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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.He can say he's pissed all he wants, but I cant see how the Mankins camp could not have seen this coming. especially from the Pats. Maybe Mankins should have did what Samuels did. Show up in camp and play the entire 2010 season with the promise of no franchise tag the following season. Although, Im sure the Pats learned their lesson on that one after Samuels left.
If I'm Mankins, I say great! Take the 10 mill and say see ya!
He has to play for 17 weeks in order to say see ya and get paid. While the tag is guaranteed, that's only if you show up...
The Patriots officially placed the franchise tag on guard Logan Mankins on Monday, ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports. Mankins, whose contract is set to expire, will be paid a projected salary of $10.1 million if he signs the franchise tender, according to Schefter. That salary would be guaranteed.
If the Patriots applied the non-exclusive version of the tag to Mankins, then he will be able to negotiate with other teams when the free agency period opens, pending labor negotiations between the NFL and the NFLPA. Under the terms of the current collective bargaining agreement, any team signing Mankins will be required to compensate the Patriots with two first round draft selections.
Last week, we learned that the Patriots would "definitely" place the franchise tag on Logan Mankins, and on Monday, we learned that they "definitely" did.
The team placed the franchise tag on the All-Pro left guard, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. With the franchise tag paying guards the average salaries of the top five offensive linemen, it'll have Mankins earning about $10.1 million next season.
Of course, that's dependent on two things. First, there has to be an NFL season, which at this point still seems up in the air. Second, it depends on the new collective-bargaining agreement maintaining the franchise tag rules. Players, obviously, are opposed to the franchise tag, and if the new CBA does not include the option, then all players tagged during the current window will become free agents.
The $10.1 million would represent a higher short-term salary than the deal Mankins reportedly turned down last summer -- a deal reportedly worth $7 million per season over five years. He said after the 2010 season that he "wouldn't be happy" if the team placed the franchise tag on him.
According to a report from Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Patriots have placed the franchise tag on guard Logan Mankins. He will paid a salary of $10.1 million should he sign the offer, according to the Schefter report. Mankins sat out the Patriots’ first seven games of the 2010 season before signing his contract tender as a restricted free agent. He told the Boston Herald before the 2011 Pro Bowl that he would not be pleased if the Patriots put the franchise tag on him this offseason.
“I wouldn’t be happy about (being franchised), if that’s what they chose to do, to be dealt that kind of hand,’’ Mankins told the Herald. “But we’ll see what happens. I would never say the door is totally shut. But the way it’s looking right now, I don’t see them trying to keep me, unless it’s with the franchise tag.”
so I guess Matt Light will be gone?
because I'm not hearing any news about him, and that's what people are anticipating based on what I've read.Why does Mankins getting tagged mean Light is gone?
because I'm not hearing any news about him, and that's what people are anticipating based on what I've read.
I wouldn't assume that since the Pats would have to sign another tackle to take his place - i.e., no cost savings. Light went on record this past week as saying he and the Pats had agreed to wait until after the CBA is worked out before they begin negotiations on a new contract.so I guess Matt Light will be gone?
Why? The tag was never a consideration with Lightso I guess Matt Light will be gone?
because I'm not hearing any news about him, and that's what people are anticipating based on what I've read.
Good, I hope they tag him 2 years in a row.