{"id":18327,"date":"2025-03-22T15:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18327"},"modified":"2025-03-22T15:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:03:49","slug":"breaking-milton-williams-was-close-to-signing-with-the-panthers-but-the-patriots-out-bid-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=18327","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Milton Williams was close to signing with the Panthers, but the Patriots out-bid them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the free agency negotiating period, defensive tackle Milton Williams was reportedly \u201cworking to finalize\u201d a deal with the Panthers. Hours later, he agreed to a deal with the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fd67036\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3556x2000+0+0\/resize\/1440x810!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F94%2F09%2Fb72b97fc4c8686a8462ac799e581%2Fhttps-delivery-gettyimages.com%2Fdownloads%2F2204472334\" alt=\"Milton Williams was close to signing with the Panthers, but the Patriots out -bid them - NBC Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So what happened?<\/p>\n<p>Williams told NFL Media that just as a deal with the Panthers was about to be agreed upon, the Patriots called with a better deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy agent was on the phone, and I was kind of in the room,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were on the phone talking to teams, and teams were coming in with new deals. There was a lot going on, and it happened really fast. They talked about Carolina then and I was like, \u2018alright, it sounds like the best offer we are going to get, so, we were going to go there.\u2019 Then, a split second later, New England hopped on and was like, \u2018Nah, this is what we got for you.\u2019 Carolina felt like they went too high on their number, so, they stayed at where they were at. New England came in, and it was [over] after that. They wanted me the most and made me a priority. So, I made them a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/s3___bgmp-arc_arc-feeds_generic-photos_to-arc_tlumackipatriots261-67d35b686b94c-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"Vrabel explains why Milton Williams earned largest Patriots deal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Patriots\u2019 offer guaranteed Williams $51 million at signing, and he was eager to sign it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the free agency negotiating period, defensive tackle Milton Williams was reportedly &#8220;working to finalize&#8221; a deal with the Panthers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-england-patriots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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