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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: August 5, 2009
"I'm glad you should ask," he began.
What followed was a concise and confident appraisal of the holdout situation from the team's point of view—and, maybe, an indirect message to Monroe and his representation.
"We don't have anything to report other than he's not here," Del Rio said, "and the team's moving on. We're working the guys that are here."
Asked to compare Monroe's contract situation to Derrick Harvey's 33-day holdout last year, Del Rio acknowledged some similarities.
"Obviously, the slot [they were] taken in [and] the fact that it's a whole lot of money...and then seeing last year what the absence did to the player."
"The biggest thing," he stressed, "is that the best thing for the player to do is be here, because this team's moving on and there's a lot of good work being put in."
Del Rio emphasized the agent's role in prolonging co...
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