Friday, February 09, 2007

NFL NEWS AND NOTES

The Broncos are expected to restructure Rod Smith's contract soon. He is due a $1 million roster bonus in March, but the team will ask him to take a pay cut from his $5.5 million salary.....

The Dolphins signed DT Steve Fifita, DE/LB Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, QB Gibran Hamdan, LB Iwuchukwu, PK Matt Prater, TE Jason Rader and WR P.K. Sam to reserve/future contracts. Fifita and Sam will play in NFL Europe.....

Among the tight ends who are likely to be unrestricted free agents are San Francisco's Eric Johnson, Seattle's Jerramy Stevens and New England's Daniel Graham......

Defensive tackle Ryan Sims is a prime target to be released. Sims, the Chiefs’ top draft pick in 2002, costs the Chiefs slightly more than $3 million now against their salary cap but would cost them about $2.3 million against their cap if released... Peterson has also said the Chiefs would negotiate a new contract with running back Larry Johnson, who otherwise has three seasons remaining on the deal he signed as a rookie in 2003.....

It has long been a foregone conclusion that 2006 was linebacker Donnie Edwards' last season as a Charger. Neither the team nor Edwards' side officially said as much, however, until yesterday. But with free agency looming, Edwards' agent confirmed yesterday the sides have not talked and that Edwards will leave when the free-agency period begins next month.....

During an appearance on KFAN-1130, Childress downplayed the possibility of pursuing quarterback Jeff Garcia when free agency opens next month... Also on KFAN, Childress said he wanted to "retract" an earlier statement that suggested the Vikings have ruled out taking a blue-chip quarterback in the first round of the April 28-29 draft.

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