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Logan Mankins

Here Comes Your Mankins, Patriots Fans!

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Wow we almost forgot about our little Pro Bowl left guard, didn’t we? It is good to have my Mankins back and from the sound of it, the players are excited too.

The Pats shot at gaining homefield advantage will be put to serious test over the next three weeks. Wins over Indy and Pittsburgh would really put the Pats in the driver’s seat for one of the top two seeds in the AFC, and getting Mankins back now could be just the boost they need. Not to mention that Cleveland won’t be a walk in the park but I don’t expect to see much if any of Logan this weekend.

Everyone thought Mankins would be back at the end of November but Adam Shefter dropped yet another Patriots news nugget at halftime of the Monday Night Game that he’d be back today. So why’s he back early? 

My guess is that he saw the Patriots doing really well without him and realized why wait? If he reports now he gets in shape quicker and will be better able to help the Pats push to the playoffs. 

Ultimately Mankins playing well for a dominant Patriots team is what will be best for him if he’s going to secure the big free agent deal he so covets. 

I’m glad the wait is over, and I expect to see him start against the Steelers.

Did you bitches miss me?

PatsFans’ Ian Logue on Schefter’s Mankins Take

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PatsFans’ Ian Logue on Schefter’s Mankins Take

PatsFans omnipotent overlord Ian Logue breaks down Adam Schefter’s comments on Logan Mankins from WEEI today for those who missed it. I have to say I am at a total loss as to what the endgame on Mankins is.

On one hand he could be starting against the Lions while I’m mauling my turkey dinner. Or on the other hand he could be traded by Monday for anything from a 1st round pick to a 3rd round pick. Then on my right foot he could try to return to the Pats and they just say “thanks but no thanks” (unlikely I know, but not entirely impossible). Finally on my last foot they could extend him and make him a Patriot for life. I think I’d like that the most of anything.

Or he could come back and get injured then end his Patriot career on IR before signing with the highest bidder next March. Good thing I don’t have another appendage for that because that scenario sucks.

LaCanfora: Strong Chance Mankins/VJax Report Anyway

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LaCanfora: Strong Chance Mankins/VJax Report Anyway

Of course just after I post about the potential trade talk, The Can posts this about the language in the CBA making it likely they could be in the same situation next year if they don’t report. I think a trade still makes sense. Mankins and VJax have both had acrimonious holdouts. Why not give both of them a fresh start across the country from the teams they’ve been battling with?

Curran: Pats/Chargers Talking VJax for Mankins

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Curran: Pats/Chargers Talking VJax for Mankins

File this in the “take it with a grain of salt” file considering Tom E’s usually hit or miss, but a Mankins for Vincent Jackson trade has to make sense for both clubs at this point. The problem is that the Chargers brass aren’t big fans of the Patriots. Just a couple years ago their entire personnel philosophy was based on beating the Pats so I’m sure they’re not exactly jumping up and down about giving a beast of a wide receiver in his prime to the Pats. Mankins would certainly make it a little easier. 

Logan Mankins’ Agent Really Trying Hard

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I’m not going to bash Logan Mankins here, the fact is he’s always been my favorite lineman on the Pats. But I’m a Patriots fan, and that supersedes any and every player. Thirty years from now, Hoodie-willing, I’ll still be a Patriots fan and none of the players who are Patriots now will be Patriots then (unless my Tom Brady cloning experiment finally works).

So again today the Logan Mankins news pops back up. Today we hear that he is financially secure enough to sit out the whole season. Knowing what I know about Logan I don’t really find that hard to believe. You can only spend so much on cattle and beef jerky.

Every time these stories randomly pop up you have to know it’s Mankins agent, desperately trying to re-engage the Patriots. It’s the equivalent of saying “he’s gonna sit out the season. No really, he is. He can afford it too. He’s going to. Really.”

Okay, we get it.

The sides haven’t spoken since May, and it’s a good bet that it’s going to take more than just warnings like today’s to get the Pats to bite. 

Mankins is an excellent guard. He also takes his share of penalties. I hate all the talk of “he’s the best guard in the NFL” or “he’s a top five guard”. Superlatives are always so empty. He’s really good. Fine. There are other really good players out there.

The Patriots have never, and will never, pay players tops at their position. Don’t we all know that by now? That’s how they operate. Nothing personal, Logan. They did offer him a lucrative contract extension but obviously it wasn’t what he wanted. So here we are at an impasse.

Anyway, I’m just sick of new Mankins tidbits popping up every week now. If the Pats didn’t call when Kaczur had back surgery they probably aren’t going to call.

So yes, Logan Mankins would certainly help the Patriots this year. But they certainly won’t be broke without him either. Patriots fans have seen this many times before. I just hope the Pats are able to get something for him.