HOLDOUT Eagles, Staley at standstill over contract

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid says he tried earlier to talk to holdout running back Duce Staley, but was unable to do so and has been forced to "move on."
"I'm not one to air dirty laundry and get into a duking match [through] the media. I like to do it face-to-face," Reid said Wednesday. "I've made an attempt to call Duce earlier, and I was denied the opportunity to talk to him, so I move on. I'm not going to go any further than that.
The Eagles said later Wednesday that Reid's call was made in June.
"I've got to deal with what is here, and we're lucky enough to have a couple of pretty good players at that position, and you move on," Reid said.
The statements came two days after Staley released a statement on his Web site explaining his stance and one day after he told The Philadelphia Inquirer that he is looking for the team to open up communications.
"I feel like they should make the call. I'm hoping and I'm waiting on a call, but I feel like this is a problem that they've got to address," Staley told the paper. "If I call, it's going to be redundant."
Staley's agent, Derrick Harrison, said the Eagles have not contacted his client since the running back chose not to attend the team's June minicamp.
"There hasn't been any conversation," Harrison said Wednesday. "We hope to have some type of meaningful discussion."
Staley is entering his seventh season with the Eagles and is in the final year of a contract that will pay him $2.2 million this season.