Will Patriots and Texans reach an agreement on compensation? – ProFootballTalk

The Patriots could, in theory, plead against the Texans their falsification attempt with insufficient zeal to frustrate Houston's pursuit of Nick Caserio, forcing the Texans to look elsewhere for Brian Gaine's replacement. The Patriots could instead use the league procedures to force Texans to pay a hefty penalty for violating the forgery rules, if that can be proven.

Or the Patriots and Texans could simply make an agreement.

A source familiar with the dynamics and personalities involved in this fight believes that an agreement will finally be reached to obtain compensation, the Texans giving a choice to two Patriots and something else and Caserio becoming the new GM. Texans. The reason is simple: if Caserio wants to go and wants to stay, things could become embarrassing for the Patriots.

And if Caserio wants to go, that means his relationship with coach Bill Belichick has been broken and that Caserio prefers not to attempt to fix it. If, ultimately, the G.M. work is closer to G.M. Lighter than the true G.M. status, it really does not go for anything more, but for something else. And this other thing will be a football operation that still has a long way to go to have the same success as the Patriots.

If an agreement is reached quickly, it will depend on the will of the Texans to give the Patriots all they are ready to accept for Caserio. It may take a little while, which will allow the falsification case to play a bit, with New England putting a portion of its card on the table. But that should not take much time, because Texans have to hire a G.M. better late than never.