The New England Patriots have handed out new contracts to a number of of their mainstay gamers all through the offseason.
Davon Godchaux remains to be ready on a brand new deal, although.
The veteran defensive sort out seems disgruntled over that, too. Whereas Godchaux was current for each of New England’s obligatory minicamp classes two weeks in the past, he didn’t take part in crew or particular person drills making it seem to be he was holding in.
The 29-year-old Godchaux, who’s owed round $8 million this season, took to social media Monday evening to interrupt his silence on the contract dispute.
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“Hopefully we are able to get one thing achieved that’s honest to me and my crew earlier than camp begins!” Godchaux posted on the X platform. “I really like NE, I’d like to retire right here however it has to make sense for us! What I do on the soccer discipline within the trenches most of time doesn’t present on the stat sheet however activate the movie you will note it if ‘U know’ ball! Would love to complete my profession right here in NE however it has to make sense to me and my crew!”
Godchaux has been a key piece within the inside of New England’s protection since he joined the Patriots previous to the 2021 season. The 6-foot-3, 330-pounder has performed in 50 out of a attainable 51 video games and performed 60% of the crew’s defensive snaps final season. Godchaux, who acquired a contract extension two summers in the past, recorded 56 tackles in the course of the 2023 marketing campaign.
The Patriots is likely to be leery to present Godchaux a reworked deal, particularly after they invested closely in Christian Barmore this offseason. The Patriots gave the budding star, who additionally performs defensive sort out and makes extra of an impression than Godchaux, a four-year deal value as much as $92 million.
Whereas it took just a little little bit of time for Godchaux to talk out on his contract state of affairs, Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo addressed it throughout minicamp.
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“There are guys that wish to redo contracts and stuff like that,” Mayo advised reporters. “It’s not simply DG, it’s a bunch of men that wish to do these issues, and we’re working via it. Eliot (Wolf) and his employees, they do an incredible job so far as dealing with that. I don’t get into the participant contracts.”
Mayo added: “DG, look, we wish him right here. He’s one in every of our greatest gamers. He’s working. I’ll say that. He’s working. He’s right here each single day, has been right here each single day. We look ahead to getting him on the sector in camp.”
However the Patriots may get extra of the identical out of Godchaux throughout coaching camp — veterans report July 23 — if he doesn’t have a brand new contract in hand.
