Resigning players question

[BrianM207]

So I just got Madden about a week ago(great upgrades btw)....after some roster tweaking, I fire up my franchise....

I go to the resign players tab...Dez Bryant is the first one listed...only problem is, he has 5 years left on his current deal. Is he just looking for more money/an extension? Or is it some sort of glitch where the computer thinks he is in the last year f his deal??

[lschmus]

Doesn't work like that. You can choose to go re-sign players from that screen and that would work fine. However, the game will prompt you when a player is ready to negotiate. After the trade deadline players will start to pop-up in the "things to do" feed and you negotiate from there. Thankfully you can actually negotiate instead of losing a player if they don't accept your first offer. The problem I've run into is not getting them to re-sign in season. I've only had a couple accept and those were top players that I offered big money to. Bench guys and older vets almost never accept, even when I offer 1-2 million over their ask. I moved the Raiders and we've been pretty terrible for a couple years so that could be why, but we're good this season and I still haven't had one accept. So long as you don't absurdly low ball them, though, they'll be available for negotiation in the offseason.

[Finn]

I've read in other threads that some players will show as needing to be resigned when they still have term. If you do not resign them it sounds like it is fine and the next year their contract length will be for your example 4 yrs still remaining.

I don't know if this is a glitch or as you said the player looking for an extension / more money? I guess you could treat it either way, but I don't believe either way you will lose that player or they will holdout.