State of the DTs: Wilfork Eager for Payday; Pats “Braced” to Lose Him

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Published: June 26, 2009

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Coming off a career year, both statistically and as a team leader, Vince Wilfork might have expected the New England Patriots to be willing when he broached the subject of a contract extension this offseason.

Wilfork had a personal best 66 tackles (45 solo) and two sacks while starting all 16 games on a defense that lost several veterans to injuries.  Safety Rodney Harrison, end Richard Seymour, and linebackers Adalius Thomas and Tedy Bruschi all missed starts; Harrison and Thomas finished the season on injured reserve.

But the Patriots' front office, not a group disposed to depend too heavily on any one player, responded to Wilfork's upcoming contract year stoically.  They have held firm in negotiations thus far, clinging to the bargain $2.2 million salary ($800,000 base plus $1.4 million in escalators) owed to ...

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