The Facts: Following up on the ongoing story. ... Davis has been willing to skip voluntary offseason workouts -- and his $200,000 bonus -- to pursue a new deal with the team that drafted him. Mandatory mini-camp might be next. "I'm not sure at the moment," Davis told ESPN on Wednesday when asked if he'd join his teammates later this month. "I have to get with my agent and talk to him about that. We're just taking our time with this whole thing. We're still talking and just trying to come up with the best plan that we can go in and get things done."
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With two years remaining on the six-year, $42.7 million contract he signed in 2010, Davis is chasing a raise. So it's no surprise he also went out of his way to praise Saints tight end Jimmy Graham as one peer who "deserves" wideout-level money. Graham is sitting out OTAs after the NFL Players Association filed a grievance arguing that he should be franchised not as a tight end, but at the wide receiver price tag of $12.3 million. Set to earn $4.7 million and $4.35 million over the next two seasons, Davis told SI Now's Maggie Gray on Wednesday that he'll be watching Graham's situation closely. And now fantasy football owners will have to worry about Davis and Graham getting back to work. Both certainly will at some point. The question is how much off-season work they miss.
