Marvin Harrison refused to take a pay cut. The Indianapolis Colts couldn’t afford to keep him without one.
On Monday, the two sides reached agreement on one thing: Harrison will be a free agent.
Agent Tom Condon told The Associated Press that Indianapolis has agreed to release the franchise’s all-time leading receiver, although an official announcement is [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by admin
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Matt Birk’s week of waiting has begun.
The six-time Pro Bowl center has been told by the Minnesota Vikings they want him back, and that desire is mutual. Whether the Vikings and Birk can agree on a contract to keep him with his hometown team, well, that’s yet to be determined.
But with the beginning of free [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by admin
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Safety Lawyer Milloy, a four-time Pro Bowler, will not be returning to the Atlanta Falcons.
The team announced it will not re-sign the 35-year-old Milloy, who can pursue other options when free agency begins on Friday.
Milloy was the Falcons’ starting safety the last three years. This past season, he was third on the team in both [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by admin
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Patrick Chung and Rulon Davis arrived at this week’s NFL scouting combine with wildly different perspectives.
Chung, the 21-year-old safety from Oregon, describes himself as cocky and ready to conquer the world.
Davis, the 25-year-old defensive end from California, knows better. After spending more than three years in the Marines, including six months in Iraq, and surviving [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin
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Marvin Harrison’s reluctance to take a pay cut could mark the end of his career in Indianapolis.
Colts president Bill Polian told reporters Sunday at the NFL’s annual scouting combine that the team was trying to rework Harrison’s deal to lower the receiver’s salary cap number from approximately $13.4 million, the highest number of any wide [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin
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Matthew Stafford refuses to accept the title of second best. Mark Sanchez won’t like it either.
So the NFL draft’s two top-rated quarterbacks will spend the next two months proving who is better.
Stafford and Sanchez insist this high-stakes duel will not devolve into a personal battle despite the temptation to make this about money, prestige and [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by admin
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Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder expects to be on the free agent market next week, based on his most recent conversations with general manager Jeff Ireland and vice president of football operations Bill Parcells.
“They said, ‘Well, we want to see what your market value is, and see where it goes from there,”‘ Crowder said Friday [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by admin
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All-Pro punter Shane Lechler agreed to a four-year contract Wednesday to stay with the Oakland Raiders, allowing the club to avoid a potentially tough choice in free agency.
Lechler could have become an unrestricted free agent next week after being chosen to the AFC’s Pro Bowl team for the fourth time in his stellar nine-year career. [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
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Brad Van Pelt, a five-time Pro Bowl player with the New York Giants who helped form one of the NFL’s best linebacking corps in the early 1980s, has died. He was 57.
Van Pelt was found dead Tuesday by his fiancee at his home, the Giants said Wednesday. He died from an apparent heart attack, the [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
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The San Diego Chargers placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Darren Sproles on Wednesday, virtually assuring that the speedy little running back-returner will be back next season.
Sproles had been scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. The Chargers tendered him a one-year contract offer of approximately $6.6 million, the average of the top five salaried [...]
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by admin
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