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MAQB: Rookies Are Way Behind on Signing; Justyn Ross's Surgery Is Big NFL News; More

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• Want a motivator for teams to get some players back in before the end of June? A lot of rookies still haven’t gotten paid a dime yet, for obvious reasons relating to their inability to take physicals. Only guys who are close enough to team doctors to go in or with teams willing to do third-party physicals are signed, and that has the number of rookie deals way down.