Solder watch / EDIT: Solder to NYG

[SHOWTIME15]

That’s a lot...the giants were desperate to get a new LT.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Nobody should ever be surprised when NE fails to match a top-dollar free agent offer.

Not having a salary cap would be great, but there is one, and it affects team-building. We will get by, somehow.

 

[luuked]

More interested in the guaranteed aspects and not the bells and whistles of the max overall amount.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Well the majority of teams have overpaid for some of our players. It's the patriots so let's overpay and make them weaker or whatever. These guys will retire with money in their pockets so good for them. They got their rings.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Madness.

See ya, Nate. Thanks for the hard work and good health to you and your children.

 

[juny]

More interested in the guaranteed aspects and not the bells and whistles of the max overall amount.

 

[Mr.Bandwagon]

Good luck Nate!!
Tough off season for sure..In Bill I Trust.

 

[JDot]

Ugh, this sucks.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Well the majority of teams have overpaid for some of our players. It's the patriots so let's overpay and make them weaker or whatever. These guys will retire with money in their pockets so good for them. They got their rings.

 

[Jackson 2]

Insane money being thrown around.

 

[luuked]

All good things to Nate Solder and family..

That being said I am very curious to see how his game looks in a year without Scar to keep him on the toes. Will be interesting to observe..

 

[Kontradiction]

Congrats to Solder on that contract. Knowing that the Patriots were not going to match that no matter what makes this pill a bit easier to swallow.

 

[long distance]

35M gtd . insane money but also a lot of work and stress for a guy pondering retirement.
Sweet now . could be painful for both later..

 

[luuked]

If those 35M are essentially the first two years of the contract then wow.

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

I can’t be mad for not matching an offer which makes him the highest paid OL. It sucks to lose him though

 

[Huckleberry1]

Nothing they can do about that. Solder is a good player but he’s not even close to being the best OL in football, and that’s what the Giants paid him as. I could see going to 12.5-13 when pushed to it, but 15.5 is way too much.

Best of luck to him and his family.

 

[JackBauer]

I trust BB, but I have to admit this past three days has been painful AF.

It's always painful to lose players but is anyone arguing the team should've retained Butler and Solder at a level commensurate to the $$ they received elsewhere (ignoring, of course, the fact that Butler was highly unlikely to return regardless of what the Patriots offered)?

 

[Simpelton]

Makes sense. The Giants needed to at least appear to improve their o line and Soldier is beyond doubt an improvement to their o line.

 

[long distance]

NOw the FA opens a bit wider for Pats . unless Waddle & co aks for 10M apy..

Interesting to follow how BB goes about LT now ..

 

[Greg]

That’s higher than I even expected. Good for Nate.