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Following up on the
ongoing story. ... While Jones-Drew’s agent is expected to meet with several teams at the NFL owners meetings this week, a league source said the league’s 2011 rushing champion thinks he is worth at least $3 million per year and is willing to wait out the market. The source said Jones-Drew might be willing to wait until late in the summer or even into the season as an injury replacement if teams aren’t willing to meet his price.
Reported by the New York Post
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
We'll see how that works out for him. As Post staffer Bart Hubbuch notes, that is certainly more than teams are expected to pay at the moment for a backup running back who is 29 years old with a lot of mileage and is coming off back-to-back disappointing seasons. That could change when injuries and attrition become factors after training camps open, but somebody will have to get desperate to pay up. ... Jones-Drew missed 10 games in 2012 and averaged just 3.4 yards per carry for Jacksonville last season, a far cry from his league-best 1,606 yards on 343 rushes in 2011. The teams currently interested (albeit at a lower price than MJD is asking) are the Patriots, Steelers, Dolphins and Jets.
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