Archives for April 8, 2001

‘"[John Butler said] "By the way, my wife told me my contract expires in February.’ I said, "Let’s talk about it.’ He said, "No I don’t want to talk about it now. We’ll talk about it later.’" Continued Wilson: "Now when a man who deals with hundreds of contracts tells me he doesn’t know when his contract expires, what am I supposed to think?"’

‘The current (albeit slight) favorite might be a bit of a surprise: the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have floated contract numbers to Washington and his representative over the past week that apparently top the deal the Chicago Bears have been offering now for several weeks.’