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[b]Dolphins | Team remains interested in Arrington[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:08:06 -0800

Greg A. Bedard, of the Palm Beach Post, reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/22/nfl"]Miami Dolphins[/url] remain interested in free agent LB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1917/nfl"]LaVar Arrington[/url] (Redskins).

[b]Patriots | Team visits with Caldwell[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:16:07 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/40"]Tom E. Curran[/url], of the [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/29"]Providence Journal[/url], reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/24/nfl"]New England Patriots[/url] visited with free agent WR [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1667/nfl"]Reche Caldwell[/url] (Chargers) Thursday, March 16.


caldwell included cause i think he's one of the best #4s out there. I admit, it's not a very good reason.

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[b]Ravens | Team may meet with Landeta today[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:39:40 -0800

Mark Eckel, of the Trenton Times, reports free agent P [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1473/nfl"]Sean Landeta[/url] (Eagles) may meet with the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/8/nfl"]Baltimore Ravens[/url] Friday, March 17.


[b]Rams | Team to meet with D. Johnson[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:35:14 -0800

Mark Eckel, of the Trenton Times, reports restricted free agent P [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/7933/nfl"]Dirk Johnson[/url] (Eagles) is scheduled to meet with the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/34/nfl"]St. Louis Rams[/url] Friday, March 17.


punt.

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[b]Falcons | Milloy signed to three-year deal[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:00:31 -0800

ESPNews reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/7/nfl"]Atlanta Falcons[/url] have signed free agent S [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1192/nfl"]Lawyer Milloy[/url] (Bills) to a three-year deal. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Saints Sign Michael Bennett

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2372747[/url]

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[b]Saints | Stoutmire agrees to terms[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:01:59 -0800

[color=#0000ff]NewOrleansSaints.com[/color] reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/25/nfl"][color=#0000ff]New Orleans Saints[/color][/url] have agreed to terms with free agent S [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1302/nfl"][color=#0000ff]Omar Stoutmire[/color][/url] (Redskins) on an undisclosed contract.

gay

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[b]Chargers | Team keeping an eye on Arrington[/b]


[b]Bengals | Henry has upcoming court dates[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:00:09 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/162"]Mark Curnutte[/url], of the [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/163"]Cincinnati Enquirer[/url], reports [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/12/nfl"]Cincinnati Bengals[/url] WR [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/11222/nfl"]Chris Henry[/url] has an April 6 court date in Orange County (Fla.) Circuit Court for a single charge of illegal possession of a concealed firearm. Henry also faces charges of marijuana possession in a March 22 court date in Kentucky.


[b]Steelers | Team agrees to re-sign Townsend[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:47:09 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/9"]ESPN.com[/url]'s [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/125"]John Clayton[/url] reports free agent CB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1504/nfl"]Deshea Townsend[/url] (Steelers) has agreed to a four-year deal, $8 million contract that could be worth an additional $400,000 a year with incentives to re-sign with the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/30/nfl"]Pittsburgh Steelers[/url]. Though the signing bonus numbers weren't available, Townsend will make $3 million in the first year of the contract.

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[b]Bills | Team visits with A. Thomas[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:51:13 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/124"]BuffaloBills.com[/url] reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/9/nfl"]Buffalo Bills[/url] visited with free agent RB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/330/nfl"]Anthony Thomas[/url] (Saints) Friday, March 17.


[b]Patriots | Caldwell signed[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:50:06 -0800

Patirots.com reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/24/nfl"]New England Patriots[/url] have signed free agent WR [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1667/nfl"]Reche Caldwell[/url] (Chargers) to an undisclosed contract.

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[b]Redskins | Ramsey traded for 2006 draft pick[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:03:40 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/17"]Len Pasquarelli[/url], of [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/9"]ESPN.com[/url], reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/37/nfl"]Washington Redskins[/url] have traded QB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1938/nfl"]Patrick Ramsey[/url] to the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/27/nfl"]New York Jets[/url] for a 2006 sixth-round pick.



[b]NFL | Poston appeals suspension[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:22:01 -0800

Jason La Canfora, of the Washington Post, reports agent Carl Poston has appealed a two-year suspension recommended by an [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/194"]NFLPA[/url] committee. The committee ruled Poston be suspended over a contract extension that free agent LB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1917/nfl"]LaVar Arrington[/url] (Redskins) signed with the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/37/nfl"]Washington Redskins[/url] in December of 2003. "We intend to vigorously contest this using all appropriate legal remedies," said Poston's attorney, Paul Aloe, in a statement. Arrington has said he has no plans to change representation.


[b]Saints | Simmons signed[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:58:09 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/17"]Len Pasquarelli[/url], of [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/9"]ESPN.com[/url], reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/25/nfl"]New Orleans Saints[/url] have signed free agent LB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1697/nfl"]Anthony Simmons[/url] (Seahawks) a one-year, $1.5 million contract. Simmons did not play in 2005 as he was recovering from a broken wrist.



simmons averages 100 tackles a year, good pickup and cheap for an injury risk.

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[b] Seahawks | Hutchinson's fate delayed[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:34:00 -0800

Gregg Bell, of the Associated Press, reports the future fate of [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/33/nfl"]Seattle Seahawks[/url] transition free agent OG [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1701/nfl"]Steve Hutchinson[/url] will be decided by an arbitration process. That will delay the Sunday deadline, March 19, for the team to match an offer to Hutchinson by the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/23/nfl"]Minnesota Vikings[/url]. The [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/77/nfl"]NFL[/url] Players Association said Friday, March 17, that the league has filed a claim on behalf of the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/33/nfl"]Seahawks[/url] contending a clause in the offer sheet Hutchinson signed with the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/23/nfl"]Vikings[/url] last weekend circumvents the league's labor contract. The clause in question would guarantee Hutchinson the entire contract sum if Hutchinson is not the team's highest-paid offensive lineman. [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/77/nfl"]NFL[/url] spokesman Michael Signora confirmed that the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/77/nfl"]NFL[/url] had filed the case. Richard Berthelsen, general counsel for the [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/194"]NFLPA[/url], said the union will argue against the Seahawks' and league's claims. "They say the clause circumvents our collective bargaining agreement. It is our belief that it does not," Berthelsen said. Berthelsen said the union's interpretation of the issue is that the clause is permitted by the CBA because it is a "principal term" of the agreement.





the seahawks could lose this, big time.

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[b]Falcons | Team reaches agreement with Abraham; still need to work out a trade[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:56:29 -0800

[url="http://www.kffl.com/link/9"]ESPN.com[/url]'s [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/17"]Len Pasquarelli[/url] reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/7/nfl"]Atlanta Falcons[/url] have reached a contract agreement with [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/27/nfl"]New York Jets[/url] franchise free agent DE [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1322/nfl"]John Abraham[/url] on a multi-year deal, a high-ranking team official and several league sources confirmed. The next step: Reaching a trade agreement with the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/27/nfl"]Jets[/url] on appropriate compensation for the standout defensive player. "We're very comfortable with where we are at (with Abraham), and we think he is comfortable, too," one [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/7/nfl"]Falcons[/url] official said. "We've got a (contract) deal in place with him. Now we've got to deal with (the Jets)." The addition of QB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1938/nfl"]Patrick Ramsey[/url] by the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/27/nfl"]Jets[/url] may have been a sign that the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/27/nfl"]Jets[/url] are now convinced they won't be able to pry QB [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/9422/nfl"]Matt Schaub[/url] away from the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/7/nfl"]Falcons[/url] in an Abraham deal.

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Broncos Add Kenard Lang

[url]http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=334&storyID=5401[/url]

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they had to get somebody, he's not the worst choice.

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[b]Jets | Abraham headed to Seattle?[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:15:45 -0800

Adam Schefter, of [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/156"]NFL.com[/url], reports there is speculation the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/27/nfl"]New York Jets[/url] have traded DE [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/1322/nfl"]John Abraham[/url] to the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/33/nfl"]Seattle Seahawks[/url] for the 31st selection in the upcoming [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/159"]NFL Draft[/url]. The deal would be contingent on the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/33/nfl"]Seahawks[/url] being able to sign him to a long-term deal.


"There is certainly no urgency to deal Abraham now. As noted earlier, the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/7/nfl"]Falcons[/url] have agreed to a new contract with Abraham and the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/33/nfl"]Seahawks[/url] have reached a trade agreement with the Jets. That leaves those two teams with half of the equation to acquire Abraham complete."

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[b]Bills | Tender offer sheet to Wells[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:39:00 -0800

Gregg Pastore, of [url="http://www.kffl.com/link/124"]BuffaloBills.com[/url], reports the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/9/nfl"]Buffalo Bills[/url] have tendered an offer sheet to restricted free agent OL [url="http://www.kffl.com/player/6162/nfl"]Reggie Wells[/url] (Cardinals). The [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/6/nfl"]Arizona Cardinals[/url] have the right to match the offer and retain Wells. Should Arizona elect to not match the offer, the [url="http://www.kffl.com/team/6/nfl"]Cardinals[/url] will be compensated with a 2006 sixth-round draft choice.



decent OG we maybe should have looked at.

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[b]Saints | Jacox released[/b]
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:05:12 -0800

NewOrleansSaints.com reports the New Orleans Saints have released OG Kendyl Jacox.

Worth looking at.