San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle is content to wait it out.
Mandatory offseason work for the Chargers doesn't start until June 16 and Weddle, seeking a revamped deal, doesn't feel any pressure to show up anytime soon.
"I'm not coming in anytime soon until something on their side is said," Weddle said during an appearance with Dan Sileo of The Mighty 1090. "They know where we're at and they obviously know their stance, so we'll see what happens from there."
Weddle told Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune in mid-April that he wouldn't be reported to the Chargers facility unless and until he gets a new contract.
"I feel highly, highly disrespected," Weddle said. "... It is what it is, but there is no reason for me to put out any more effort."
Weddle has a point - he's coming off his second All-Pro selection, has been a defensive captain in San Diego for the past four seasons and has been the Chargers Defensive Player of the Year for three of the past four years.
Weddle has also played 99 percent of the Chargers snaps over the past five seasons along with 60 percent of the special teams snaps.
The former second-round pick is set to make $7.5 million in salary and count $10.1 million against the cap for the 2015 season, the final year of his deal.
Weddle though, despite his prodigious efforts and ample production, is now 30, so the Chargers reticence to hand him a fat new deal is also understandable.
That being said, Chargers GM Tom Telesco did tell Michael Gehlken of the Union-Tribune that Weddle's situation is one the team would address at some point.
"We'll have discussions at some point. No doubt."
That doesn't exactly sound like a major endorsement for Weddle or a certainty that the Chargers are willing to fork over cash anywhere near what Weddle seems to think he deserves, but with June inching ever closer, this situation is almost certain to come a head sometime in the near future.
