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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...I2Q_story.html

Gordon says they wanted to get the one-year deal done first before focusing on the long-term deal.

“I don’t know what I should make, what I shouldn’t make. I just go out there, practice hard, work hard, and the games take care of themselves,” said Gordon, who avoided arbitration Thursday by agreeing to a $4,775,000 contract for 2012.

“I don’t focus on any of the business side,” he added. “I’ll get the details, but I really don’t know what I’m doing, so I leave it up to them.”

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“I think they’ve made an offer or something like that. I think we both wanted to get the one year deal done and maybe move on from there,” Gordon said. “We got that done and hopefully we can move on from here. That’s really what we want to accomplish.”