http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2768800&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines Teams looking to help their defense suffered another major blow Friday when the Patriots took away one of the top defensive players on the market -- cornerback Asante Samuel. Samuel became the third player to receive the franchise tag. He was given a one-year tender at $7.79 million. For a team to try to sign him, they have to be willing to give up two first-round draft choices and then have to wait seven days after reaching agreement to see if the Patriots will match.
Another dude I would have gone after besides Briggs, but there are real good CBs in the draft that I wouldn't mind going after.
the problem with going after cbs in the draft is that they usually cannot contribute right away. samuel is a guy that we could have immediately plugged in and filled a hole with.
Good move by the Patriots. He is good, but I had a bad feeling he would suck on the Jets. Now I don't have to worry for a year. Except for his 2 Pick-6's he'll make on Chad in 07. hmy:
