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Patriots reportedly fail to tender Bret Lockett 04.05.12 at 3:51 pm ET
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The Patriots have failed to tender restricted free agent safety Bret Lockett, according to Rotoworld, which leaves the 25-year-old an unrestricted free agent.

The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Lockett, an undrafted free agent out of UCLA, has suffered three season-ending injuries in three consecutive years. In 2009, he played 10 games and finished with seven tackles and a forced fumble, his finest season in a New England uniform. (It ended when he was injured late in the season.) He suffered a chest injury in August 2010 which left him on the shelf that year, and a torn groin this past preseason left him on IR for the duration of the 2011 campaign.

In his career in New England, he was more well-known for this, as well as this. He also recorded a single and made a video:

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  • Ed

    I thought teams can’t block anyone if it’s for a promotion, isn’t that Epstein’s point?  At the time, he had the opportunity from the Cubs to be promoted from Sox GM to President of Baseball Operations for the Cubs.  

  • Navigistic

    What about a draft pick (Cub’s first rounder is sixth overall – that would be significant) as compensation for Theo?

  • EarlSweatshirt

    Buster is dead wrong.  It’s baseball protocol to allow executives to talk to other teams (especially when they really want to talk).  It would violate the unwritten rules of the MLB.

    The problem was when the Cubs didn’t follow protocol, and leaked the contract agreement before agreeing to compensation.  The Red Sox were then forced to postpone the compensation to avoid a media crap storm.

  • RobDX

    Manny a zero risk….doesn’t that sound like the Haynesworth of the MLB?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XFLMVVAMQNIZULS2R323YWXZMU Frank

    Red Sox are so turned around about this Epstein thing, look at these comments. Everything was above board between the Cubs and the Sox about Epstein, they should have worked out compensation first, because now it’s going to be decided by a commissioner who doesn’t think they should get jack in return.

  • Wade Boggs

    Why would you want him back anyway? He didn’t want to be there anymore, and from what everything that has happen with this team and the big free agent contracts he brought in here why would they want him back? He has screwed up the sox for years to come. just the Crawford contract alone could cost them Ellsbury, not to mention Pedy and Lester are up in a couple of years for new deals. Lester will get at least Lackey money, and Pedy will get much more then he is getting now. That team has two 20 million dollar a year player’s on it now. Ellsbury will get at least 20 million and 5 to 7 year deal. hot dogs will be 15 dollars at Fenway and beer’s 12 dollars

  • nysteve

    I cannot remember a baseball season that I have NOT looked forward to as much as the upcoming season. I’ll watch games but not at the interest level of past years. It is a combination of  overcommercialization of Sox broadcasts “buy a brick” “come to the game and eat a lobster”, the way the fouled up last season, and the overall unwatchability of the average baseball game. Games last too long… each at bat is too long….. time between each pitch too long. sorry.. I am done devoting 3.5+ hours to watch games. I’ll tune in for an inning and come back from time to time to watch. Definitely not going to Fenway – MLB as all professional sports is overpriced and does not provide the value for my entertainment dollar. 

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  • Policia

    “who cares”

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    He has even less talent as a “rapper” than he did with his sorry azz football career.

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