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Looking at the broad picture of the OL position itself, we have a lot of money currently tied in with Mankins, and Solder will be due after 2 more years. Obviously the Solder deal will take up a big chunk if they intend on keeping him, which I would imagine that they would want to do.
Of course by then the Mankins deal may be moot since he may only have 2 more years here, although I'm not sure of the potential finanical implications of what that would specifically mean in releasing him early.
Regardless Mankins is currently slated to be here for 4 more years at the moment, so there very well may be overlap with Mankins' pact and a new Solder pact in two more seasons.
I'm not sure that I could envision them giving money to S.Vollmer when he has injury concerns and durability issues as it is, let alone have 3 guys at the same time taking up enormous amounts of money on the OL.
Vollmer just isn't worth as much to the Pats as he may be to another team, especially if that team has plans on moving him to LT. We've seen other RT's do just fine in the past. You can't have probowlers at every position obviously.
I think the interest in Vollmer is going to be very disappointing for him compared to what people here expect.