TheBostonStraggler
Experienced Starter w/First Big Contract
- Joined
- May 21, 2006
- Messages
- 6,318
- Reaction score
- 5,687
Pretty simple stuff.
Mankins did what he felt was right for him, he didn't renegotiate, he kept his cash flow potential maximized. I don't blame him for that. Doing so, however, he surely was aware of the risk to his status as a New England Patriot. "Ceasar calls it 'the Business' and that's how BB and Mankins saw it.
This is a plus for the future, period. We were beginning to pay Mankins for the player he was and that was going to continue thanks to father time.
If this TE ends up with 60+ grabs and gives BB a real 2 TE threat by end of season, this may be a plus this year. If this TE ends up all but another JAG on the TE lop heap, this was unquestionably a negative for this year.
Mankins did what he felt was right for him, he didn't renegotiate, he kept his cash flow potential maximized. I don't blame him for that. Doing so, however, he surely was aware of the risk to his status as a New England Patriot. "Ceasar calls it 'the Business' and that's how BB and Mankins saw it.
This is a plus for the future, period. We were beginning to pay Mankins for the player he was and that was going to continue thanks to father time.
If this TE ends up with 60+ grabs and gives BB a real 2 TE threat by end of season, this may be a plus this year. If this TE ends up all but another JAG on the TE lop heap, this was unquestionably a negative for this year.