Tuesday the New England Patriots traded Pro Bowl offensive guard Logan Mankins to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for tight end Tim Wright and a 4th round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Mankins is 32 years of age, but as of now the Buccaneers seemed to have come up. Wright had a solid rookie year and gives the Pats another starting level tight end to pair with the oft injured Rob Gronkowski.
A couple of questions here: What does this say about the Pats trust in Gronkowski’s health? And haven’t we seen this movie before? The Pats didn’t resign Wes Welker a few years ago, traded Randy Moss, didn’t resign Aqib Talib, traded Richard Seymour, didn’t resign Brandon Lloyd and many more moves that I don’t feel like researching.
The one constant is Tom Brady, but the Patriot Way doesn’t seem to favor Tom’s favorite players. Now they take his pro bowl guard a few weeks before season starts, sheesh with friends like this who needs enemy’s.
When a 6x Pro Bowl guard gets traded you know one thing and one thing only, if your name isn’t Tom Brady you might not want to purchase a house in Foxborough.
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