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It really doesn't matter that he will be the highest paid tight end. In the NFL, if you're drafted early in round one, your position in the draft determines your salary, not your position on the field.
If they truly matched salaries with his draft position, then holding out is messed up. But the salary reports within the article are inconsistent. At one point, they write that his deal is better than Tony Gonzalez's $31M deal. Then they write that his deal matches Sean Taylor's seven year, $18M deal.
Either way, with Eli Manning signing, the price has been generally set and the rest of the first-rounders should fall into line.
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