Marc Bertrand: Bill Belichick doesn’t make that Calvin Ridley offer
On Thursday’s edition of Zolak & Bertrand, Marc Bertrand makes the point that the Patriots wouldn’t have made a serious offer to Calvin Ridley.
This feels a bit different…
Marc Bertrand: I’ve been looking for things that are different with Eliot Wolf from Bill Belichick, because in a lot of ways, I feel the team is operated the same way it did with Bill Belichick in charge. I can not imagine that under Bill, they’d be offering that kind of contract to a free agent wide receiver. This is new. So while I want to say why did you come up short? I also want to say, hey, that’s a little different. You were at least in. I mean, you didn’t close the deal. You’re not a closer. No coffee for you, Elliot Wolf. But you were in the ballpark and maybe you weren’t to the degree that the Jags were and maybe your offer in what’s been reported was a typical incentive laden nonsense type of deal.
So at least on the surface, it looks good. You’re in the ballpark. You’re offering big money to a wide receiver. That never happened under Bill. He didn’t do this. He’d like to get Randy Moss when he was a project. You know, when when Randy Moss had to get back on track. Big dollars to a free agent wide receiver, top of the market type money for a free agent wide receiver. That did not happen under Bill.
Phil Perry: So this is one of the few instances it sounds like for you Beetle, we’re you’re actually okay that they were interested. You’re okay with them being interest kings in this scenario?
Marc Bertrand: No, because I still feel like if you’re in that ballpark, get the damn thing done. You didn’t offer the most money, right? You can get let off the hook when you’re an interest king and you offer the most money and you get turned down and someone says, I’m not going to play there, I’m not going to New England. No, you didn’t offer the most money. So at this time of year in free agency, if you don’t offer the most money, you’re not doing it right. So no, they lost, but just the fact that they were somewhere in the ballpark, I think it’s important to recognize there’s a difference because in recent days I’ve been critical of them for not being all that different. This is different. That is different.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JANUARY 07: Calvin Ridley #0 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates a touchdown catch during the first half against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on January 07, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images)
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