03-20-2020, 12:24 AM
(03-19-2020, 11:22 PM)Gamma Ray Tan Wrote: Now that Thuney signed his offer....this can happen. From NESN.
3. Trade Thuney.
If the Patriots can find a partner for Thuney, who was expected to have a strong market in free agency, they can offload his salary and land a draft pick or player in return. This would free up the most salary cap space but would create another roster hole without an obvious choice to fill it. Hjalte Froholdt, a 2019 fourth-rounder, is New England’s top internal candidate to replace Thuney, and he has yet to play in a regular-season game. If the Patriots do choose to move Thuney, they’ll likely ask for at least a third-round pick in return, as that’s what they likely would have received had the 27-year-old left as a free agent
Read more at: https://nesn.com/2020/03/joe-thuney-signs-patriots-franchise-tender-heres-what-that-means/
My prediction: Patriots get Dalton and pick (65) - Bengals get Thuney and pick (87)
Not one for "conspiracy theories" but Thuney is the first player to sign his tender this year. Possibly a sign and trade scenario. Add in the Bengals being more active this offseason, the Bears giving a 4th rounder in a trade for Foles (a price most of us would be happy to get for Dalton) and maybe, just maybe, I had enough bourbon tonight to believe it could happen
