Brian Orakpo of the Washington Redskins celebrates after sacking Ryan Mallett of the New England Patriots in the first quarter during a preseason game in August 2014. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The Redskins and Brian Orakpo have been engaged in discussions over a new contract before the free agency period begins next week, and those talks may be souring.

Orakpo, 28, is coming off the third torn pectoral injury of his 6-year career, the latest prematurely ending his 2014 season after 7 games, prior to which he had collected 14 tackles and a half a sack. He’s missed a total of 24 games over the past three seasons due to injury.

As of Monday, the Redskins — who declined to apply the franchise tag to a player before the deadline to do so — were still trying to work out a deal with Orakpo, according to Dianna Russini.

I'm told no tag for Brian Orakpo but sources say both sides are working on a new deal before free agency. #Redskins — Dianna Marie Russini (@NBCdianna) March 2, 2015

Around the same time, reports of other teams’ interest in Orakpo began to leak.

“Per a league source, at least four teams are interested in Orakpo,” Mike Florio reported. “For now, the leaders are believed to be Washington and the Falcons.”

The temperature of those discussions between Orakpo and Washington had changed by Tuesday morning. The leaders in the clubhouse of interested teams appear to be Atlanta and Jacksonville, according to Russini.

Redskins and Brian Orakpo had been working on a long term contract extension, told "it's not looking good" Falcons are very interested. — Dianna Marie Russini (@NBCdianna) March 3, 2015

Per league sources, The Jacksonville Jaguars are very interested in Brian Orakpo. #Jags — Dianna Marie Russini (@NBCdianna) March 3, 2015

Orakpo, the Redskins’ first-round pick in 2009 (13th overall), has 40 sacks, 6 forced fumbles, 3 recoveries and 256 total tackles in his career.

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