Vince Wilfork Tweets That Patriots Didn't Pick Up His Option and He Is Most Likely Done in New England

First of all I love Vince using the clipboard font thing for the most important letter of his career. Anyway this was the perfect letter. Vince is a Patriot legend. His number will be retired. He is headed to Canton. New England will always be home. But the writing was on the wall with this one. I mean if you didn’t see this coming you must be new around here. The Patriots don’t pay for sentimental value or for past production. Vince would have been more than an 8 million dollar cap hit next year and one of the highest paid DTs in the league. I love him to death, but he’s not worth it. He thinks he is and he thinks he still has lots of football left in him and that’s why it was obvious this was going to happen. The reason the Patriots have been the class of the NFL for 15 years now is they always know when to cut the cord no matter how hard it may be. This one was easy. We love you Vince. We’ll always love you. We’ll welcome you back with open arms for Vince Wilfork Day and watch your number be retired. You’ll always be a Patriot. God speed and god bless.

PS – Rapoport is saying that the Pats would welcome him back at a reduced price so this may turn into last year all over again, but I don’t see Vince doing that. The big guy thinks he still has lots of football left in him. The only way he comes back is if nobody else wants him but the rest of the league is pretty stupid relatively speaking. (Paging Rex Ryan)