41.   Griffey has been irked by stories about details of contract extension offers made by the Mariners.

42.   He first refused a two-year contract offer by the expansion Atlanta Thrashers.

43.   He is a restricted free agent with Baltimore and the Ravens have the option of matching any contract offer.

44.   He visited Jacksonville on Friday, but walked away from the Jaguars without a contract offer in hand.

45.   He was a very effective player for the Patriots and he wanted to remain with the team, but a contract offer never came.

46.   His latest incident could keep Saints president Bill Kuharich from making a contract offer to keep Collins in New Orleans beyond this year.

47.   However, Jones said the Cowboys are not going to increase their contract offer.

48.   If given medical clearance, a contract offer will be the next step.

49.   If teams avoid guaranteed long-term deals because of the inflexibility of a hard cap, who needs an agent to do the math for a contract offer?

50.   If the troopers reject the contract offer, it would trigger a mediation and arbitration process that would likely drag on for months, according to both sides.