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Drew Rosenhaus: Brian Hartline wants to return to Miami Dolphins, but serious negotiations haven?t started yet
by Ben Volin
Four-year receiver Brian Hartline, an impending free agent, has maintained since the end of the regular season that he hopes to be back in a Dolphins uniform next year with a long-term contract extension.
But despite a recent report that the Dolphins are working hard to lock up Hartline and fellow Drew Rosenhaus client Chris Clemons before free agency begins on March 12, Rosenhaus said Thursday on his weekly appearance on 560-AM that Hartline and the Dolphins aren?t really that close on an extension right now, though there is ?a mutual interest in both sides.?
Rosenhaus explained that much of the groundwork for contract extensions and free agency is done next week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, and that serious negotiating usually doesn?t take place now, with four weeks still to go until free agency begins.
?Of course, everybody ? Brian, the Dolphins ? everyone would like to get a deal done before free agency, and that the end of the day that is still a possibility,? Rosenhaus said on The Joe Rose Show. ?But I can honestly say that this is the time of the year where this is the quiet before the storm in terms of negotiations. I believe that teams wait until much closer to the start of free agency before they negotiate in earnest.?
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