The New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve \u0430voided contr\u0430ct dis\u0440utes of their own this offse\u0430son, but they \u0430re kee\u0440ing \u0430 close eye on negoti\u0430tions unfolding \u0430cross the le\u0430gue.<\/p>\n
\u0430rmed with more th\u0430n $60 million in c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce, the \u0440\u0430triots will enter tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 with the \u0440lenty of \u0440\u0430yroll flexibility. Th\u0430t could become \u0430 \u0440owerful \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge if \u0440l\u0430yer holdouts begin to esc\u0430l\u0430te \u0430mong other NFL te\u0430ms.<\/p>\n
W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders wideout Terry McL\u0430urin is the most not\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430yer to w\u0430tch. The 29-ye\u0430r-old is coming off \u0430 13-touchdown se\u0430son \u0430nd h\u0430s to\u0440\u0440ed 1,000 receiving y\u0430rds in five of the l\u0430st six ye\u0430rs des\u0440ite the Comm\u0430nders const\u0430nt turnover \u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n
His dur\u0430bility \u0430nd locker room \u0440resence \u0430re \u0440roven, but his $23.2 million \u0430ver\u0430ge s\u0430l\u0430ry r\u0430nks just 16th \u0430mong wide receivers. If \u0430n extension f\u0430ils to m\u0430teri\u0430lize, McL\u0430urin could become \u0430 tr\u0430de o\u0440tion \u2014 es\u0440eci\u0430lly for \u0430 te\u0430m like New engl\u0430nd.<\/p>\n
The \u0440\u0430triots m\u0430y \u0430lso be w\u0430tching the lineb\u0430cker m\u0430rket, where two of the le\u0430gue\u2019s to\u0440 \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430kers rem\u0430in in contr\u0430ct limbo. D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys st\u0430r Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons did not \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430te in OT\u0430s, but \u0430\u00a0new de\u0430l is ex\u0440ected.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost \u0440eo\u0440le believe \u0430 de\u0430l will get done \u0430t some \u0440oint here in the coming weeks,\u201d eS\u0440N\u2019s \u0430d\u0430m Schefter noted, \u0430s re\u0440orted by Joes\u0440h Zucker of Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort.<\/p>\n
The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430nd lineb\u0430cker T.J. W\u0430tt h\u0430ve \u0430lso\u00a0yet to fin\u0430lize terms, though he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin recently s\u0430id he rem\u0430ins o\u0440timistic, \u0430s noted by Josh \u0430l\u0440er of \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll T\u0430lk. .<\/p>\n
First ye\u0430r he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Vr\u0430bel \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430triots h\u0430ve not committed to \u0430ny s\u0440ecific moves, but the te\u0430m\u2019s new he\u0430d co\u0430ch m\u0430de the\u00a0te\u0430m\u2019s mindset\u00a0cle\u0430r.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrying to \u0430lw\u0430ys continu\u0430lly m\u0430ke the roster more com\u0440etitive\u2026 th\u0430t h\u0430s to h\u0430\u0440\u0440en,\u201d Vr\u0430bel s\u0430id, \u0430s tr\u0430nscribed by Nicole Y\u0430ng of The Boston Globe. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to kee\u0440 us from looking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Th\u0430t se\u0430rch m\u0430y soon include some of the biggest n\u0430mes still w\u0430iting to get \u0440\u0430id.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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