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[captain stone]

My memory may not be perfect but back in 2002 Daniel Graham was drafted in the first round and after a long protracted negotiation, he fired his agent and with a new one finally signed a contract in late July right around the time training camp opened.
The issue then was a 5th year not injury related guarantee.

Or was that Ben Watson in 2004 where the issue was a 6TH-year option to be held by the NEP...?

 

[TheRainMaker]

My memory may not be perfect but back in 2002 Daniel Graham was drafted in the first round and after a long protracted negotiation, he fired his agent and with a new one finally signed a contract in late July right around the time training camp opened.
The issue then was a 5th year not injury related guarantee.

Or was that Ben Watson in 2004 where the issue was a 6TH-year option to be held by the NEP...?

It was Watson. He didn't want to sign a 6 year deal:

"When Watson was drafted, the Patriots wanted him to sign a six-year deal, unusual for a 32nd pick at the time and not even allowed now because of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. Watson balked at the demand and held out of a portion of training camp. He eventually caved, feeling he had no other options.

"No 32nd pick had ever had to sign a six-year deal, it was just unheard of, so I hold out for a couple of weeks, they don't budge, I have no leverage, I end up changing agents and signing the deal."

"He can't say for certain, but he still thinks the coaches gave him a little old-school retaliation in exchange for the holdout.

Some of the dumb **** BB would do that backfired....

"What's funny is I think my first preseason game that I played, was in Cincinnati, and they put me at gunner [on kick coverage]. Now, I was fast, I could run with the little guys for much of my career, before I got old and had all these injuries,' Watson said. "But playing gunner is something totally outlandish. ... To this day, I still think it was my punishment for holding out."

The bigger punishment was what happened next. Watson tore his ACL in the Patriots' opener and would have to miss the 2004 season."

https://www.espn.com/blog/new-orleans-saints/post/_/id/31459/how-saints-benjamin-watson-lasted-15-years-in-the-nfl

 

[captain stone]

It was Watson. He didn't want to sign a 6 year deal:

"When Watson was drafted, the Patriots wanted him to sign a six-year deal, unusual for a 32nd pick at the time and not even allowed now because of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. Watson balked at the demand and held out of a portion of training camp. He eventually caved, feeling he had no other options.

"No 32nd pick had ever had to sign a six-year deal, it was just unheard of, so I hold out for a couple of weeks, they don't budge, I have no leverage, I end up changing agents and signing the deal."

"He can't say for certain, but he still thinks the coaches gave him a little old-school retaliation in exchange for the holdout.

Some of the dumb **** BB would do that backfired....

"What's funny is I think my first preseason game that I played, was in Cincinnati, and they put me at gunner [on kick coverage]. Now, I was fast, I could run with the little guys for much of my career, before I got old and had all these injuries,' Watson said. "But playing gunner is something totally outlandish. ... To this day, I still think it was my punishment for holding out."

The bigger punishment was what happened next. Watson tore his ACL in the Patriots' opener and would have to miss the 2004 season."

https://www.espn.com/blog/new-orleans-saints/post/_/id/31459/how-saints-benjamin-watson-lasted-15-years-in-the-nfl

Bill was such a petty, vindictive little mother****er.

 

[fnordcircle]

Bill was such a petty, vindictive little mother****er.

100%. There's definitely some stuff I've learned from him and admire but as a person I think he's a lying, vindictive *******.

Still would like to have had him coach until he retired here, but that's because I have a fetish for winning super bowls.

 

[Triumph]

My memory may not be perfect but back in 2002 Daniel Graham was drafted in the first round and after a long protracted negotiation, he fired his agent and with a new one finally signed a contract in late July right around the time training camp opened.
The issue then was a 5th year not injury related guarantee.

Agents getting replaced has happened many times over the years.