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Originally Posted by LaChapelle

Vrabel doesn't plan to call it quits

Posted by Mike Florio on February 18, 2010 9:52 AM ET

Linebacker Mike Vrabel, added to the Matt Cassel trade in 2009 like the rope that tied the tree to the top of the car in A Christmas Story, will become a free agent in 16 days.

And he doesn't plan to call it quits.

"He feels he has a number of productive seasons left, he loves playing in the NFL, he loves the game," agent Neil Cornrich told Albert Breer of the Boston Globe. "He'll probably continue with it in another capacity after he's done playing, but he wants to continue as a player, as long as he can [help] a team win games."

That team might not be the Chiefs, with whom he spent one year. It might not be the Patriots, with whom he spent eight.

But Vrabel apparently will be playing somewhere in 2010. "He had a productive year," Cornrich said to Breer. "Who wouldn't want him?"

Though one of the 32 NFL franchises likely will say "yes," the fact that Vrabel will be 35 in August suggests that plenty will say "no," unless he's willing to play for the veteran minimum.