What is Logan's principle??? - Page 10 - New England Patriots Forums

***KontradictioN*** · 08-26-2010, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsWickedPissah

Well, was he drinking at the time?

You think he might have pulled a Jerry Jones?

plk · 08-26-2010, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

OK. Lets try this one more time.
Throw out all the guesses. Dont confuse the matter with all the specualtion you are throwing in here.
Just listen to what he said, with an open mind.

He approached the Pats last year for an extension.
They said lets wait due to labor issues, but we want you here and we will take care of you.
Next season comes and whether he knew it was coming or not, he was an RFA facing a 1 year tender.
The team made an offer that he felt was unfair.

The principle was he felt he had their word that they would take care of him in the future, he didnt consider their offer 'taking care of him' and basically is saying if he knew then what the offer was going to be he wouldn't have agreed to what he did.

Right or wrong, its pretty clear.

I agree with the above, but given Mankins reaction, I suspect that the conversation continued along these lines.

Mankins: You typically offer a new contract to your best players a year ahead of time. I would like a new contract offer now because I'm concerned that I may be an RFA next year.

Kraft: Don't worry about that. It won't be a problem.

At this point, it seems to me very likely that the Patriots insisted that Mankins play out his RFA tender year as they did with Gostkowski.

For some reason, most of you seem unwilling to even consider what is to me the simplest and most obvious explanation of Mankins' reaction. Perhaps it is just to much fun to pile on Mankins.

RayClay · 08-26-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by KontradictioN

I'm never one to latch onto the "Patriots are cheap" theory, but I have a very hard time believing that Kraft sat there and promised to make Mankins the highest paid OG in the NFL. Not saying that it isn't possible, but it's extremely hard to believe.

Here's the immediately following PP. The Herald interviewed Bauer.

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“All we want is fair market value, and that’s like comparing an apple to a watermelon,” Frank Bauer, Mankins’ agent, told the Herald on Aug. 13. “Logan should be in (Evans’) bracket. We’re not asking for $8.5 or $9 million.”

We're not asking for 8.5 million. That's a strange, non-even figure. can we assume they expected between 8.1 and 8.5?