Wilfork Wants Answers… or at Least a New Contract

The New England Patriots have been busy sizing up their new crop of talent at this week’s OTAs, but one veteran figure who hasn’t been seen on the field during this time of Tom Brady’s return is Vince Wilfork, a five-year Patriots nose tackle who is entering the last season of a six-year deal he signed with New England as a rookie in 2004. Wilfork has made a huge statement to the Patriots and the league by boycotting the team’s OTAs, and he’s made it clear that the Patriots had better put the money where their mouth is when it comes to a new contract - and soon.

Wilfork is displeased at the slow rate it’s taken to negotiate a new contract, and the 6-foot-2-inch, 325-pound tackle has gone to the media about it, saying that, at the end of the day, “My main thing is that Vince Wilfork is looking out for Vince Wilfork, point-blank. Whatever it may be. If it calls for me to miss something, I’m going to miss it because I look forward to the future. That’s how I’m going to roll. Something may change in a couple of days, something might not change. I’ll take it day by day. I’m looking out for my family and myself. That’s the bottom line.”

Will the Patriots renew Wilfork’s contract before next week’s mandatory minicamp? It’s hard to tell, but Wilfork says he’s planning on staying with the team, recently making a statement that, “I’m going to play football, hopefully for the New England Patriots… That’s 100 percent true. Unless something changes, that’s the way I see it - I see Vince Wilfork putting on a Patriots uniform this season.”

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