The Facts: Landry has been a good soldier. But at some point, he wants to be paid like a Joint Chief of Staff. Landry said what everyone knew to be true Wednesday: He wants a contract extension in place before the start of the regular season. "Wouldn't you?" he added.
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That giant payday doesn’t appear to be imminent, however. And yet, Landry doesn’t seem to be too worried about the waiting. “We talked back and forth, but there’s nothing really going on,” Landry said. “We’re just really kind of focusing on right now, today. That’s the priority right now.” Landry isn’t going to play the holdout game. He has been a regular participant in the Dolphins’ voluntary spring program, and was on the field for Wednesday’s organized team activities practice. In short, he has done exactly what Dolphins coach Adam Gase expected — and that’s a good thing. The Dolphins respond better to players who quietly go about their business than those who make waves with a holdout. There’s no question that Landry, who’s just the 105th-highest paid wide receiver in the league, is wildly undercompensated. No player in NFL history has had more catches in their first three NFL seasons than Landry’s 288. Still, the idea of sitting out the spring to force the issue “didn’t cross [his] mind at all,” Landry said. Landry has proven to be a reliable, and often dynamic, playmaker. Given his body of work and the going rate for No. 1 receivers, it’s fair to say that Landry will someday sign a contract that pays at least $12 million annually. And it appears he'll wait patiently for that day to come.