SeanBruschi54

This isnt true, and if it was it would be an embarassment on both sides.

Mankins was offered 8 million a year and wanted close to 10.

Thats ridiculous. If he's still at that number then let him walk.

TheSolderKing

I see an interesting dilemma



Top G

G not a position of value (contractually speaking)


but at the same point...


do we want this guy on TFB's line until TFB retires.

SIGN HIM!!!

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MoLewisrocks

The apology demand story wasn't true, but he wasn't offered $8M a year and the real reason he lost it and his agent spun the whole public apology story was because after he privately apologized to Bob Kraft they didn't just give him what he wanted. Mankins thinks Kraft is the guy holding him down when in fact it's the coach he respects - who on this team assigns the positional and player value contract negotiations are based upon. They offered him something in the vacinity of $7.5M AAV in new money but insisted (as they routinely do including with TFB) his remaining (in this case RFA) season be folded into the deal lowering it's overall average and cap cost. He wants $8M+ AAV, period.

The really odd part of all of this is despite owning a self sustaining farm (and it really must be) in CA he hasn't left the Foxboro area code in over a year now... Unusual behavior for a left coast resident who has been done with this team at least twice in the last 8 months... Of course it's also unusual to have a player party to a lawsuit claiming a lockout causes players irreparable harm when he held out himself for half a season the prior year and still made the pro bowl and got franchise tagged for $10.1M.

I think ultimately the lockout will insure that Mankins isn't going anywhere.