AzPatsFan

Here is a proposed trade.

Disgruntled Chargers Offensive Tackle Marcus McNeil for Patriots Offensive Guard Logan Mankins. Both are unhappy with negotiations for a new contract. New team and scenery might help resolve their contract squabbles.

Comments?

patsfan-1982

Marcus McNeil, would want more then mankins, wants all pro LT's get paid a lot more then all pro LG's i think they would be better off just paying mankins, if he is asking 6 or 7 million a year.

nashvillepatsfan

can this McNeil guy rush the passer?

Seriously though, he probably wants a ton of money.

Calciumee

This trade would probably defeat the point of why Mankins wants out.

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NE_Paddy

If we're trading Mankins, I'd rather send him to Kansas City (who are rebuilding their o-line) for Tamba Hali.

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lillestroom

If Mankins were to be traded, I'm pretty sure that BB would want a versatile lineman rather than a stud. BB likes flexability in his linemen. Nearly all can switch at least one position.

Underdog

As I said on another forum when someone made a similar proposal about Jared Gaither:

I really don't see them trading one disgruntled player looking for a new contract they're not going to get from the Pats for another disgruntled player looking for a new contract they're not going to get from the Pats.

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Criptonite

Also, offensive tackle is a position we are set at. With Light, Vollmer, Kaczur and LeVoir, I don't see the need to add another tackle to the group. I'm sure there's a different player we could acquire that would fill an actual need on the team.

Sciz

As a tackle rather than a guard, McNeill would cost a few million dollars a year more. That doesn't really solve anything.

Rob0729

First, the Chargers are not going to give up the guy who protects River's blindside for a guard even one of the best guards in the NFL. I guess the Pats could throw Light into the deal since he is in the last year of his deal and McNeill would make him irrelevant, but the Pats would still have a hole at LG assuming Kazcur doesn't make the transition.

Second, LT isn't a position of need at this time. Light is still an above average LT and Vollmer looks like a solid heir apparent in 2011. Why would the Pats trade Mankins for something they don't have a need when they clear could use an outside pass rusher even if Mankins could only attract a trade for an above average one.

Third, the Pats are having trouble signing Mankins to a deal that would pay him top 5 guard salary, how is trading that problem to acquire a LT looking for top LT money solving anything. The reason why McNeill would even be considered for trade is because he cannot get the Chargers to pay him top dollar, what makes you think the Pats would especially if they think Vollmer is going to be an above average to great LT when Matt Light's contract is up?

Trade makes no sense. If the Pats are going to trade Mankins for another player. Look for a team with an overabundance of outside pass rushers that might be willing to part with them. Since we are talking about San Diego who is unlikely going to do any favors for the Pats, I would say I'd rather trade with Indy for Robert Mathis who is balking about contracts. Indy needs o-line help and Mathis is on his way out the door in a year or two anyway since the Colts drafted Jerry Hughes. That won't happen either, but at least the trade makes more sense.