Mankins Is Smiling, “Much More Comfortable”
September 4th, 2014
The mean, nasty veteran in the Tampa Bay locker room, Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins, is a soft spoken guy off the field
Mellow. Confident. But after the trade that sent him to Tampa last week, Mankins seemed in stunned disbelief, literally a state of shock.
Joe was pleased to see Mankins smiling today at One Buc Palace and talking about how “much more comfortable” he is now that he’s gotten to know his teammates.
This is great to hear — and see — and bodes well for Sunday’s season opener. Enjoy Mankins from the locker room today, via SportsTalkFlorida.com video below.
September 4th, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Yeah…he’s gonna get a BIG fat check on Tuesday !
September 4th, 2014 at 2:23 pm
@RastaMon That is the same thing I was thinking. Instant raise and much warmer weather. Hopefully we get some wins so that is not all he has to look forward to.
September 4th, 2014 at 2:29 pm
Pretty sure he has the same salary he had before. He was traded. That means he just packed his stuff and moved somewhere else and we assumed the contract he had, with NE paying a portion of it.
September 4th, 2014 at 2:36 pm
Yeah Patrick, but no state tax in FL… His paycheck will be significantly better.
September 4th, 2014 at 4:04 pm
@bigpoppabuc – Good point. I’ll give ya that
September 4th, 2014 at 4:31 pm
Yes his paycheck will be bigger. He left the Pats because they could not agree on his salary demands. He will earn alot more here than there. Joe was speculating that Licht told his agent to not agree to take less because we will show him the money!!!!
September 4th, 2014 at 10:42 pm
Guys, he’s probably a resident of NE somewhere, which means he’s still paying state taxes.
September 4th, 2014 at 11:51 pm
Still in disbelief that we got his guy.
Absolutely one of top 3 guards in the league, for a 4th string TE that didn’t fit the system here!
Hopefully this line can start to get some continuity now.
Although I think our new Right guard still hasn’t signed yet.
This could become a great O-line!
September 5th, 2014 at 9:53 am
Lol Tim wright a 4 th string Te you are ridiculous the reason our offense was so horrible was our play calling was horrible wright is going to blow up in new England he will be there new hernandez and at a much cheaper price