RayClay
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A fair contract is a range. Players don't have to only consider the highest possible contract, and most don't. could depend on city, cost of living, loyalty to team, getting on a winning team and many other factors.
Obviously the strange circumstances adversely affected Mankins, so the question is, did the Pats, independent of that, make a fair offer?
I think they did. In fact, it's more that I thought they would pay for a guard. Is it the highest possible offer he would get? I don't know, but if you're talking 8+ million with tons of guaranteed money, the Pats would have traded or let him go anyway.
Obviously the strange circumstances adversely affected Mankins, so the question is, did the Pats, independent of that, make a fair offer?
I think they did. In fact, it's more that I thought they would pay for a guard. Is it the highest possible offer he would get? I don't know, but if you're talking 8+ million with tons of guaranteed money, the Pats would have traded or let him go anyway.