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Boston Globe  Money player gets deal in line with his status
Many in New England contended for the past year that if Richard
Seymour insisted on being the highest-paid defensive lineman in
the NFL, his days with the Patriots were numbered. As of this
moment, his days here just increased by another four years and
his new pay scale will make him one of the highest-paid
defensive players in the game, regardless of position. So much
for people's contentions.  Seymour declined to discuss the terms
of the four-year extension he agreed to this week, although
industry sources familiar with the negotiations said it is worth
more than $7 million a season with guaranteed bonus money in the
first two years that, in the opinion of one NFL source, ''was
really unprecedented for that short a deal."  While other
defensive linemen, such as Marcus Stroud and John Henderson of
the Jaguars, signed five- and six-year deals, Seymour's
extension is for just four, average