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The starting running back for the Green Bay Packers Ryan Grant may hold out training camp if he doesn’t get a new deal sources tell Pro Football Central. Grant a second year player, who broke out in mid season and has proven that he is the running back of the future for the Packers, has already made it public that he will not sign the minimum tender which is worth $370.000. The Packers are aware of Grant’s desire for a long-term, lucrative deal. The problem for Grant is, he is an exclusive-rights free agent and not eligible for restricted free agency until 2010, so his only recourse is to hold out at some point if he does not get a new deal. Grant is participating in the off-season program, and is very confident that a more lucrative long term deal will be reached before camp so he will not have to hold out.  Packers GM Ted Thompson made out like a bandit in sending a 2008 sixth-round draft pick to the New York Giants for Grant before the start of last season. Grant was an afterthought on Green Bay’s depth chart at halfback, but a spate of injuries to similarly young players ahead of him thrust Grant into the lead role by midseason. Grant responded with 929 rushing yards in the final 10 games of the regular season, second highest in the league behind the 947 accrued by San Diego’s LaDainian Tomlinson. Grant’s encore was setting team records in the postseason with 201 yards and three