Among the reasons the Patriots havent made much headway in extension negotiations with their top-tier veteran talent scheduled to hit free agency after next season headlined by NT Vince Wilfork and DE Richard Seymour is the pulsating uncertainty of how their draft class will shape up. With 11 picks total and nowhere near that many roster spots available, New England may very well be the biggest X-factor in the draft from a wheeling-and-dealing standpoint. Without knowing how much money theyll be sinking into their draft crop, they currently lack a suitable foundation of knowledge with which to work on extensions. Source: Pro Football Weekly
It must be a nightmare trying to figure where you set as a team financially, before a draft in this situation. If the NFL had some kind of a cap on the draft it would help. We definitely need to sign Wilfork to an extension, but if Seymour becomes too expensive, so be it. He hasn't been a dominant force anymore, and I believe he's going to want more than he is worth.
