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Re: Light, G. Warren and Tracy White
There's something odd about it, though. The whole situation is odd.
Unless they're giving him really good money, I can't see why Light would come back. Willie Colon, a guy in a comparable situation (a left tackle getting an extension whose value might have been slightly inflated by his team's success) just got five years and $29 million. And Colon is a definite notch below Light performance-wise. Tyson Clabo, who's closer to Light's level, just got five years and $25 million, with $11.5 guaranteed. Even Jeromey Clary, the Chargers' right tackle -- a guy who is probably not much better than Nick Kaczur, if he is at all -- just got a deal that will pay him $8.5 million this year.
That means they'll almost certainly have to shell out serious money to keep Matt Light. I can't imagine they'd get him for less than $10 million guaranteed. That seems to be the going rate, and in a vacuum, that price would make sense for the Pats, if they were thinking in terms of a 2-year outlay.
But that's a lot of money to pay for a guy when you just drafted a high first-round pick to play his position. I suppose it's a little like Tennessee drafting Locker and signing Hasselbeck, but does an offensive tackle really need that much development time?
There's something odd about it, though. The whole situation is odd.
Unless they're giving him really good money, I can't see why Light would come back. Willie Colon, a guy in a comparable situation (a left tackle getting an extension whose value might have been slightly inflated by his team's success) just got five years and $29 million. And Colon is a definite notch below Light performance-wise. Tyson Clabo, who's closer to Light's level, just got five years and $25 million, with $11.5 guaranteed. Even Jeromey Clary, the Chargers' right tackle -- a guy who is probably not much better than Nick Kaczur, if he is at all -- just got a deal that will pay him $8.5 million this year.
That means they'll almost certainly have to shell out serious money to keep Matt Light. I can't imagine they'd get him for less than $10 million guaranteed. That seems to be the going rate, and in a vacuum, that price would make sense for the Pats, if they were thinking in terms of a 2-year outlay.
But that's a lot of money to pay for a guy when you just drafted a high first-round pick to play his position. I suppose it's a little like Tennessee drafting Locker and signing Hasselbeck, but does an offensive tackle really need that much development time?
