nfl signings

[douglasallen91]

i'm going to post them in this thread
new signings
aaron brooks to oakland
mike vanderjagt to cowboys
adam vinateri to colts


rumours
keyshawn johnson close to signing with the panthers but is in talks with the giants also

 

[sunny]

keyshawn to the panthers confirmed

some other ones that havent got much attention 'round here

julian peterson to the seahawks
will witherspoon to the rams
tom ashworth to the 'hawks
kevin shaffer to the browns
lecharles bentley to the browns
willie mcginest to the browns
david givens to the titans
david thornton to the titans

 

[I Bleed Green]

Drew Brees to the Saints.
Tony Richardson to the Vikings.
Mike McMahon to the Vikings.
Corey Chavous to the Rams.
Tank Williams to the Vikings.
Fred Beasley to the Dolphins.
Patrick Ramsey traded to the Jets.
Lawyer Milloy to the Falcons.
John Abraham traded to the Falcons.
Michael Bennett traded to the Saints.
Jeff Garcia to the Eagles.

That's the rest I can think of.

I'm stoked with Keyshawn joining the Panthers, he'll be an excellent possession receiver as a compliment to Steve Smith, that's the one thing the Panthers lacked last year. We'll be hard to beat this year.

 

[sunny]

Have you got a confirmation on the Abraham to the Falcons story?

 

[I Bleed Green]

Yeah mate, happened a couple of days ago:

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Falcons acquire DE Abraham in three-team deal
March 22, 2006

FLOWERY BRANCH, Georgia (Ticker) - As expected, the Atlanta Falcons have taken a major step toward improving a defense that ranked 22nd in the league last season.

The Falcons on Wednesday acquired three-time Pro Bowl defensive end John Abraham in a three-team trade with the New York Jets and Denver Broncos.

Abraham, 27, was designated as a franchise player by the Jets, but was given permission to seek a trade. The Falcons and Seattle Seahawks expressed the most interest in Abraham.

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"First of all, I want to thank the city of Atlanta and (owner) Arthur Blank for having me here," said Abraham, a native of nearby South Carolina. "Like I said, my main reason was to come here for my family, but after meeting Arthur, there wasn't even an issue in where I was going. I was going to be in Atlanta by all means necessary. I think they did that. We worked through this and got where we needed to be."

The Jets ended up with a first-round pick in the 2006 draft for Abraham. But that selection will be 29th overall.

The Falcons originally owned the 15th overall pick, but swapped first-round picks with the Broncos, who had the 29th selection. In order to move up in the first round, Denver sent the Falcons a third-round selection in 2006 and a fourth-rounder in 2007.

"I also want to thank the teams in Denver and the Jets," Abraham said. "I came from the Jets and we had a bumpy road there, but I have all the respect for those guys there. I felt they did the right thing in the situation that I was in."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the deal was done Tuesday.

Abraham automatically receives a one-year tender worth $8.3 million, the average salary of the top five players at his position as a franchise player. But the Falcons will try to sign him to a multi-year deal.

Last season, Abraham led the Jets with 10 1/2 sacks and recorded 67 tackles, six forced fumbles, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery.

A first-round pick of the Jets in 2000, Abraham has compiled 53 1/2 sacks and 328 tackles in 73 games with the Jets. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2001, 2002 and 2004.

The Falcons likely will start Abraham at right end on a line which features left end Patrick Kerney and Pro Bowl tackle Rod Coleman.

"We now have three Pro Bowlers on our defensive line," Blank said. "I would not be the quarterback who has to face the three of them, or the four of them as the case may be."

On Monday, Atlanta added two safeties, signing Lawyer Milloy to a three-year deal worth $6 million and acquiring Chris Crocker from Cleveland for a fourth-round pick in 2006.

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[eastsrule]

when are the pats gonna sign someone?

 

[sunny]

They signed Reche Caldwell, WR from San Diego, and re-signed Troy Brown

 

[knights9]

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS SIGNING TO PLAY WITH A NEW TEAM
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PLAYER NEW TEAM OLD TEAM TERMS
------ -------- -------- -----
Larry Allen, g San Francisco Dallas 2 years, undisclosed
Will Allen, cb Miami NY Giants 4 years, $12 million
Mike Anderson, rb Baltimore Denver undisclosed
Adam Archuleta, s Washington St. Louis undisclosed
Akin Ayodele, lb Dallas Jacksonville 5 years, undisclosed
Rodney Bailey, de Pittsburgh Seattle 1 year, undisclosed
Justin Bannan, dt Baltimore Buffalo undisclosed
Shawn Barber, lb Philadelphia Kansas City 1 year, undisclosed
Jason Bell, cb NY Giants Houston undisclosed
Michael Bennett, rb New Orleans Minnesota 2 years, undisclosed
LeCharles Bentley, c Cleveland New Orleans 6 years, $36 million
Rocky Boiman, lb Dallas Tennessee 3 years, undisclosed
Matt Bowen, s Buffalo Washington undisclosed
Corey Bradford, wr Detroit Houston undisclosed
Drew Brees, qb New Orleans San Diego 6 years, $60 million
Aaron Brooks, qb Oakland New Orleans 2 years, undisclosed
Fakhir Brown, cb St. Louis New Orleans 5 years, undisclosed
Milford Brown, g Arizona Houston 4 years, undisclosed
Antonio Bryant, wr San Francisco Cleveland 4 years, $15 million
Reche Caldwell, wr New England San Diego undisclosed
Dan Campbell, te Detroit Dallas 5 years, undisclosed
Kelly Campbell, wr Miami Minnesota undisclosed
Andre Carter, de Washington San Francisco 6 years, $30 million
Matt Chatham, lb NY Jets New England undisclosed
Antonio Chatman, wr Cincinnati Green Bay 2 years, undisclosed
Corey Chavous, s St. Louis Minnesota 5 years, undisclosed
Kendrick Clancy, dt Arizona NY Giants 4 years, $8.1 million
Ryan Clark, s Pittsburgh Washington 4 years, undisclosed
Todd Collins, qb Washington Kansas City undisclosed
Jameel Cook, fb Houston Tampa Bay undisclosed
Sam Cowart, lb Houston Minnesota undisclosed
Andre Davis, wr Buffalo New England undisclosed
Russell Davis, dt Seattle Arizona 3 years, undisclosed
Will Demps, s NY Giants Baltimore undisclosed
Darnell Dinkins, te Cleveland Baltimore 3 years, undisclosed
Tim Dwight, wr NY Jets New England 4 years, $12 million
Jason Fabini, t Dallas NY Jets 3 years, undisclosed
Mike Flanagan, c Houston Green Bay undisclosed
Toniu Fonoti, g Tampa Bay Minnesota 1 year, undisclosed
Gus Frerotte, qb St. Louis Miami 3 years, undisclosed
Scott Fujita, lb New Orleans Dallas 4 years, undisclosed
Jabar Gaffney, wr Philadelphia Houston 1 year, undisclosed
Jeff Garcia, qb Philadelphia Detroit 1 year, undisclosed
Bryan Gilmore, wr San Francisco Miami undisclosed
David Givens, wr Tennessee New England 5 years, $24 million
La'Roi Glover, dt St. Louis Dallas 3 years, undisclosed
Andre Goodman, cb Miami Detroit 3 years, undisclosed
Brian Griese, qb Chicago Tampa Bay 5 years, undisclosed
Quentin Griffin, rb Kansas City Denver 1 year, undisclosed
Bob Hallen, g Cleveland San Diego 2 years, undisclosed
Quentin Harris, s NY Giants Arizona 2 years, undisclosed
Walt Harris, cb San Francisco Washington undisclosed
Justin Hartwig, c Carolina Tennessee 5 years, $17 million
Renaldo Hill, cb Miami Oakland 3 years, undisclosed
Sedrick Hodge, lb Miami New Orleans 2 years, undisclosed
Chris Hope, s Tennessee Pittsburgh 6 years, $32 million
Darren Howard, de Philadelphia New Orleans 6 years, undisclosed
Steve Hutchinson, g Minnesota Seattle 7 years, $49 million
Corey Ivy, cb Baltimore St. Louis 3 years, undisclosed
Dexter Jackson, s Cincinnati Tampa Bay 4 years, undisclosed
Edgerrin James, rb Arizona Indianapolis 4 years, $30 million
Keyshawn Johnson, wr Carolina Dallas 4 years, $19 million
Joe Jurevicius, wr Cleveland Seattle 4 years, undisclosed
Maake Kemoeatu, dt Carolina Baltimore undisclosed
Jon Kitna, qb Detroit Cincinnati undisclosed
Kyle Kosier, g Dallas Detroit 5 years, undisclosed
Kenard Lang, de Denver Cleveland 3 years, undisclosed
Ben Leber, lb Minnesota San Diego undisclosed
Paris Lenon, lb Detroit Green Bay 3 years, undisclosed
Damione Lewis, dt Carolina St. Louis undisclosed
Ryan Longwell, k Minnesota Green Bay 5 years, undisclosed
Sam Madison, cb NY Giants Miami 4 years, $7.4 million
Marquand Manuel, s Green Bay Seattle undisclosed
Kevin Mawae, c Tennessee NY Jets undisclosed
Josh McCown, qb Detroit Arizona 2 years, undisclosed
Marlon McCree, s San Diego Carolina undisclosed
Stockar McDougle, t Jacksonville Miami undisclosed
Willie McGinest, lb Cleveland New England 3 years, $12 million
Mike McMahon, qb Minnesota Philadelphia undisclosed
R.W. McQuarters, cb NY Giants Detroit 3 years, $6 million
Lawyer Milloy, s Atlanta Buffalo 3 years, $6 million
Craig Nall, qb Buffalo Green Bay undisclosed
Terrell Owens, wr Dallas Philadelphia 3 years, $25 million
Justin Peelle, te Miami San Diego 3 years, $4.5 million
Julian Peterson, lb Seattle San Francisco 7 years, $54 million
Ryan Pickett, dt Green Bay St. Louis undisclosed
Tyrone Poole, cb Oakland New England 2 years, undisclosed
Trevor Pryce, de Baltimore Denver 5 years, $25 million
Jeb Putzier, te Houston Denver undisclosed
Antwaan Randle El, wr Washington Pittsburgh 7 years, $31 million
Tony Richardson, fb Minnesota Kansas City 2 years, undisclosed
Sage Rosenfels, qb Houston Miami undisclosed
Robert Royal, te Buffalo Washington 5 years, undisclosed
Matt Schobel, te Philadelphia Cincinnati 5 years, undisclosed
Kevin Shaffer, t Cleveland Atlanta 7 years, $36 million
Aaron Shea, te San Diego Cleveland 3 years, undisclosed
L.J. Shelton, t Miami Cleveland 4 years, undisclosed
Anthony Simmons, lb New Orleans Seattle 1 year, undisclosed
Duane Starks, cb Oakland New England undisclosed
Gary Stills, lb Baltimore Kansas City 3 years, undisclosed
Omar Stoutmire, s New Orleans Washington 1 year, undisclosed
Chester Taylor, rb Minnesota Baltimore 4 years, undisclosed
David Thornton, lb Tennessee Indianapolis undisclosed
Larry Tripplett, dt Buffalo Indianapolis undisclosed
Rex Tucker, g Detroit St. Louis 3 years, undisclosed
Mike Vanderjagt, k Dallas Indianapolis undisclosed
Adam Vinatieri, k Indianapolis New England 5 years, undisclosed
Kimo von Oelhoffen, de NY Jets Pittsburgh 3 years, $9.2 million
Kevin Walter, wr Houston Cincinnati 4 years, $6 million
Ted Washington, dt Cleveland Oakland 2 years, undisclosed
Anthony Weaver, de Houston Baltimore undisclosed
Dante Wesley, cb Chicago Carolina 2 years, undisclosed
Jason Whittle, g Minnesota NY Giants undisclosed
Brian Williams, cb Jacksonville Minnesota undisclosed
Mike Williams, t Jacksonville Buffalo undisclosed
Shaun Williams, s Carolina NY Giants undisclosed
Tank Williams, s Minnesota Tennessee undisclosed
Will Witherspoon, lb St. Louis Carolina 6 years, $33 million
Dave Zastudil, p Cleveland Baltimore 5 years, undisclosed

 

[knights9]

PROMINENT UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS RE-SIGNINGS
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PLAYER TEAM TERMS
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Shaun Alexander, rb Seattle 8 years, $62 million
Mike Alstott, fb Tampa Bay 1 year, $1.5 million
Rocky Bernard, dt Seattle 3 years, undisclosed
Troy Brown, wr New England undisclosed
Terry Cousin, cb Jacksonville undisclosed
Lional Dalton, dt Kansas City 4 years, undisclosed
Ron Dayne, rb Denver 3 years, undisclosed
Eddie Drummond, kr Detroit 5 years, undisclosed
Kalimba Edwards, de Detroit 5 years, undisclosed
Brian Finneran, wr Atlanta 4 years, undisclosed
DeShaun Foster, rb Carolina 3 years, $14.5 million
William Henderson, fb Green Bay undisclosed
Ike Hilliard, wr Tampa Bay 4 years, undisclosed
Chris Hovan, dt Tampa Bay 5 years, undisclosed
Aaron Kampman, de Green Bay undisclosed
Brett Keisel, de Pittsburgh 4 years, undisclosed
Jamal Lewis, rb Baltimore 3 years, $26 million
Seth McKinney, c Miami 2 years, undisclosed
Chad Morton, kr NY Giants 4 years, $3.85 million
Josh Reed, wr Buffalo undisclosed
Koren Robinson, wr Minnesota 3 years, $12.7 million
Jon Runyan, t Philadelphia 3 years, undisclosed
Derek Smith, lb San Francisco undisclosed
Deshea Townsend, cb Pittsburgh multi-year, undisclosed
Kenyata Walker, t Tampa Bay undisclosed
Gerard Warren, dt Denver 6 years, undisclosed
Reggie Wells, g Arizona 5 years, $17.6 million
Bob Whitfield, t NY Giants undisclosed
Marcellus Wiley, de Jacksonville undisclosed

 

[An41]

Didnt Culpepper go to the dolphins?

 

[Fin077]

Sure did!

 

[Cupid Stunt]

Jon Runyan, t Philadelphia 3 years, undisclosed

...and once again order was restored to the world we know and love.

 

[kurt faulk]

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can you believe those dopey redskins have made adam archuleta the highest paid safety in the league. deadset that snyder has got more money than brains.

the rams have done ok so far getting rid of deadwood like archuleta, claiborne and damien lewis and to a lesser extent, ryan pickett. their starter pickups so far have been corey chavous (not great but much better than aa), la roi glover (getting on in years but may have some petrol left in the tank) and the major signing of will witherspoon (huge upgrade over the disappointing claiborne). nothing earth shattering but they're heading in the right direction by trying to fix that woeful d constructed by dud hc martz.

the cardinals made a big move by signing the edge away from the colts. if they can upgrade their oline they're going to be a handful with all their offensive weapons. imagine if they can get their hands on vernon davis in the draft (projected to be better than antonio gates), they will be near unstoppable.

the nfc west is gonna turn from nfc worst to nfc best.

.

 

[I Bleed Green]

I don't know about that. The 49'ers still suck.

The NFC South will be the best division in the NFC. The Saints, Falcons, Bucs and especially Panthers have all made great upgrades in the off season.

 

[WestsRobbo]

I don't know about that. The 49'ers still suck.

The NFC South will be the best division in the NFC. The Saints, Falcons, Bucs and especially Panthers have all made great upgrades in the off season.

Hey Hey enough of the 49ers suck talk!

Just rebuilding is all!

Pick up Vernon Davis in the draft and we might be able to get a first down this year

 

[knights9]

Hey Hey enough of the 49ers suck talk!

Just rebuilding is all!

Pick up Vernon Davis in the draft and we might be able to get a first down this year

Yes the 49ers are the best

I dont think we are drafting VD since we just re-signed Terry Jones :x.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Adam Vinatieri, k Indianapolis New England 5 years, undisclosed

This one shocked me!!

There is not much loyalty in this game is there?? ( from team to player...)

I hope this one comes back to bite the Patriots...

 

[sunny]

eric moulds to the texans is a big rumour atm

 

[WestsRobbo]

Yes the 49ers are the best

I dont think we are drafting VD since we just re-signed Terry Jones :x.

Did you watch Jones play? Camp fodder or back up at best.
and will have no bearing on whether we select VD or not!

 

[sunny]

correct