Samuel on other side of state

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TAMPA - Asante Samuel [stats]’s absence from the Patriots [team stats] training camp has now spilled over into preseason games.

The cornerback, who led the league with 10 interceptions last season, remains in limbo, still unwilling to sign his one-year, $7.79 million franchise tender.

Meanwhile, the Pats remain staunch in not wanting to surrender perhaps the one perk that would get him back in the fold: a promise not to franchise him in 2008.
Karen Guregian: Boston Herald