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which was the last offer of the Pats for Samuel?
Reportedly last fall their offer was for 5 years at an average of $6M. The giveaway that it wasn't quite that was the bonus or guarantee wasn't even $10M. Players expect to see at least two and preferably 3 years (especially on a 6 year contract) of the average money up front, so a real deal for $6M would have included $12-15M in bonus or guarantees. They were really pegging him as closer to a $5M player, which was similar to what they were offering in the Branch deal.
And at the time he seemed to want to be in the $7M range since he was pointing out how they gave $20M in bonus money to a FA (AD).
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