Since it's the offseason, check what the Pats did. Snatched Ballard

[top dawg]

Wow. Perhaps we should take notes. The Giants were basically stupid, and the Patriots were the Patriots. Link

[TruCatzFan]

Read this earlier this afternoon around lunch time...

Giants' GM screwed the pooch, Coughlin is pissed. In the end the Giants are up 2 Superbowls to 0.

Coughlin is laughing regardless

Edit: only reason this was even a story is because the Pats did it... And no we don't need to take notes on claiming a player that won't play at all this year... and who has multiple leg injuries. Pats did this just to piss of Giants. No big deal, and it's obvious

[Cold Cat]

fuggin pats.

[jtnc]

Why didn't we put in a claim?

[xerxes]

Why didn't we put in a claim?

Because we're not Massholes.

[Argus Plexus]

Massholes

I lol'd

[footballisasport]

Wow. Perhaps we should take notes. The Giants were basically stupid, and the Patriots were the Patriots. Link

I guess they picked him so they can pick his brains and get some inside information.

Says a lot about the Pats.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I don't care much for the TE, but the CB they got in the 7th round that was brought in to compete and he was a 2nd-3rd round prospect. They got him for peanuts. Our FO should have taken a chance on him.

[top dawg]

Read this earlier this afternoon around lunch time...

Giants' GM screwed the pooch, Coughlin is pissed. In the end the Giants are up 2 Superbowls to 0.

Coughlin is laughing regardless

Edit: only reason this was even a story is because the Pats did it... And no we don't need to take notes on claiming a player that won't play at all this year... and who has multiple leg injuries. Pats did this just to piss of Giants. No big deal, and it's obvious

Perhaps the story is just that more intriguing because it's the "friggin Pats", but I believe it would have made the headlines regardless. Moreover, claiming a player who has flashed above average potential, regardless if he is hurt or not, is a shrewd move. Depending on the players perceived value, you just can't say "Don't touch him because he's hurt for the year." Everything has to be a sober minded calculation.

Why didn't we put in a claim?

Continuing from my preceding statement: Perhaps in our FO's estimation, we just can't take the risk, or we just don't need to sit on Ballard for a year due to our own specific needs and/or circumstances.

In any event, this story just amuses the hell out of me. It's a fresh aside to the Saints*' soap opera which is getting kinda stale.

[jtnc]

Btw, Belichick has contacted the Saints* for a scrimmage in Foxborough. Saints* will make a decision in 24 hours.

[rodeo]

I guess they picked him so they can pick his brains and get some inside information.

Says a lot about the Pats.

Like that they're a winning franchise.