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Contract talks with Lions slow, but Tate optimistic in booming market

Jarvis Landry is a very good NFL wide receiver, but he doesn't quite crack the list as great. So when Landry signed a market-shifting five-year, $75 million contract with the Cleveland Browns last month, plenty of people perked up and took notice.

“Guys are getting paid a looot of money,” Lions wide receiver Golden Tate said in a phone interview with the Free Press on Friday. “There’s guys who aren’t even every-down receivers who are getting paid a lot of money, so that’s obviously refreshing as a receiver to see going into this market here soon.