Pro Bowl guard Logan Mankins might be done in New England. It looked like the holdout guard was about to sign a few weeks ago, and then something bizarre happened, blowing up the deal.
“Shortly before the deal could be consummated, the Patriots asked Mankins to apologize to Patriots owner Robert Kraft for comments he made in June, questioning the New England owner’s integrity,” wrote Mike Reiss of ESPN Boston. “Mankins did. He called Kraft, apologized and explained why he spoke out in the way he did. It was a nice conversation and it paved the way for Mankins’ long-term deal to be consummated.
“Then, about 90 minutes later, just before finalizing the deal, the Patriots requested Mankins issue a public apology. Not only did Mankins refuse, but he became offended, according to sources. The optimism that had been built, the momentum that the talks had generated, completed collapsed — and even regressed.”
Mankins now says he will never play for the Pats ever again.
Imagine if Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum had asked Darrelle Revis and his agents to apologize for some of the things they had said.
That probably wouldn’t have worked out very well.
Mankins being out helps the Jets. You would think that the Kris Jenkins-Dan Connolly matchup favors the Jets in a big way.
