BritPat
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NY Jet defensive player upon hearing of Mankins trade: “I’m not surprised.”
And the obvious answer is that there are 6-7 million reasons.
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-.../id/4760979/clarity-on-ryan-wendells-contract
And Wendell is probably the worst starting center in the NFL. If he starts this year while Mankins was traded, it's a huge gaffe and my prayers go out to the Brady family.
a back up TE and a 4th round pick for a all pro RG. I have to say I don't like this move yes Mankins is 32 and making 6 million with a 10 million cap hit but its a week away from the season and they don't need the money and they don't need a TE that bad Gronk will be ready I don't get this move
I might be adding 2+ 2 to get five, but in light of the Mankins trade, this tweet today was of interest:
https://twitter.com/DougKyedNESN/status/504345316574105602
The reason being, that in a rare leak of a Patriots draft board, we know that the Pats graded Williams pretty highly:
http://www.veooz.com/photos/yHLY6Mx.html
If you zoom in on the image you'll see that the Pats had him graded as a 7.0 whilst those being drafted around him, including Harmon had 5.5s.
a back up TE and a 4th round pick for a all pro RG. I have to say I don't like this move yes Mankins is 32 and making 6 million with a 10 million cap hit but its a week away from the season and they don't need the money and they don't need a TE that bad Gronk will be ready I don't get this move
To the best of my knowledge, Wendell is still on the roster.
As to your second point, that could certainly be the case. However, in light of recent events the notion that Mankins only looked bad because of Wendell's suckage doesn't appear to have much validity.
Bill Belichick on Logan Mankins: "Logan Mankins is everything we would ever want in a football player. It is hard to imagine a better player at his position, a tougher competitor or a person to represent our program. He is one of the all-time great Patriots and the best guard I ever coached. Logan brought a quiet but unmistakable presence and leadership that will be impossible to duplicate. Unfortunately, this is the time of year when difficult decisions have to be made - and this is one of the most difficult we will ever make - but like every other decision it was made for what we feel is in the best interests of the team.
Who here is dissapointed? Have we ever had a Trade with Tampa Bay that hasn't worked out?...still waiting! Hey if this is what ii takes to keep Revis Island who here wouldn't do it? Vollmer if Healthy can paly Left Tackle in a pinch. I like Mankins for what he's done for us but he's not perfect. On the move TE Tim Wright is anybody here based on recent history holding their collective breaths on Gronk playing all 16? I will believe it when I see it. Remember what we said when Gronk went down last year, we need a TE that can be a threat in the Passing game even if we have to sacrifice Blocking. We are a Pass First team anyway. Tim Wright got those numbers with literally nobody throwing to him at QB what would be do with Brady a Hofer? he's going to be mismatch in our Passing game he's going to give LB's and Safeties fits. I like the move.
54 catches in the passing challenged Tampa offense....as a rookie......i'll do this trade every day of the week. Brady now has 4 big targets....and midgets tooo