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Will The Pats Sign Vince Wilfork?
By TOM
January 30th, 2010
Okay, here is a problem that is close to every Pat fan’s heart. I have heard more differing opinions about this problem than a dragon has scales. I even hear one beyond ridiculous opinion that because he is the pats best defensive player, and their defense stinks, they should just let him go. Excuse me? So the best way to repair their weak defense is to let their best defensive play go? What do you say to such a ridiculous statement? I really don’t know?
Okay, reality time. Vince Wilfork will be on the Patriots next season, I Guar-oon-tee-it. He is their best defensive player, at one of the most important positions in the 3-4. Okay, so maybe I can’t Guar-oon-tee-it, but it is over 95% likely that he will be on the team next season, unless they somehow work out a trade. I don’t see that happening.
Okay, Vince, if your out there in Internet Fantasyland and you are reading this (it could happen), I can say with 100% certainty the Pats are going to Franchise you. This is a guarantee (yes, I can spell Guar-oon-tee correctly). If you don’t understand this, or your agent hasn’t told you this, get a new agent. The only possibility the Patriots don’t Franchise you, is if you can work out a multi-year deal before the Franchise Tag deadline. You and I both know that is not going to happen. So, the Patriots will have absolutely no choice but to Franchise you. Please don’t take this as a slight, it is unfair, unjust, and unfortunate. However, in the system you are correctly working in, it is also undeniably not a decision for the Patriots; They have no choice but to Franchise you, period. Anyone who says anything different to you is lying.
The tag for Wilfork is just over seven million, which is a bargain for a teams best NFL defensive player. Also, for the fans out their, I really don’t want to hear any whining about what he is making, it is ridiculous. The NFL is an entertainment business watched by millions of people. If millions of people wanted to watch you do your boring job, then you would be making millions of dollars as well, but they don’t, and I don’t, and even you don’t, so stop whining like you don’t understand why NFL players make millions.
Wilfork is Guar-oon-teed to make 7 million next year (yes I know he hasn’t been Franchised yet, but we have established that he is 100% Guar-oon-teed to be Franchised). He should being signing a contract that is worth 20-30 million guaranteed. Let me ask you this Miss/Mr. whining sports writer/fan, what if your company said they where going to cut your salary by 60-80%? What would you say? Shut up and take the money? Yeah right. You’d be whining, kvetching, and sabotaging your boss as much as possible. If you had his talent and had the chance to financially secure the future of your children and grandchildren, are seriously pretending you would be fighting for every cent your amazing talent would provide?
Is it a Fantasyland? Yes. Are you jealous you don’t have the talent to live in their Fantasyland? Yes you are! Am I jealous I don’t have the talent to live in their Fantasyland? Yes I am. But, it-is-what-it-is. His contemporaries are making 20-30 million guaranteed, and that is what he wants to be paid, and so would you and I.
Okay, Vince, you also have to understand that between last season and next season you will be making over 13 Million dollars. That is not an insult, a slight, or the plight of an abused man. The system that you are working in, that allows you to make millions, also has you caught in its’ web of restrictions. It is not the Patriots fault, and is not their decision, they have no choice but the Franchise you, as you are their best defensive player. The 20 to 30 million Guar-oon-teed will be waiting for you in a year or two (can you say, “Lockout”?), I Guar-oon-tee-it;-)
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