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“I’ve never really played for money,” he said. “It’s bigger than that for me. It’s a league-wide problem that I feel like I’m in a situation to help out with.”
It’s a sentiment likely appreciated by fellow players around the league. And the franchise tag figures to be a major sticking point during negotiations when the league’s current collective bargaining agreement with the NFLPA expires in 2020. Miller and the Broncos have spent the spring in a contract stalemate that could come to a head this week. The Broncos have until Friday to sign Miller to a long-term deal. If not, the franchise deal is the best they can do.
MORE: Stop making Von Miller, others, the victim of outrageous QB salaries The two sides reportedly found common ground on framework for a six-year, $114.5 million deal last week, but were more than $20 million dollars apart on guaranteed money. Negotiations since then are said to have brought them closer together on the guaranteed figure, but Miller remains unsigned.
And so, the summer of Miller’s discontent continues.
