{"id":828278,"date":"2026-08-28T04:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828278\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T04:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:18:13","slug":"report-patriots-christian-gonzalez-arent-anywhere-close-to-a-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828278\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Patriots, Christian Gonzalez aren&#8217;t anywhere close to a deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Devon Witherspoon\u2019s contract extension with the Seahawks has not closed the gap between the Patriots and cornerback Christian Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots do not appear willing to go to the benchmark four-year, $132 million deal established by Witherspoon, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Patriots haven\u2019t gone there,\u201d Schefter said on The Pat McAfee Show. \u201cThey weren\u2019t there before, and they don\u2019t appear to be going there right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Witherspoon and Gonzalez share the same agency, the Win Sports Group, so it\u2019s unlikely the Patriots will sign Gonzalez to an extension without matching the deal the Seahawks corner received.<\/p>\n<p>This week, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/christian-gonzalez-contract-talks-are-frustrating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gonzalez expressed frustration<\/a> with contract talks.<\/p>\n<p>The season begins Sept. 9 with the Patriots and Gonzalez opposite the Seahawks and Witherspoon.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez is scheduled to make a base salary of $2.259 million this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 17th overall pick in 2023, he made second-team All-Pro in 2024 and the Pro Bowl in 2025. He has totaled 145 tackles, two interceptions, 24 pass breakups and a sack in three seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devon Witherspoon\u2019s contract extension with the Seahawks has not closed the gap between the Patriots and cornerback Christian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-828278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}