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The first-round selection of TE Dustin Keller was a surprise to many, but the Jets had been targeting Keller all along. But somewhere, Baker , the team's starting TE who's unhappy with his contract and has left the team's off-season conditioning program in protest, had to have a look of disbelief on his face. "I assure you they're not going to pay their first-round pick [Keller] like he's a fourth-round pick, and they're paying Chris Baker as if he were a backup and the 53rd man on the roster," Baker's agent, Jonathan Feinsod, told the Post last night.
Reported by the New York Post
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Baker, who has two years remaining on four-year, $6.6 million contract, is scheduled to make $683,000 base salary this season -- about $1 million less than Bubba Franks, who was signed for $1.65 million to be his backup. And now, the contract that Keller signs will definitely eclipse Baker's -- making Baker the third-highest-paid TE on the team. Last Sunday, Feinsod formally requested that the Jets trade Baker. "They were unwilling to entertain that," Feinsod said. ... GM Mike Tannenbaum confirmed that notion on Saturday, ensuring at least one unhappy camper in coming weeks.
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