As we get ready to wrap up the first official week of training camp, one man is still noticeably absent — Roddy White. White is in the last year of his contract and is set to make a paltry $2.28 million. Evidently, ol Roddy is barely scrapping by and is vying to lock in something in the neighborhood of Larry Fitzgerald’s $10 million a year contract. Fitzgerald is currently drawing the highest average salary among wide receivers in the league. 2009 is Roddy White?s last year under his current contract.

Falcon’s GM Thomas Dimitroff commented about the situation saying, “I’m a little bit disappointed with the direction that the negotiations are going at this point. It’s one of those situations where both parties are digging in and feel strongly about their case.”

Talks seem to have broken down sometime on Tuesday. Prior to Dimitroff said both sides were making progress and thought Roddy would be in camp shortly. The Falcons are mulling pulling their offer off the table and letting White play out the 09 season under his current contract. There doesn’t seem to be much urgency on the Falcon?s part since White won’t be hitting the open market until 2011. By opting out of the collective bargaining agreement, 2010 could become an uncapped year and Roddy would be a restricted free agent.

The Falcons have made progress on their expiring contracts this offseason, locking in both Jonathan Babineaux and Michael Jenkins.

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