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| | Brady goes out on limb for Branch - The Boston Globe |
 | | He made it clear to Sports Illustrated's Michael Silver that he is far from pleased about the conditions that have led to the holdout of his team's No. 1 receiver, and he laid the blame not at the feet of his teammate. |
 | | What he heard back, and made public yesterday, seemed to bolster Branch's case that the club's three-year, $19 million offer undervalued him enough to compel him to accept a $14,000-a-day fine for withholding his services despite having a year remaining on a five-year-old rookie contract that was due to pay him $1,045,000. |
 | | Even that figure is skewed, however, because nearly half of it ($500,000) was a result of Branch hitting certain incentives last season, when he had a career-best 998 receiving yards to lead the team. |
| www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/articles/2006/08/02/brady_goes_out_on_limb_for_branch (787 words) |
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