New York Jets CB Darrelle Revis' deal is believed to be worth $46 million with $32 million in various guarantees, reports Rich Cimini, of ESPNNewYork.com, according to a source.
More Trade talks over WR Vincent Jackson are dead between the San Diego Chargers and an unnamed team after agents for the holdout wide receiver agreed on terms for a new contract with the unnamed team, reports Bill Williamson, of ESPN.com, according to a league source. The agents for Jackson and the unnamed team agreed to terms on a contract Saturday, Sept. 4, after the team was given permission by the Chargers to talk to Jackson, according to the source. Talks ended after the Chargers and the unnamed team reached an impasse over trade compensation, according to the source.
More Houston Texans QB Matt Leinart will become the team's No. 3 quarterback behind QB Dan Orlovsky, who will remain the backup, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. Leinart will be the No. 3 quarterback until he has some command of the scheme.
More Minnesota Vikings QB Brad Childress defended his decision to trade QB Sage Rosenfels to the New York Giants and keep QB Tarvaris Jackson as the backup, according to Judd Zulgad, of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Childress became testy when asked how comfortable he would be if QB Joe Webb had to be inserted into a game if something happened to both QB Brett Favre and Jackson. 'I'm not going to deal in hypotheticals,' Childress said. 'I'm done with the backup quarterback. I'm done with it. You guys, if that's all you've got to write, good Lord. We're talking about the two highest-scoring offenses (the Vikings and New Orleans Saints) in the league last year playing each other. Let's talk about the game...'
More The Philadelphia Eagles have signed free-agent TE Garrett Mills (Vikings) to their practice squad, the team announced Monday, Sept. 6.
More The Pittsburgh Steelers have named WR Hines Ward, TE Heath Miller, LB James Farrior and Keyaron Fox as team captains, the team announced Monday, Sept. 6.
More There is no timetable for the return of San Diego Chargers LB Shawne Merriman (Achilles') to the lineup, but he is feeling better, according to CBSSports.com. 'I can get all of my conditioning and work in without being too sore,' Merriman said. 'Right now, I feel pretty good and I am continuously getting better.'
More The Pittsburgh Steelers have re-signed TE Eugene Bright, OG Dorian Brooks, S DaMon Cromartie-Smith, WR Tyler Grisham, OT Kyle Jolly, DL Steve McLendon, FB Frank Summers and DL Doug Worthington to their practice squad, the team announced Monday, Sept. 5.
More Chicago Bears TE Greg Olsen was upset over a report suggesting the team would be willing to trade him, according to Vaughn McClure, of the Chicago Tribune. 'You mean the story that was made up? It doesn't bother me because I know there is no truth behind it,' Olsen snapped. 'But it does bother me that people take the liberty to just make up stories for their own personal benefit. There was no substance behind it. If there was, tell us. It's easy to say an unnamed source. That could be anybody.' General manager Jerry Angelo admitted that there have been teams interested in Olsen, but there is no truth the team is shopping him.
More Cleveland Browns general manager Tom Heckert defended his decision to select RB Montario Hardesty (knee) despite his injury history, according to Mary Kay Cabot, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. However, Heckert admitted the move was risky. 'Was it riskier than a guy that had never been injured?' Heckert said. 'Yeah, but we felt comfortable when we took him that he was going to be OK. We obviously brought him in for physicals and we spent a lot of time with our doctors, and we felt comfortable doing that.'
Our View: Hardesty has an elite skill set and could play at a very high level in the NFL if he stays healthy. Durability has always been a major concern with him and we won't get to see him back on the football field until next year.
More The Houston Texans have agreed to a one-year deal with free-agent QB Matt Leinart (Cardinals), according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
More The New York Jets and CB Darrelle Revis have agreed to a new seven-year deal, which may void to a four-year pact, reports Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com. Financial terms of the new deal are not yet available.
Our View: Great move for the Jets here, and it's not really a surprise they got something done before the start of the regular season. Revis is simply the best at his position and the Jets knew they would have to give him a big money deal.
More The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have re-signed free-agent CB Vince Anderson, DE George Johnson and TE Ryan Purvis to their practice squad, reports Stephen Holder, of the St. Petersburg Times.
More The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will sign unrestricted free-agent WR Dezmon Briscoe (Bengals) to their practice squad, reports Stephen Holder, of the St. Petersburg Times. Briscoe will make around the rookie minimum salary while on the practice squad.
Our View: Briscoe has a good size/speed combination but needs to improve his concentration when running routes over the middle.
More Unrestricted free-agent WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Seahawks) appears to be down to signing with the Oakland Raiders or Washington Redskins, a source told Danny O'Neil, of The Seattle Times.
More The Green Bay Packers have re-signed free-agent QB Graham Harrell, OT Breno Giacomini, WR Chastin West, LB Robert Francois, OT Chris Campbell, LB Maurice Simpkins and SS Anthony Levine to their practice squad, sources told Pete Dougherty, of the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
More The Arizona Cardinals have waived CB Marshay Green, FB Reagan Mauia and Pago Togafau, according to ESPN.com's Mike Sando.
More The Buffalo Bills have waived TE John Paul Foschi and CB Dominique Harris, according to Aaron Wilson, of NationalFootballPost.com.
More The New York Jets have announced they have waived WR David Clowney and Chauncey Washington.
More The New York Jets have announced they have claimed free-agent OT Patrick Brown (Vikings) and DE Marcus Dixon (Cowboys).
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In 2008, after four seasons with the team, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger finally was embraced by his teammates, elected as offensive co-captain along with receiver Hines Ward. Last year, even with an allegation of sexual assault pending against him in...
More Jets fans could have multiple reasons to be happy today, one week before the team opens the stadium it will share with the Giants.Apart from the return of Darrelle Revis, the Jets are expected to bring back fullback Tony Richardson.Per...
More The names of the various players (actually, up to eight per team) who'll be signing to the various practice squads (actually, 32 of them) continue to trickle out.Here are the players who'll work for the Steelers are members of the...
More There was some speculation last week in Buffalo that the Bills could retain seventh-round pick Levi Brown as the team's third quarterback over Brian Brohm.Brohm made the team, and Brown surprisingly remains a free agent despite all the preseason playing...
More Vikings coach Brad Childress has heard the theories. He knows that trading Sage Rosenfels wasn't a popular move. And Childress is sick of it.Asked about the possibility of third-stringer Joe Webb playing this year on Sunday, Childress replied: "I'm not...
More Matt Leinart is about to become a Houston Texan.Chris Mortensen of ESPN is reporting that Leinart, the free agent quarterback released by the Cardinals this weekend, has agreed to terms with the Texans on a one-year deal.In Houston, Leinart won't...
More We can add Cleveland to the teams that don't want to sign T.J. Houshmandzadeh.''No, I think we're going to be good with the guys we have for right now,'' G.M. Tom Heckert said.The lack of interest appears to be mutual;...
More The Cleveland Browns spent a second-round draft pick on running back Montario Hardesty despite concerns about his right knee, which he blew out in 2005 at Tennessee.And then in this preseason, Hardesty blew out his left knee.That has reporters asking...
More Ross Tucker of Sirius NFL Radio launched his new daily early-morning show on Monday, and in a very weak moment he decided that it would be a good idea to have me on.So we talked about the Darrelle Revis deal...
More For weeks, we were led to believe that the Jets and cornerback Darrelle Revis were looking at two options -- a 10-year career deal and a short-term bridge until the two sides could sign a 10-year career deal.In the end,...
More So as G.M. Mike Tannenbaum was telling the media that the Jets would be "moving forward" without cornerback Darrelle Revis, the truth was that coach Rex Ryan had spent much of the day trying to ensure that the team finally...
More Brett Favre spoke Sunday about the possibility that he'll take a pounding (again) in New Orleans.He seems to acknowledge that it's part of the game, and he doesn't seem to have a problem with it.But don't take our word for...
More Last week, Jets coach Rex Ryan popped in on cornerback Darrelle Revis at his New Jersey-area residence. Revis wasn't there.The head coach successfully tracked his star defender down in Florida over the weekend, according to Manish Mehta of the New...
More After getting cut by the Seahawks and spurned by the Vikings and Bengals, free agent wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh is now looking at the Raiders and Redskins.Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times reports that Houshmandzadeh has not returned messages since...
More As NFL rosters continue to get juggled a week before the start of the regular season, the Houston Texans are interested in adding a couple of high-profile players.John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that the Texans still have interest...
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Patriots signed OLB Shawn Crable, DB Sergio Brown, G Rich Ohrnberger and WR Darnell Jenkins to their practice squad.
More DeSean Jackson (wisdom teeth) went through Sunday's practice without a problem.
More Coach Andy Reid said that WR Riley Cooper will learn some to play a little tight end.
More Steelers signed RB Frank Summers, TE Eugene Bright, G Dorian Brooks, S Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith, WR Tyler Grisham, T Kyle Jolly, DT Steve McLendon and DE Doug Worthington to their practice squad.
More Browns coach Eric Mangini confirmed that Ahtyba Rubin will still be the primary nose tackle despite Shaun Rogers' return.
More The Ravens fell out of favor with the Ravens coaches due to a lack of commitment to special teams.
More Packers waived RB Quinn Porter.
More Free agent FB Tony Richardson could be re-signing with the Jets as soon as Monday, according to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.
More Demorrio Williams appears to have his nose in front of Derrick Johnson for the starting weak-side inside linebacker job.
More Lions signed WRs Tim Toone and Mike Moore, CBs Paul Pratt and Jonathan Hefney, LB Caleb Campbell, DT Robert Callaway and C Dan Gerberry to their practice squad.
More First-round rookie Kareem Jackson is the Texans' starting right corner, as expected.
More Giants signed RB/FB Charles Scott to their practice squad.
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