On the field, the 6-foot-2-inch, 325-pound Wilfork is difficult to move off the line, and he's proving to be the same way off it. Listening to Wilfork yesterday, it was hard to believe that he and the Patriots were advancing toward getting him back to practicing. The nimble nose tackle wouldn't say whether he planned to attend any of the team's remaining OTAs (today, tomorrow, and Tuesday) or next week's mandatory minicamp.
"I don't know. It's a day-to-day thing. I may pop up. I may not. I don't know," said Wilfork. "I'm staying positive with everything. As far as people that are wondering what's going on with me, let me just assure you that I'll be ready to play football. I'm a professional, and I look forward to playing football."
Wilfork was asked if he'd show up to anything before he gets a new contract.
"We'll see. I don't know right now," he said. "I've never been in this situation before. I've never been out of football before. I don't know how this works. I don't know if I'm doing it the right way or the wrong way. I'm pretty sure I could ask a lot of guys in that locker room and all of them would give me different answers. So, I'm doing it the best way I can do it. That's what I'm going to do.
"My main thing is that Vince Wilfork is looking out for Vince Wilfork, point-blank. Whatever it may be. If it calls for me to miss something, I'm going to miss it because I look toward the future. That's how I'm going to roll. Something may change in a couple of days, something might not change. I'll take it day by day. I'm looking out for my family and myself. That's the bottom line."
Wilfork said his situation wasn't a big deal and claimed he didn't even know if there had been recent talks between the Patriots and his agent, Kennard McGuire.
It's not clear what Wilfork is looking for financially, although he dismissed any notion he wanted a contract similar to the megadeal the Redskins handed defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. That deal, advertised as seven years, $100 million due to backloaded money, is really a four-year, $48-plus million contract.
