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No end in sight to Branch holdout

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, August 25, 2006

One wide receiver impasse was settled this week when the Denver Broncos shipped the disgruntled Ashley Lelie to the Atlanta Falcons as part of a three-team trade. Don't expect the league's other holdout involving a wide receiver to be so readily resolved. Even with Friday afternoon's announcement that the Patriots have granted Deion Branch permission through Sept. 1 at 4 p.m. to speak to other teams about a trade, and to negotiate a contract, there are no guarantees of movement in a mess that ...

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