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Cobb, just 23, has established himself as one of the game's best young playmakers. Now he enters a 2014 season that doubles as a contract year. A huge payday awaits Cobb if he reaches free agency in full health. Will the Packers let him sniff the open market? Have the Packers reached out about a new deal to replace the rookie deal he signed in 2011? "Not that I know of," Cobb said Tuesday. "My agent hasn't mentioned it to me, so I don't know if there's been any talks."
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Not surprisingly, Cobb said his preference is to sign a long-term deal with the Packers. "I would definitely love that," he said. "But unfortunately that won't be my decision. That will be on the team to come to me with that decision." As NFL.com's Dan Hanzus notes, the Packers have some decisions to make at wide receiver. While they might want to keep James Jones this offseason, that doesn't appear feasible with both Cobb and Jordy Nelson entering the final year of their current deals. Hanzus added Cobb is a No. 1-type receiver just now hitting his prime years. If Green Bay doesn't lock him up, there will be no shortage of suitors more than willing to make the receiver unconscionably wealthy next winter.
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