Patriot's trade situation on 3 players: Cap hit too much?

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(04-12-2020, 01:10 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: I still can't believe the Colts went with Phillip Rivers for $25 million in one year.  I really thought the Colts would have been a great landing spot.  

Yeah, it was just a tough free agency market for us to get value for Dalton--too many QBs on the market. The Colts probably didn't want to give up anything to get their QB, so they sign Rivers. Rivers is a short-term solution while they develop a young QB. Dalton is a good short-term to medium-term solution while a team finds their franchise QB though. He's a better than average to good starting QB, and a team-first leader. He's been a winner all through his career until the team fell apart the last couple years.

I think the viable teams just don't want to give up a pick until they see how the draft falls. I think the viable trade partners are wanting to see how the draft shakes out.