Logan Makins To Sign Tender, Will Report to Patriots Tomorrow

He has to pass his physical, get up to speed, etc…

…maybe the Patriots agreed to give Mankins a little extra if he signed on for an extra year?

Why the sudden change of heart?

VJax returned when expected. With his roster exemption, Jackson’s return makes him eligible to play in exactly 6 games. This, on the other hand, is somewhat premature because Mankins will be on the roster for 9 games.

And owners and coaches get off on cutting players on a whim because money ain’t guaranteed.
I’m almost always with the players

Because he was asking for a trade out of NE.

Neal CONSTANTLY grades out as the best run blocker in the Pats OL, better than Mankins even.

He’s been manhandled by all the 3-4 NTs thus far, and badly. Half the sacks have come through his area, or through the Guards when they pick up the slack on the NT.

For 4 out of the 5 linemen (Mankins, Light, Neal, Koppen) playing together on the line for 5 years now since Mankins was drafted. As they say, continuity and chemistry is THE most important thing for good line play

What happens off the field stays off the field (barring, of course, criminal activity). If a player of Mankins’ caliber is willing to come onto this team, work his butt off and play unselfish football (how can a guard play selfish football, anyway?), he deserves to play. All the nonsense that went down b/w he and the Krafts is meaningless. What he thinks about the fans is meaningless. What he wants for a contract is meaningless. The only thing that matters is that he’s willing to play hard, keep his head down and contribute however the team asks him to.

I couldn’t care any less about what he thinks of me or my fellow fans. The notion that a player needs to have a certain acceptable level of publicly displayed humbleness in all dealing with management to be an effective team football player is absurd (case in point: Vince Wilfork). These stilted conversations about a player’s “lack of respect for the fans” are tiresome, droll and the putrid byproduct of the non-stop talky-talk sports media punditry. Let’s just see this for what is was and move on: a financial dispute between labor and management (happens ALL the time) that got personal (also, happens ALL the time). Humans can be fickle and sometimes make poor decisions based on irrational perceptions, but that doesn’t mean they are warped, evil and wantonly disrespectful of everyone around them.

Give Mankins a break. He made a stupid decision. It probably took a LONG time for him to convince himself to swallow his pride and come back at all, let alone early. He’s not the first person to find himself in a situation where he now feels like a fool because he’s come to a realization that he made a long and drawn out display of acting studiply based on an initial poorly-advised decision. He’s human. He has pride and self-respect. He also has a right NOT to like the Krafts (how many people actually do like their bosses, anyhow?). He shouldn’t be crucified for failing to lay prostrate at the foot of the Altar at Patriot Place and beg forgiveness from the Deity of Patriots’ Second Chances (naturally, Steve Grogan).

Wheatley, Wilhite, Sergio Brown, Kyle Love, Fred Taylor (to the IR), Crable, Wendell.

I think Wendell is the most likely cute, because he’s the backup guard.

he’ll be out of a job, no team would want to sign a guy who does that. I still would want him to play. he’s coming back three weeks earlier than needed, and i gaurentee you most of the playerse in the locker room still like him (brady included). Players don’t often hold grudges against each other, so I think we’ll be fine in that regard. In belicheck i trust.

He wasn’t playing because he was mad at the other players. That’s not the case, he was mad at management. Why would he let that affect the guys on the team who we are told he is good friends with?