The Facts:
Branch's holdout is over, but the receiver isn’t returning to the Patriots. Branch, the fifth-year receiver, has been traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a first-round draft choice today.
Reported by the Boston Globe
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Branch was entering the final year of the five-year contract he signed as a rookie in 2002. Unhappy with that deal, he held out of training camp. Then, in late August, the Patriots gave Branch permission to negotiate with other clubs, and the Seahawks and Jets made contract offers. But a trade with New England couldn’t be consummated by the Patriots’ imposed deadline of Sept. 1 and Branch remained with the Patriots -- until today. ... Stay tuned. We'll have more on this story in coming days.
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