The Philadelphia Eagles have made tons and tons of moves this offseason, so why should now be any different? As the team prepares for the St. Louis Rams in Week 1, they’ve done some roster shuffling. First and foremost, they’ve sent first-round draft pick Danny Watkins to the bench. He was a mess at right [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles continued their buying bonanza today when they signed former New York Giant WR Steve Smith. It’s a one-year deal as Smith is coming off of microfracture surgery, but it’s clearly an upside move for the Birds. With the signing, however, many have speculated that this is a sign that Jeremy Maclin is [...]
Much of the ballyhoo over the last 12 or so hours has been about the Philadelphia Phillies inexplicably landing stud left-hander Cliff Lee. The New York Yankees had offered him more years and more money, but apparently Cliff was still upset about his wife getting spat upon in the Bronx. Well, the Yankees have struck [...]
And now every single 2010 first-round pick is signed and should be in camp practicing soon. According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to terms with No. 6-overall pick Russell Okung. “Filed to ESPN: The last one’s basically in – Russell Okung agrees to a 6-yr deal w $30 mill guaranteed, $58 [...]
This makes perfect sense to us. Last year’s top-overall pick in the NFL, Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions, got $41.7 million guaranteed when he signed. Well, that mark just got shattered. The St. Louis Rams have agreed to a six-year, $78 million contract with QB Sam Bradford. With – get this – $50 million [...]
This was certainly unexpected. Most people figured that defenseman Sergei Gonchar would be headed to Washington or Pittsburgh. But nope, Gonchar has actually signed a three-year, $16.5 million contract with the Ottawa Senators. The 36-year old Russian was the best offensive defenseman on the market, and now he’ll help out Ottawa on the blue line [...]
After all this waiting and visits with teams, nothing has changed. A league source tells PFT that S Darren Sharper has agreed to stay with the New Orleans Saints on a one-year deal. Sharper had been visiting with the Jacksonville Jaguars and we thought for a while that that is where he would eventually end [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles will have a 2 PM press conference on Monday to announce the signing of restricted free agent WR Jason Avant to a new five-year contract. Avant had a career-high 41 catches for three TD’s in 2009 and has quickly become one of the team’s favorite third-down targets. Avant was a fourth-round pick [...]
The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a five-year deal with former Arizona Cardinal (we’ve been saying that a lot today. Christ, who do they have left on the team?) LB Karlos Dansby, according to Steve Wyche of NFL.com. “Dansby agrees with Dolphins: 5 years, $43 million, $22 gauranteed,” he tweets. Photo Caption: Hopefully, Dansby and [...]
A source tells Steve Wyche of NFL.com that the majority of the deal is in place between former Houston Texan Dunta Robinson and the Atlanta Falcons. He expects a deal to be finalized by the end of the weekend. This would be a good move for the Falcons, who desperately need help in the secondary. [...]
The Chicago Bears have hired former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz to be their offensive coordinator, according to Brad Bigg’s Twitter page. While Martz was low on the list of candidates, the Bears had little choice when even Emanuel Lewis, Rich Kotite, and three different members of Menudo said they weren’t interested. QB [...]
The Oakland A’s have signed free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets to a one-year deal, according to CBSports.com (if you can even trust a random, no-name website like that). The one year is worth $10 million, which isn’t bad for a guy who was out of baseball all last year with an injury. Still, Sheets has a [...]
We aren’t so sure we love this deal. Yes, Matt Holliday is a tremendous hitter, but….seven years and $120 million with a full no-trade clause? That’s right, that’s the deal that the St. Louis Cardinals and Holliday just agreed to. Holliday hit .353 with 13 HR’s and 55 RBI’s in 63 games with the Cardinals [...]
According to Adam Schefter, the Dallas Cowboys will sign former Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham this week. “Filed to ESPN: Cowboys will be signing former Redskins K Shaun Suisham to kick against his former Washington team Sunday night,” he tweets. Oooohhh revenge! A dish that’s best served cold!! We don’t really know what that means in [...]
Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels has dipped back into the New England well and agreed to a deal with former Patriot cornerback Ty Law. He doesn’t have much left in the tank (if anything at all), but will help provide depth to a super-thin secondary. He is flying to Denver and will sign if [...]
The Dallas Cowboys and DeMarcus Ware have agreed on a six-year extension that is worth up to $13 million per year with almost $40 guaranteed, according to Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com. Wow.
According to Sports Illustrated‘s Jon Heyman’s Twitter page, the Cleveland Indians are set to hire former Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta as their skipper. They also interviewed Angels bench coach Ron Roenicke, Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly and former Mets manager Bobby Valentine. Clearly, they were impressed by Acta’s 158-252 record as a manager.
The drama has finally come to an end (so we are told). The Boston Bruins have traded disgruntled sniper Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Curtis Joseph, Tie Domi, first- and second-round draft picks in 2010 and a first-round pick in 2011. Within seconds, the Leafs and Kessel agreed on a [...]
Sources tell ESPN that the Eagles and Jeff Garcia have agreed to a deal. With Donovan McNabb ailing with cracked ribs, Garcia adds some insurance even though the Eagles haven’t ruled out McNabb for Sunday’s game against the Saints. Garcia was recently cut by the Oakland Raiders despite the fact that JaMarcus Russell stinks. In [...]
We admit we don’t understand the NHL salary cap and that’s evidenced by the fact that we don’t understand why a 30-year old guy would get a 12-year contract. Well, Roberto Luongo just got one from the Vancouver Canucks and it’s reportedly worth some $64 million. “I’m very excited,” Luongo said during a conference call. [...]
The Raiders have signed a Manning. Not an Eli or a Peyton, or even a Danny or an Archie…but a Ricky. The Oakland Raiders announced on their Twitter page that they have signed former Carolina Panther, Chicago Bear and St. Louis Ram Ricky Manning, Jr. “Raiders release john paul foschi, sign defensive back ricky manning,” [...]