On the opening day of the free agent of the contract period, rumors flew around where the award that Milton Williams could end up. The Carolina Panthers was hot after former Philadelphia Eagles interiors. But the New England Patriots came over the top before the finish.
In an interview about NFL Network The insidersSet on Friday at 19:00 ET, Williams reported on his communication during the negotiation process.
“My agent was on the phone and I was like that in the room,” he said. “They were on the phone and talked to the teams and the teams were coming in with new offers. It was a lot going on and it happened very fast. They talked about Carolina then and I was like,” okay, it sounds like the best offer we were going to get, so we were going to go there. ” Then, split seconds later, new England jumped forward and was like ‘no, this is what we got for you.’ Carolina felt like they were too high on their number, so they stayed on what they were at. [over] After that. They wanted me the most and made me a priority. So I prioritized them. “
Patriots had plenty of money to put out Trump what offers Panthers made. In the end, they secured the Super Bowl champion with a four -year contract for $ 104 million, with $ 51 million in full signature.