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Washington denies reports it turned down first-round pick from Patriots for Trent Williams

Left tackle Trent Williams, who hasn’t been with the team since last regular season ended, doesn’t want to play for the Washington Redskins again.

J.P. Finlay of NBC Sports Washington reported earlier this month that a source close to Williams said of the veteran, “He’s not coming back, period.” And the reasons are deeper than money, according to multiple reports.

DeAngelo Hall, once a teammate of Williams and now an NFL Network analyst, indicated that it’s “not about money ... We’ve never had a player say, ‘Hey, get that [athletic] training staff out of here or I’m not coming back.