Losing Curtis Martin was an outrage. He is one of the classiest guys I have seen in pro sports. They should have extended his contract a year earlier and they would never have lost him to the Jets.The Krafts will not likely make such a mistake like that again.
The contract would have been a killer for the Pats to match so they didn't. And, given that Martin was starting to develop injuries it wasn't the most unheard of move to let him go. However, the draft picks they got for losing both Parcells and Martin to the Jets were bungled by Bobby Grier which set the franchise down hill. Pete Caroll had no say on the draft, besides drafting people like Tebucky Jones, Chris Canty and Andy Katzenmoyer (sic?) with 1st rnd. Picks, Grier was stabbing him in the back the whole time and Kraft was busy trying to be like Jerry Jones.