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Word around the league is that the Washington Redskins believed they had a verbal agreement in place with safety Lawyer Milloy -- prior to his release by the Patriots last Tuesday.
Per a league source, owner Dan Snyder was furious when the discreet deal the team became, in essence, the starting point for contract talks with the Bills.
We know, we know. We gave Peter "Burger" King a hard time last week for blowing the whistle on the possibility that the 'Skins tampered with Milloy, given that technical violations of the tampering rules are commonplace in the NFL.
But it's one thing for a team to throw out a possible contract number before the player gets cut by his current organization. It's quite another for a team to work out in advance the terms of a multi-year package -- and then to rely upon the agreement to the point of being pissed off when the player chooses another suitor after he hits the open market.
We're told that the Redskins were so confident they'd bag Milloy that they planned to insert him into the starting lineup against the Jets on September 4. Snyder, we hear, initially got rankled when Milloy wasn't released (as Snyder had expected) on Monday, September 1.
Per a league source, owner Dan Snyder was furious when the discreet deal the team became, in essence, the starting point for contract talks with the Bills.
We know, we know. We gave Peter "Burger" King a hard time last week for blowing the whistle on the possibility that the 'Skins tampered with Milloy, given that technical violations of the tampering rules are commonplace in the NFL.
But it's one thing for a team to throw out a possible contract number before the player gets cut by his current organization. It's quite another for a team to work out in advance the terms of a multi-year package -- and then to rely upon the agreement to the point of being pissed off when the player chooses another suitor after he hits the open market.
We're told that the Redskins were so confident they'd bag Milloy that they planned to insert him into the starting lineup against the Jets on September 4. Snyder, we hear, initially got rankled when Milloy wasn't released (as Snyder had expected) on Monday, September 1.
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