The word “contract” usually carries with it the understanding that both sides have agreed to an arrangement. Some of them involve services, some involve goods, some involve money. In the NFL they involve services and money.
But it’s not always that simple.
Martellus Bennett has a contract in force through the 2016 season. He chose to stay away from voluntary minicamps, organized team activities and conditioning programs this offseason, working out on his own but opting to try creating a little pressure toward a contract revision after a 90-reception season.
The simple reaction is that you have a contract, you go to work and honor it.