NFL News: Julius Thomas’ Agent Says Denver Broncos Doesn’t Want His Client Back

The Denver Broncos and free agent to be Julius Thomas can’t agree on a contract extension and the tight end’s agent, Frank Bauer is claiming that the franchise doesn’t want him back in Denver in the latest offseason news in the National Football League, or NFL.

"The Broncos came to me, we tried to get it done, it didn't work. Does Julius love Denver? Yes. Does Julius love the fans there? No question. Does he love the organization and the community? Look at what he does for kids in that town,” Bauer said to the The Denver Post on Friday. "But for some reason people are trying to tear him down. In my opinion what they're doing by tearing him down is pushing him away.”

Thomas is set to hit unrestricted free agency, or UFA, by March 10, 2015 and no negotiations or talks about the contract have been happening between the Broncos and Thomas in the 2015 offseason. According to the same report, the talks broke down between both parties after the Broncos offered only $40 million for five years but Thomas’ side did not agree on the deal. As an UFA, Thomas will be free to sign with any other NFL team and the team can't match the offer.

Thomas, who is with the Broncos from 2012 to 2014, is a two time NFL Pro Bowler making the team in 2013 and 2014 and was part of the Broncos’ AFC champion squad. He is the first tight end in NFL history to have at least 12 touchdowns in back-to-back seasons. In 12 games with the Broncos in the 2014 NFL Season, he had 489 receiving yards on 43 catches a decrease from his 2012 numbers when he had 788 receiving yards on 65 catches.

Bauer believes that his client is seen as a “unique and elite” tight end by most in the league and should be paid as one. Thomas struggled with an ankle injury in the second half of the 2014 season which affected his production for the Broncos.

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