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ProFootballTalk.com - Wilfork Attends Mandatory Minicamp

Good news.

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matt9071

Smart move Vince Im confident the pats will work somthing out during TC or during the season.

ALP

even if they dont, Wilfork is smart, and hell come to whatever is mandatory...

the contract dispute comes outside the lines, now its time to prepare for the season....the better the team does, the better wilfork will do if he does leave

and if he stays, than hes showing faith something can get done.....

he played this perfectly

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Perhaps the least surprising news of the year outside of politics.

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Urgent

He seems to be handling this with maturity.

He is clear that he loves the Patriots, would like to stay, but is very unhappy with his contract. Given that this is his sixth year on a rookie contract, it's not that crazy - most careers in the NFL last about half this long. All will agree that he is underpaid. But, since he has a contract, he is fulfilling the obligations of it.

Given the uncertainty of the CBA, an extension will be complicated. Further, the Pats will probably have two tags - one franchise and one transition - that they can use if the CBA is not renewed before the end of the season. Also, of course, Mankins and Gostkowksi don't reach free agency under that scenario. So, the Patriots have two tags for Seymour and Wilfork in the uncapped future.

I'm glad he is there today, and hope things work out with the contract.

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shmessy

He had 500,000 reasons.

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Fencer

Good for him. It seems that the way the CBA is written, if he wants to engage in a job action, it should be when the games are for real.

I think that would be ethical if and only if he gave the team serious warning of his plans to do so.

And of course I greatly hope it doesn't come to that.

mgcolby

Agreed! In every public statement, he made it clear that his biggest concern is the long term financial security of his family, it would have made zero sense and been hypocritical to forfeit $500,000.

With that said he is going about this the right way and I'm glad he is. Hopefully this shows some good faith and a deal gets done before camp.

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SyN65

Great news, hopefully they can get everything worked out.

italian pat patriot

that's good: nice