Patriots jump to the lead for Dalton

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(03-21-2020, 05:56 PM)Geno_Can_Dunk Wrote: Can you be more specific than "word on the web"? 

The reason I have a tough time believing it is that they took an 18.75M cap hit when they traded Foles, for a late 4th rounder. And now they'll spend another 17.7M on Dalton? And they'd give up something better than that 4th rounder (because they'd have to, or we wouldn't do the deal; we obviously could've shipped Dalton to the Bears for that late 4th and said no). 

Could've sent him to the Bears?  Damn.  Shoulda made that happen.  Seems like getting the money off the books is more important than what the pick is, especially since just cutting him seems like such a distinct possibility. A 4th round pick beats no pick at all. If the rumor of the Bengals asking for a second rounder is true, it seems like a pipe dream unless somebody loses their starter and that wouldn't even happen until TC at the earliest.

As to Jax trading for Dalton, couldn't they redo his deal to make it doable?