patfanken

.....and its pretty affordable from my point of view.

Beatty signed for 5 years and $38.74MM with a $12MM signing bonus. Now we don't know anything about the structure of the deal, but on the surface its just over $7MM/yr for a good starting LT. I think Volmer is another level up talent wise, but he has that chronic back should mitigate his demands down to where Beatty signed. If Volmer was willing to take that kind of deal, but with some injury protection for the team, they could probably get something done.

BOTTOM LINE - I think this deal shows the effect of the large number of OLmen available in FA this class and the effect of flat cap on the general FA class. This is going to be a GREAT year to have some cap room to spend.

ALP

How would the pats incorporate "injury protection for the team" in a contract?

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Less guaranteed money?

BradyFTW!

At $7M per year, I'd let Vollmer walk. Why would the Pats play LT money for a RT who we're not sure can stay on the field?

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stelfans

Yup, Vollmer should get 6 at most and given the uncertainty of his back it should come under that.
If he's looking for LT money and for the pats to just forget about his health than he s as good as gone.

patfanken

There are several ways. They could make some of the money dependent on games played. They could have some of his signing bonus tied to games played. There are lots of other ways the can protect themselves.

Volmer has back problems that go back to college. I think by and large he's been able to play through some of them, but they are a fact of life, and ANY team that is going to give him a long term deal is going to demand some kind of protection that essentially says if you play you will get paid.

BradyFTW!

I'd go lower than that, to be honest. I'd go 5.5 if he was healthy, but the injury concern knocks him down below 5, IMO. Against the Ravens, Vollmer was a liability. I'm not entirely convinced that the team's better served by having him out there than Cannon, and Cannon is still improving.

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PatsWickedPissah

If and I'm not sure, Cannon can play OG at a high level, I'd really like to sign Vollmer if we could get him at <6 with games played being a decent part of it.

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patfanken

A true top end LT goes around $10MM/yr usually. IIRC the Pats gave Light close to $8MM for his last season at the downside of his career. The fact that Beatty signed for just over $7MM in the prime of his career is what makes me wonder if the entire OT market has contracted.

BTW- with the proper safeguards, I think a long term deal that averages out to $7MM/yr would be a bargain for Volmer. If they wound up giving him a 10-12MM signing bonus, his cap impact could be as low as $4-5MM his first 2 years.

jsull87

By guaranteeing portions of the contract against being cut rather than being injured. That's a pretty standard thing to do.