if not crudely casting veteran players aside once their value no longer jives with their salary. Lawyer Milloy, Ty Law, Seymour, Mankins, Welker and Revis are just some of the players who he’s unceremoniously parted ways with.
Belichick isn’t adverse to spending on talent; he made Stephen Gostkowski the highest-paid kicker ever and made McCourty the second-highest-paid safety in football last offseason. But unlike some other executives, sentimentality seemingly never factors into Belichick’s decision-making process. When you have the kind of resume he does, you can afford to take risks.