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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Patrick Finley

Other ‘hold-ins’ have gotten paid — but what about Roquan Smith?

Roquan Smith celebrates making a play against the Ravens in November. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

D.K. Metcalf could finally laugh about it. A $30 million signing bonus does that to a man.

The Seahawks receiver sat in a press conference Friday after signing a three-year contract extension worth up to $72 million. He’d told the Seahawks he’d leave the only franchise he’d ever known at the end of the season if he didn’t get a new deal.  In the meantime, he took the same negotiating tack that Bears linebacker Roquan Smith did when he reported to training camp last week.

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