ATLANTA -- With their negotiating stances stalled, and the gap in signing bonus proposals not much narrower than when bargaining began, the Atlanta Falcons and first-round draft choice T.J. Duckett don't figure to agree to a contract anytime soon.

So far apart are the two sides, in fact, that club vice president and chief financial officer Ray Anderson has declared discussions at an impasse, following the Falcons' two failed gambits Tuesday evening.

No new talks are scheduled and, until one of the parties blinks and picks up the telephone, there will be no progress toward a deal with the one-time Michigan State tailback.

"We have very different views about the market," Anderson said. "There doesn't seem to be any sense to continue (negotiations) under these circumstances."

Duckett is one of seven first-round draft choices still without a contract.

ESPN.com has confirmed that, late Tuesday afternoon, Anderson invited agent Joel Segal to a meeting in Atlanta that would have also included Bobby Beathard, special consultant to first-year owner Arthur Blank, and coordinator of player programs Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, among others. The caveat: Anderson demanded that Duckett, the 18th overall pick in the draft, also sit in on negotiations.

Segal and his client rejected that request. It is highly unusual for a player, even one as intimately involved as Duckett has been with his negotiations, to actually be present for a bargaining session.

Instead, Segal suggested that he meet with the Falcons himself, which is the standard negotiating practice in the league, and purchase Duckett an open-ended plane ticket so the tailback would be ready to report to camp when a deal was struck. The Falcons deemed such an arrangement unsatisfactory.

Anderson then raised the team's offer on guaranteed money, the combination of the initial signing bonus and a second-level option bonus due next spring, to $4.6 million. The club on Saturday had raised the offer to $4.4 million from its opening proposal, made July 8, of $3.2 million.

Duckett is seeking guaranteed money closer to the $5.9 million awarded Cleveland first-round tailback William Green, chosen just two spots ahead of him.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com.