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| 11th September, 2006 - 4:38 pm |  ESPN.com - The Deion Branch holdout is over, but he won't be playing for the Patriots this season.
New England traded the disgruntled wide receiver to the Seahawks for a 2007 first-round draft pick on Monday, ESPN.com's Michael A. Smith has confirmed.
The Seahawks, along with the Jets, had fashioned a contract agreement with Branch before the season, agreeing to a six-year, $39 million deal that would have paid him $13 million in combined bonuses and about $23 million in the first three years of the contract. Neither team, however, could satisfy the demands of the Patriots, who were seeking first- and middle-round choices as compensation at the time, and the deadline set by New England passed without a trade. [READ] |
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