Joey007
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I still don't think he's getting anything near market value from the Pats within the next year while they have the RFA and franchise tag leverage, but maybe it's not too absurd to think that a team could offer him a big deal as a first round RFA next offseason. That would certainly make things interesting.
The guaranteed amount isn't bad - $23M over four years. That's the key figure in that deal. If the Pats could lock Butler in for five years at $26M to $28M guaranteed, that would be great.
Very important to us because I'd say that Butler and Slay are on a similar level to each other at this very moment. It'll cost a good amount to get him re upped.
Absolutely. Any contract that size may require some give and take at other positions, but that's not a terrible ballpark figure. Pats still have some leverage on Butler a couple years out, but some balance between a deal like this one, not pissing him off, and getting something fair done should be a realistic proposition.I guess the NBA contract landscape has warped my mind but I'd do that this second for Malcolm