Punter Todd Sauerbrun agreed to a one-year contract with the Broncos yesterday, but the Patriots can match the offer and retain him. The Patriots maintain that leverage because when Sauerbrun signed with the team last December, the contract gave New England a right of refusal to any deal Sauerbrun signed in 2007. (Full article: 420 words)

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