Is Dalton a Patriot?

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(04-25-2020, 02:03 PM)TJHoushmandzadehs Shiny Shoes Wrote: Of course he's going to say that, like the Bengals are going to say that they'd be happy to have Dalton stay. It undermines negotiating positions to concede otherwise. I wouldn't read anything into it.


Do we know they didn't call or is that an assumption?


There are a couple of reasons he might want to restructure.

1. He's coming off a down year. He may fancy his chances of securing a favorable deal in free agency after a year more when he's won more than 2 games. Restructuring buys him time to bounce back.
2. He'll get more money by restructuring than being cut. He's not getting $17m on the open market at this stage of the year. Restructuring will allow the Bengals to top up whatever his new team can afford to pay this year.

No more of an assumption than NE wanting Dalton in the first place...

And if they did indeed call and offer a mid round pick, and we turned it down, that would be pretty damn stupid.