he (or his agent) apparently refused some of what we wanted to do reworking contracts and freeing cap this year. That and the fact that he can't make it through a season indicates to me they do intend to move on.
Interesting. I was wondering why they never reworked his deal to extend him and create cap space when we were doing that early and late in the year. If he/his agent refused then it certainly seems to indicate that he at least wants to test free agency and see if he can get a big deal and/or the deal we were offering reflected his age/injury history and was not the big pay day he was hoping for. I suspect at his age, Armstead wants that last big pay day which will result in him costing more than we are willing to pay.