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Level -> RE: NFL Sob (or Brag) Thread (7/16/2007 6:21:28 PM)
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Cornerback Asante Samuel and the New England Patriots failed to agree on a multiyear contract Monday, setting the stage for a possible holdout. Samuel, coming off the best of his four seasons, can only play for the $7.79 million tender offer the Patriots made when they designated him as their franchise player. He skipped the team's mandatory minicamp last month and has said he intends to hold out until the 10th week of the regular season. The club made no transactions on Monday, team spokesman Stacey James said. Samuel's agent, Alonzo Shavers, did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment. The deadline for franchise players to reach a multiyear contract was Monday at 4 p.m. EDT. Now the two sides are not allowed to agree to one until after the season. Had the Patriots not placed the franchise tag on him, Samuel could have become an unrestricted free agent and they would not be compensated if he signed elsewhere. Samuel, 26, tied Champ Bailey of Denver for the NFL regular-season lead with 10 interceptions last season. Samuel also has three interception returns for touchdowns in the playoffs, tying him with former Oakland Raider Willie Brown for the NFL record. ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Lions re-signed defensive tackle Cory Redding to a multiyear deal on Monday. The team put the franchise tag on Redding in February, preventing him from becoming an unrestricted free agent. Redding emerged as a dominant player for the Lions last year when defensive tackle Shaun Rogers was out of the lineup. He had 37 tackles, including eight sacks, in his fourth season with the team after being drafted out of Texas in 2003. NEW YORK (AP) - Kansas City defensive end Jared Allen has been suspended by the NFL for the first two games of the 2007 season following two DUI arrests. Allen told the Kansas City Star last April that he had been suspended for four games. At that time, the NFL declined comment because the case was under appeal. The league announced the two-game suspension on Monday. The 25-year-old Allen, second on the Chiefs last season with 7 1/2 sacks, entered a diversion program in connection with the first charge and pleaded no contest to the second.
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