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NFL Free Agents

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I just wanted to update some of the signings in the last two days.

Panthers | Contract update: M. Kemoeatu
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:20:00 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/9">ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports Carolina Panthers DT Ma'ake Kemoeatu's new five-year contract is worth $27.5 million. It includes a $6 million signing bonus and $2 million in a second-tier bonus. His base salary for 2006 is $1 million.

Rams | Chavous signed to five-year deal
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:59:32 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/17">Len Pasquarelli, of ESPN.com, reports the St. Louis Rams have signed free agent S Corey Chavous (Vikings) to a five-year contract. Complete financial terms were not disclosed, but he will average about $4 million a year for the first three years of the contract. Counting bonuses and base salary, Chavous' compensation for the 2006 season will be between $6 million and $7 million.

Texans | Team reaches deal with Weaver
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:32:01 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/170">Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports the Houston Texans have reached agreement on an undisclosed contract with free agent DE Anthony Weaver (Ravens). Weaver is expected to receive $13 million in guaranteed money.

Broncos | Warren lands a six-year deal
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:38:49 -0800
<A href="http://www.kffl.com/link/9">ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli reports the Denver Broncos have reached an agreement on a six-year contract with DT Gerard Warren. The deal, which makes Warren one of the NFL's highest paid defensive tackles, is worth about $36 million and includes approximately $10 million in bonuses.

Ravens | Team lands Pryce
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:26:19 -0800
ESPN.com's John Clayton and Len Pasquarelli report the Baltimore Ravens have agreed to a five-year, $25 million contract with free agent DE Trevor Pryce (Broncos).

Rams | Witherspoon contract update
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:01:19 -0800
Updating previous reports, Pat Yasinskas, of the Charlotte Observer, reports St. Louis Rams LB Will Witherspoon signed a six-year contract worth $33 million. The deal includes $15 million in bonus money.

Ravens | B. Scott re-signed
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:51:20 -0800
Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens have re-signed free agent LB Bart Scott (Ravens) to a three-year contract. Scott will receive a total deal worth $13.5 million, including a $6.5 million signing bonus. He is scheduled to earn $1 million this season, $2.6 million in 2007 and $3.4 million in 2008.

Ravens | Bannan agrees to terms
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:51:54 -0800
Jamison Hensley, of the Baltimore Sun, reports the Baltimore Ravens have agreed to the terms of a four-year contract with free agent DT Justin Bannan (Bills), according to his agent. According to a league source, the Ravens gave Bannan a $3 million signing bonus.
 
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2366421

Safety Adam Archuleta kept getting calls from his former Rams defensive coordinator, Lovie Smith, who was trying to recruit him to come to the Chicago Bears and help out his defense.
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But the Redskins flashed $10 million in guarantees and a contract worth close to $5 million a year, and those thoughts ended. Archuleta became the Redskins' fourth addition from over the weekend, joining receivers Brandon Lloyd and Antwaan Randle El and tight end Christian Fauria.

Archuleta flew to Washington on Saturday on Daniel Snyder's private plane and stayed for the weekend until the Redskins finished the deal. John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com
 
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Jamal Lewis just re-signed with the Ravens.

Home again: Jamal Lewis agrees to new Ravens deal
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The office of Lewis' agent, Mitch Frankel, confirmed Lewis accepted a three-year deal to stay in Baltimore. Terms of the deal were unavailable because Frankel was on a flight this morning.

Lewis was planning to go to Denver for a visit and start to find another team but he kept in touch with the Ravens. Finally, after 24 hours of negotiations, going back and forth between short-term and long-term deals, Lewis accepted a three-year deal to stay and will have a conference call with the media later this afternoon.

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This isn't free agent news but I didn't think it needed its own thread:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2368259

The Dolphins decided to stop waiting for Chargers quarterback Drew Brees to lower his contract demands and opted to give the Vikings a second-round choice to acquire quarterback Daunte Culpepper.

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Culpepper had been talking to the Dolphins for the past week, expressing his desire to be with the Dolphins along with showing a willingness to rework his contract to fit into the Dolphins salary cap. Contract talks between the Dolphins and Brees have been stalled because the Saints had more money and more guarantees on the table from the Saints.

Vikings coach Brad Childress said recently Culpepper is on schedule in his rehab from surgery in which he tore three knee ligaments after having a trainer fly to Florida to meet with Culpepper. The recovery time from such major surgery is 12 months, but Culpepper has told the Dolphins that he's ahead of schedule and may be able to play before September.

Finding a quarterback this offseason was Nick Saban's main objective. Though he liked Brees, he was unwilling to give him $10 million in guarantees after he is coming off shoulder surgery.

Culpepper's trade clears the stage for the Saints to get Brees.
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exhawg said:
So if the Saints get Brees what happens to the draft order? They sure as hell aren't going to take a QB if they give Brees a big contract. I could see Vince Young falling several picks from this.
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I think the Saints take Ferguson and Leinart falls to the Titans at #3. The Jets already resigned Pennington and they're making a run at Ramsey. If they land Ramsey too I think Young falls down to the Raiders at #7.
 
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Well my scenario may play out although they mention Mario Williams as the target here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2368304

Early in his career, there were questions about Drew Brees having a slow release.
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That wasn't the case Tuesday when he pulled the trigger on a six-year, $60 million deal with the New Orleans Saints that included a $10 million signing bonus.
Brees' decision came within seconds of the Dolphins dropping out of the bidding when they traded a second-round choice for Daunte Culpepper. All along, the Saints had more money and more guarantees on the table for Brees and wanted to use his name as the marquee for ticket sales, sales that have been hot because of the Saints' return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Even though the Saints will be looking at Matt Leinart in the draft, they have Brees as their starting quarterback. That puts the Saints in the position to possible trade down from the No. 2 spot and take defensive end Mario Williams or simply take the North Carolina State defensive end.

Brees comes to New Orleans with high recommendations. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells has always been a big fan of Brees and advised his former assistant, Sean Payton, to take Brees if he had the chance. Payton is the new coach of the Saints.

Brees rejected the Dolphins' idea of lowering his demands for guarantees because the Saints made a promise to his agent, Tom Condon. In the end, Brees didn't budge and he ended up going to the Saints.
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exhawg said:
I bet Norm Chow is the happiest man in Tennessee right now.
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I'm a Titans fan, and I saw we signed David Givens, and he'll be a nice number two WR.

I saw that the Saints signed Brees, so they obviously won't draft Young or Leinart.

So, my question is:

Do you think that Norm Chow wants Matt Leinart or Vince Young?

I'd assume that he'd want Leinart, since he coached him and all, but I was wondering why you think he's the happiest man in Tennessee right now?

Haha, sorry, I'm completely clueless.
 
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