San Diego Chargers general manager Tom Telesco is adamant that there is "no sinister agenda" in their handling of Eric Weddle's contract dispute.
The All-Pro has refused to participate in the AFC West side's off-season activities after his demands for a new contract were rebuffed by the club.
Telesco believes that Weddle is being paid market value on his contract, which ends at the end of the 2015 season, and has admitted that they are some way from reaching a new deal.
"We do take great pride in how we treat our players here - players, coaches, scouts, staff - everyone in the organisation," Telesco told Mighty 1090. "Anyone that's been around the building the last couple years has seen that first hand.
"We said before the Draft that we would talk after the Draft. And we did. And we talked multiple times. We listened to their concerns about his current contract. We listened to their complaints about playing too much.
"And we read through their statistical analysis and their financial comparisons. We went through all of that stuff. We just decided that we're just not at their numbers right now. It's really as simple as that. There's no sinister agenda there, nothing like that. Just right now it's not there."
Weddle has recorded 772 tackles, six sacks and 19 interceptions in his eight years in the NFL.
