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OK, but given a long post in which he states the situation clearly and properly to begin with then later re-summarizes in a confusing way, a blanket response of "No" to the whole thing isn't that helpful!
Anyway...this looks like a smart deal that gives meaningful protection to both sides. It also continues a very good string of extending top home-grown talent.
As I noted earlier, there's a significance to the difference between an extension and a new contract. And I didn't offer a blanket response of "No". I gave a full sentence explanation of what was done. Given that I'd earlier posted "Perhaps one day Breer will grasp that "average per year" doesn't apply the same with an extension as it does with a new deal. " and "The Patriots have extra money this year. They just used some of it to lock Gronk in while lowering what his cap hit down the road might otherwise have been.", I'd say that my response was helpful, indeed, to someone actually looking for something helpful.
Lastly, yes, it does look like a deal that gives both sides some protections, some financial 'upside' and some financial 'risk', so it would seem to be a good, or at least potentially good, deal for both sides, given what we know so far.
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