Seahawks and the Jets have agreed to terms with Deion Branch

[jack2]

Jets | Financial agreement reached with Branch; trade with Patriots next obstacle
Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:08:08 -0700
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/9">ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports New England Patriots WR Deion Branch has reached an agreement with the New York Jets on a long-term deal that meets his contract demands. However, the Jets still would need to come to an agreement with the Patriots to acquire Branch.

 

[sacase]

Wow never expected this to happen...

 

[superpunk]

ESPN reports that both the Jets and Seahawks have reached agreements with Branch.

The Patriots are ********.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Well I guess the Pats plans to let Branch go out and see that nobody would pay more for him backfired.

We will just have to see if one of the teams has enough ammo to make the trade happen.

 

[RCowboyFan]

ESPN reports that both the Jets and Seahawks have reached agreements with Branch.

The Patriots are ********.

Or that Bill Billichek has bought into the cheese being doled out by the media. I guess we have to see how this works out for NE.

Personally, I think Little Bill buys too much into the media hype of him turning apples into oranges.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

ESPN reports that both the Jets and Seahawks have reached agreements with Branch.

The Patriots are ********.

As long as Brady is their QB they can afford to be cheap with their "philosophy".

 

[sbuscha]

Thank God Its Not The Giants!!!!

 

[RCowboyFan]

As long as Brady is their QB they can afford to be cheap with their "philosophy".

You can only so much with a even a great QB. You just can't surround him with Mediocre talent and except them him to make something out of nothing.

 

[ravidubey]

Please let it be the Jets and not the Seahawks.

 

[superpunk]

As long as Brady is their QB they can afford to be cheap with their "philosophy".

Not even the great Brady (genuflect) can get crappy WRs open. He likes his top WR, like Bledsoe likes Glenn. He even lobbied for him. Brady isn't making any pretenses about how important he thinks Branch is to his team.

 

[gbrittain]

I think the Seahawks can get the trade done. A #1 from them should not be that big of a deal.

A #1 from the Jets could very well get you the best player available in next years draft.

Hmm...I wonder which #1 the Patriots would rather have???

 

[Gryphon]

The Seahawks and the Jets have agreed to terms with Deion Branch on seperate contract offers.

Now comes the hard part: Trade compensation. Seattle would make a lot more sense because they are outside the division. Profootballtalk.com reports the Patriots would receive a second-round pick and a "pretty good" player in return. Boston.com reports of Seattle's involvement. It would be interesting to see if Seattle would send a receiver back.

Source: Profootballtalk.com

 

[CATCH17]

I think the Jets are just being smart and trying to drag this thing out with one of their divisional foes.

It would be like us reaching an agreement with Santanna Moss and taking are sweet time to workout a deal with him.

If the Jets get him then they win.

If they can drag this out and cause Deion Branch to not get on the field they still win.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Well, the Jets would be stupid to do this because they need all the #1 draft choices they can get!!!

Seattle on the otherhand... Nahh, I still wouldn't.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I think the Jets are just being smart and trying to drag this thing out with one of their divisional foes.

It would be like us reaching an agreement with Santanna Moss and taking are sweet time to workout a deal with him.

If the Jets get him then they win.

If they can drag this out and cause Deion Branch to not get on the field they still win.

I don't think the Jets have any intention of getting Branch. I think they are just playing Chess to force the Patriots to pay more for him. Squeeze the Patriots by squeezing their pocket book.

 

[rgcowboys]

It looks like Branch could be traded to the Jets or Seahawks if they can work out deal with Patriots. Here is the link http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2568851

I think he stays and patriots match the deal.

 

[CATCH17]

Squeeze the Patriots by squeezing their pocket book.

Oh yeah I tottally agree. Thats definetely a given.

 

[NIBGoldenchild]

Please let it be the Jets and not the Seahawks.

Tell me about it. The Seahawks are good enough as it is, the NFC does not need them adding a reciever like Branch to the fold.