Matthew Judon appeared animated during talks with coach Jerod Mayo and vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and director of player personnel Matt Groh on Monday.
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Judon sat on a trash barrel watching defenders go through drills early when Mayo approached him. Mayo spoke to Judon for a short period of time, and then Judon got up, said something to Mayo in what appeared to be animated fashion, before walking off the field., Judon said,"I love football. I don't love the business of football. I don't want to be the villain. I don't want to be the bad guy. But it's like 'Shoot, help me out. We got the most cap in the league right now.
"Honestly, it's tough going into the last year of the deal. You kind of look at everybody around the league and in the building, and you see them getting deals done and worked out, and it's tough to not be envious or jealous and stuff like that," he said that day. Judon had taken a similar approach last offseason, initially not practicing until his contract was sweetened. That was under the prior regime led by former coach Bill Belichick.
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