Tom Brady has to watch his back.
For the first time in his career, the Patriots quarterback doesn’t know who will man his blind side, as left tackle Nate Solder agreed to an historic contract yesterday to join the Giants.
Solder landed a four-year, $62 million contract that included $35 million guaranteed, according to two sources. Solder’s $15.5 million in average annual value is $2.3 million more than any lineman in the league, and no lineman had ever gotten more than $30 million guaranteed. Those two factors validated Solder’s aggressive market, and the Pats never got close enough to make Solder blink.