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Patriots acquire Mohammed Sanu for 2nd Round pick


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Surprised they didn't make a move for Sanders but Sanu is paid less in 2 years than Manny this season alone so its not that wild. The contract situation of Sanu definatley played into his R2 evaluation by NE. 3.8M then 6.5M is really cheap for a competent WR in this era.

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Zach Moore of OvertheCap did an article about the Falcons cap hell for 2020 and in the article he stated that of all the big cap guys on the team that Sanu was the only player overplaying his contract or, at the least, playing near his contract value.
Falcons were estimated to be $8.7 million over the cap (if it’s $200 M) they save about $5.1 million after this trade. On top of whatever cap space they gain for this year that they can rollover. 

https://overthecap.com/the-atlanta-falcons-bleak-outlook-in-2020/

 

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Appears like a steep price on the surface, but there's a good chance this is the 61st or 62nd pick next year. I also don't mind the Patriots going all in and paying the premium considering this could very well be Brady's last year.

Now give us a 4th and 5th pick for Eifert and Glenn. 

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4 minutes ago, BroncosFan2010 said:

Surprised they didn't make a move for Sanders but Sanu is paid less in 2 years than Manny this season alone so its not that wild. The contract situation of Sanu definatley played into his R2 evaluation by NE. 3.8M then 6.5M is really cheap for a competent WR in this era.

It's pretty simple.

Cheap TEs weren't available and we don't have the cap space for expensive WRs like Green and Sanders with their cap hits.

Sanu might have been the only target.

ATL probably knew that and we had to overpay.

They had leverage.

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54 minutes ago, thebestever6 said:

If it leads to another ring does it really matter?

Emmanuel Sanders is going for a 3rd though lol.

Don't get me wrong. If there is a team to get away with making this bad deal it's the Patriots. Good addition but could have been had for less. 

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6 minutes ago, marshawn lynch said:

Don't get me wrong. If there is a team to get away with making this bad deal it's the Patriots. Good addition but could have been had for less. 

how do you know? Pats would have paid less if he could have been had for a 3rd but it appears we were desperate and Falcons wanted a 2nd. So we either wouldn't get anybody or overpay for Sanu

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