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Patriots are trading TE Jonnu Smith to the #Falcons

ZogZerg : 3/13/2023 11:18 am
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Ian Rapoport
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Sources: The #Patriots are trading TE Jonnu Smith to the #Falcons, as a former big-ticket free agent heads elsewhere and creates space for New England.


Good get for the Falcons  
Anakim : 3/13/2023 11:20 am : link
Smith was really good under Arthur Smith in Tennessee. He and Kyle Pitts should be a hell of a duo.
For $4.4m in cap space  
BillT : 3/13/2023 11:24 am : link
With $12.8m left in dead cap.
arthur smith has to be the odds on favorite for next guy to get fired  
Eric on Li : 3/13/2023 11:25 am : link
he's a te coach who overdrafted a te he doesnt seem to know how to use instead of drafting a QB, now trades for another one with 6.2m guaranteed left this year plus a 10m base for a guy who has 1 touchdown in the last 30 games combined.

not sure what their plan is but unless they go huge for lamar it's hard to see much making a difference.
RE: For $4.4m in cap space  
wigs in nyc : 3/13/2023 11:26 am : link
In comment 16061618 BillT said:
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With $12.8m left in dead cap.


yuck
For a bag of balls  
ZogZerg : 3/13/2023 11:30 am : link
2023 7th round pick.

I guess Bill really didn't like him.
RE: arthur smith has to be the odds on favorite for next guy to get fired  
allstarjim : 3/13/2023 11:31 am : link
In comment 16061620 Eric on Li said:
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he's a te coach who overdrafted a te he doesnt seem to know how to use instead of drafting a QB, now trades for another one with 6.2m guaranteed left this year plus a 10m base for a guy who has 1 touchdown in the last 30 games combined.

not sure what their plan is but unless they go huge for lamar it's hard to see much making a difference.


To me it's somewhat understandable if the pursuit of Lamar Jackson is serious. When Jackson throws, he likes to throw it to TEs. So I can see upgrading the position group and de-valuing WRs a bit, which they don't really have outside of Drake London.

Even if they roll with Ridder next year, the TE is a young QB's best friend.
lolarthur - 105m for a guard. lindstrom is good but this is insanity  
Eric on Li : 3/13/2023 11:46 am : link
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Mike Garafolo @MikeGarafolo
#Falcons have agreed to terms on a five-year, $105 million extension with G Chris Lindstrom, source says. Big money.


quentin Nelson (20m aav) was previous highest paid on an 80m deal.
RE: RE: arthur smith has to be the odds on favorite for next guy to get fired  
bw in dc : 3/13/2023 11:47 am : link
In comment 16061627 allstarjim said:
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In comment 16061620 Eric on Li said:


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he's a te coach who overdrafted a te he doesnt seem to know how to use instead of drafting a QB, now trades for another one with 6.2m guaranteed left this year plus a 10m base for a guy who has 1 touchdown in the last 30 games combined.

not sure what their plan is but unless they go huge for lamar it's hard to see much making a difference.



To me it's somewhat understandable if the pursuit of Lamar Jackson is serious. When Jackson throws, he likes to throw it to TEs. So I can see upgrading the position group and de-valuing WRs a bit, which they don't really have outside of Drake London.

Even if they roll with Ridder next year, the TE is a young QB's best friend.


Well, ATL has Pitts, so they do have TE talent...
RE: RE: RE: arthur smith has to be the odds on favorite for next guy to get fired  
Eric on Li : 3/13/2023 11:49 am : link
In comment 16061657 bw in dc said:
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In comment 16061620 Eric on Li said:


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he's a te coach who overdrafted a te he doesnt seem to know how to use instead of drafting a QB, now trades for another one with 6.2m guaranteed left this year plus a 10m base for a guy who has 1 touchdown in the last 30 games combined.

not sure what their plan is but unless they go huge for lamar it's hard to see much making a difference.



To me it's somewhat understandable if the pursuit of Lamar Jackson is serious. When Jackson throws, he likes to throw it to TEs. So I can see upgrading the position group and de-valuing WRs a bit, which they don't really have outside of Drake London.

Even if they roll with Ridder next year, the TE is a young QB's best friend.



Well, ATL has Pitts, so they do have TE talent...


they were 12th in cap spending at TE before jonnu. after they should move up around 2nd behind the pats, who will fall back after trading jonnu but not enough to get overtaken by arthur smith.
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