Patriots Offseason Predictions

I will assume that the NFL will not renew the Collective Bargaining Agreement in the offseason. To that end here are my off season predictions.

• Restricted Free Agents
  
  • Logan Mankins - $3 million for one year forcing another team to give up a first and third round pick should they try to sign him.
    
  • Stephen Gostkowski - $2.4 million for one year forcing another team to give up a first round pick should they try to sign him.
    
  • Pierre Woods – Pats will make him an offer in the $800,000 range but not the $1.7 million necessary for one year forcing another team to give up a second round pick should they try to sign him.
    
• Exclusive Rights Free Agents
  
  • Gary Guyton - $470,000 for one year
    
  • Bret Lockett - Unclear
    
• Unrestricted Free Agents
  
  • Vince Wilfork – Franchise Tag for $6.8 million. Wilfork will likely hold out until at least the start of the season but potentially through the first six games.
    
  • Tully Banta-Cain - $1.5 million per year for three years.
    
  • Kevin Faulk - $1.2 million for one year.
    
  • Stephen Neal - retired
    
  • Junior Seau - retired
    
  • Leigh Bodden – another team due to too much money. The Pats will offer him in the $2.5 million range for two to three years but another team will sign him to more money.
    
  • Jarvis Green – another team
    
  • Derrick Burgess – another team
    
  • Ben Watson- another team
    
  • Chris Hanson – another team
    
• Under Contract
  
  • Tom Brady – contract extension averaging $15 million per year for three or four years; May front load contract to 2010 so it gives the Pats more salary cap flexibility in the near future.
    
  • Adalius Thomas – cut