... href="http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view/20100224raiders_seymour_tagged_too/srvc=home&position=recent">have franchised defensive lineman Richard Seymour to the tune of $12.398 million for next year.

Even if it was stupid to trade for a “right now” type of player when your team isn’t remotely close to “winning now,” it would have just compounded the problem if they had let him walk after a year.

We didn’t understand the trade then and we still don’t. And that includes you too, New England Patriots. The Patriots are built to win now, their defense is sub-standard and the draft pick they got (first rounder in 2011) can’t help for quite a while.

That was a remarkably stupid move, bu...

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