Only I just read over at the Planet that there is a report that the problem may be that the team wanted him to play for/fold in the tender salary this season (like Deion honoring his final rookie season as part of any extension here) which in his mind lowers his average from the $7M over 5 to $6.5M over 6. Which might be a valid concern except that the rumor also claims there was $25M in guaranteed money...so again, if that's the case, boo freakin' hoo you delusional cowboy.
That is a very valid concern.
Esp. in an uncapped year, the FO should rip up Mankins' tender salary and begin the new contract this season. After all, he should've been an Unrestricted FA and as such would never have had to accept a contract with such a relatively low first year salary, even after signing bonus is added. The club has him for an extra year it would not normally have had, and is taking an undue & petty advantage of it, if that is indeed the case.
Otherwise, I feel that Mankins & his representation are completely out of line with their statements, esp. when taking the current economic times into account. He has no way of verifying - short of providing a tape of his & the FO's conversations - that the FO has indeed reneged on a verbal promise made to him last season, so it is very disingenuous of him to even make that accusation without proof.
Also, if his agent claims that the Pats' offer is 80% of that signed by Jahri Evans, then he should consider that offer an over-payment by at least 5%. Mankins is at best 3/4 the player that Evans is. As BaltimorePatsFan (& maybe others) has noted, Mankins had the chance, on the biggest stage in football history, to place himself among the very best OGs anywhere, and he failed - miserably. In fact, failing on the big stages (POs) has been a bit of a regular occurence with him, for some reason. A lack of composure, perhaps, such as that rearing its ugly head again yesterday?
The bad news in the short-term is that OxyKaczur returns to the starting lineup.
The good news is that he's not playing either Tackle position.
The other bad news is that there is now nothing but useless, worthless crap at all of the backup interior positions. Perhaps Ted Larson has a chance; the others - fuhgeddaboud'em.