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| 29th August, 2007 - 2:34 pm |  Boston Herald - The Patriots included a provision in Asante Samuel’s contract that will keep him from being franchised again next year if he’s on the field for a certain number of plays, or if the Pats win a certain number of games.
The Patriots must have believed he’d leave town without signing the $7.79 million tender. Otherwise, it’s hard to see why they acquiesced on the 2008 franchise tag, since they seemingly had all the leverage. Samuel was in serious danger of losing $458,000 weekly game checks if his holdout lasted any longer. [READ] |
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