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| Date | Player | News |
| 7/22/2008 | Ahmad Carroll, CB (NYJ) | The Jets signed Carroll, a former first-round pick of Green Bay who was out of the NFL last season, to a contract Tuesday. Analysis: The speedy Carroll played this year in the Arena Football League with the Orlando Predators after being waived by Jacksonville in May 2007, two days after he was arrested on weapon and drug charges. He adds another option to a very deep stable of cornerbacks that already includes Darrelle Revis, Justin Miller, David Barrett, Hank Poteat, Andre Woolfolk, Drew Coleman and rookie Dwight Lowery. |
| 7/22/2008 | Martin Rucker, TE (Cle) | Rucker signed with the Browns on Tuesday. Analysis: Rucker was a consensus first team All-American last year with Missouri. |
| 7/22/2008 | Beau Bell, LB (Cle) | The Browns signed Bell on Tuesday. Analysis: Bell won the Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year award while at UNLV. |
| 7/22/2008 | Jaymar Johnson, WR (Min) | The Vikings agreed to terms with Johnson, a sixth-round draft pick, on Tuesday. Analysis: Johnson caught 36 passes for 613 yards and seven touchdowns for Jackson State last season. He returned a punt for a touchdown as a senior as well and should get a look on special teams as a return man. Johnson signed a four-year contract for the rookie minimum salary, his agent, Angelo Wright, said. The move assures that he will be on time for training camp, which opens Friday. |
| 7/22/2008 | Letroy Guion, DT (Min) | The Vikings agreed to terms with Guion, a fifth-round draft pick, on Tuesday. Analysis: Guion left Florida State after his junior season. The 6-foot-4, 303-pound lineman started 14 games for the Seminoles. The move assures that he will be on time for training camp, which opens Friday. |
| 7/22/2008 | Jack Williams, CB (Den) | The Denver Broncos agreed to a deal with Williams on Tuesday. Analysis: The 5-foot-9, 185-pound Williams was taken in the fourth round, the 119th overall pick, out of Kent State. Terms of the deal weren't released. Williams had 13 interceptions, seven fumble recoveries and 245 tackles in 44 career games for the Golden Flashes. |
| 7/22/2008 | Mario Urrutia, WR (Cin) | Urrutia signed a four-year contract Tuesday with the Cincinnati Bengals. The seventh-round draft pick played at Louisville. Analysis: The seventh-round draft pick played at Louisville. The Bengals still have six picks unsigned. They haven't signed any of their first five picks from the draft, including first-round pick Keith Rivers, a linebacker from Southern California. |
| 7/22/2008 | David Vobora, LB (StL) | The Rams announced Tuesday they have agreed to terms with linebacker David Vobora, the ``Mr. Irrelevant'' as the last player chosen in the 2008 draft. Terms of the three-year contract were not disclosed. Analysis: Vobora, from the University of Idaho, had 148 tackles and was All-Western Athletic Conference his senior season. |
| 7/22/2008 | Orlando Pace, T (StL) | Pace is close to returning from a shoulder injury, but will not be cleared for full contact at the start of training camp. Analysis: Rams coach Scott Linehan said Tuesday the team would be conservative with Pace, who tore the labrum and rotator cuff in his right shoulder in the second quarter of the 2007 season-opener against Carolina. Pace missed the remainder of the season, and his injury was among several that left the offensive line in shambles, a big reason for the Rams' dismal 3-13 record. |
| 7/22/2008 | Craig Stevens, TE (Ten) | The Titans agreed to terms on a multiyear contract with rookie tight end Craig Stevens on Tuesday. Analysis: Stevens was a third-round draft pick out of the University of California. The Titans have now agreed to terms with five of their seven 2008 draft choices, with only running back Chris Johnson and defensive lineman Jason Jones unsigned. |
| 7/22/2008 | Alex Buzbee, DE (Was) | The Redskins placed Buzbee on injured reserve on Tuesday. Analysis: Buzbee ruptured his Achilles' tendon in Sunday's afternoon practice, the first day of Redskins training camp. |
| 7/22/2008 | Phillip Daniels, DE (Was) | Washington placed Daniels on injured reserved Tuesday. Analysis: Daniels, who started 15 games last season, tore the ACL in his left knee during the first practice of training camp. |
| 7/22/2008 | Terrence Wheatley, CB (NE) | The New England Patriots signed second-round pick Terrence Wheatley on Tuesday. Analysis: The cornerback Wheatley started 28 games in four seasons at Colorado and had 14 interceptions, two for touchdowns. He is in a large group of players with a chance to replace star cornerback Asante Samuel, who left for Philadelphia as a free agent. The other starting cornerback, Ellis Hobbs, is coming off offseason surgeries on his left shoulder and for a sports hernia. |
| 7/22/2008 | Greg Wesley, S (Oak) | The Oakland Raiders agreed to terms on a one-year contract with former Kansas City Chiefs safety Greg Wesley on Tuesday, adding depth to the position on the eve of training camp. Analysis: Wesley gives the Raiders depth at safety behind starters Gibril Wilson and Michael Huff. Wilson signed a $39 million, six-year contract that included about $16 million in guaranteed money after winning the Super Bowl last season with the New York Giants. Wesley will compete with fourth-round pick Tyvon Branch, special teams star Jarrod Cooper and Hiram Eugene for a backup spot with the Raiders. |
| 7/22/2008 | Peyton Manning, QB (Ind) | Tony Dungy is certain Peyton Manning's left knee will be ready for the Colts' season-opener. Analysis: On Tuesday, Dungy said he was optimistic the Colts' biggest question heading into training camp - Manning's valuable knee - could be resolved quicker than most people expect. Manning had surgery last week to remove an infected bursa sac, a procedure doctors said would require four to six weeks to heal. |
| 7/22/2008 | Nick Kaczur, T (NE) | Kaczur pleaded guilty Tuesday to speeding in a deal with prosecutors that will put a misdemeanor drug possession charge on hold. Analysis: aczur was drafted by the Patriots in 2005 after playing four years at Toledo, where he was the first player in school history to make the All-Mid American Conference team in four seasons. He has started 35 games for the Patriots over three seasons. |
| 7/22/2008 | Luis Castillo, DE (SD) | Castillo has agreed to a five-year contract extension through 2014, valued at more than $43 million. Analysis: Castillo was the second of the Chargers' two first-round draft picks in 2005. He has 13 sacks in 36 career games, including 33 starts. |
| 7/21/2008 | Anthony Clement, T (NE) | The New England Patriots signed free agent tackle Anthony Clement on Monday. Analysis: Clement, a 10-year veteran, started every game at right tackle for the New York Jets in each of the past two seasons. He spent his first seven seasons with Arizona and one with San Francisco. He has started 107 of the 128 games in which he played after being taken in the second round out of Louisiana-Lafayette in 1998. |
| 7/21/2008 | Chad Johnson, WR (Cin) | Johnson says he'll report on time for the Cincinnati Bengals' training camp next weekend, but his surgically repaired ankle probably will limit him in practice. Analysis: Johnson also said Monday he wants to move on from the fallout of his lobbying for a trade, which included threats to sit out the season if the Bengals didn't deal him. The club refused, turning down a lucrative trade offer from Washington. The Pro Bowl receiver told The Associated Press he's going to be as flamboyant as ever. He said he's not sure how he'll be received by fans, but he hopes they support him. |
| 7/21/2008 | Jeremy Shockey, TE (NO) | The New Orleans Saints have acquired disgruntled New York Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey. Analysis: Saints spokesman Greg Bensel on Monday confirmed the trade. The Saints did not immediately say what they were giving to the Giants in exchange. The deal must be approved by the league and is contingent on Shockey passing a physical. |
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