The question then becomes, how far is Mankins willing to push this? His agent Frank Bauer told the Boston Herald on Thursday, "Logan's pretty, pretty, pretty upset over this whole thing. I'll tell you one thing, I'm old school; he's old school. We're two highly principled guys. If everyone's making two bucks, I'll make two bucks. If everyone is making $8 million, I'm making $8 million."
The $8 million reference is to the contract signed earlier this offseason by Saints guard Jahri Evans – a seven-year, $56 million deal that reportedly had $12 million guaranteed and $25.7 million in the first three years.
But there's a difference between "everyone," as Bauer states, and one Jahri Evans. League sources told me the Patriots have offered Mankins a deal that pays him about $7 million per season. Solid. No funny money. It's a deal that my source said will make him either the third- or fourth highest-paid guard in the league depending on how you want to view it.