No. 1 overall draft pick Sam Bradford agreed to a six-year, $78 million contract with the St. Louis Rams on Friday night, with $50 million in guaranteed money. The Rams and the former Oklahoma quarterback concluded negotiations in time for the first full-squad workout set for Saturday. The guaranteed money is the highest ever in the NFL.
Albert Haynesworth is at practice for the Washington Redskins -- but strictly as an observer. Haynesworth did not take a conditioning test Saturday that coach Mike Shanahan says the two-time All-Pro defensive lineman must pass before practicing. He failed the test Thursday and Friday. It is not clear why he didn't retake it Saturday.
Cowboys rookie receiver Dez Bryant could miss the rest of training camp after the first-round draft pick suffered a high right ankle sprain near the end of practice Friday. The team said he will be out four to six weeks. Bryant became entangled with cornerback Orlando Scandrick while trying to catch a pass that was thrown behind him on the next-to-last play of the day.
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth will miss the 2010 season with a knee injury, further weakening a secondary already depleted by injuries. Foxworth tore the ACL in his right knee Thursday during an orientation practice. "I was just running and tried to change directions, something I've done a million times in my career.
Trent Williams never got to sleep Thursday night as he waited to hear from his agent. The No. 4 overall pick in the draft had already missed one day of Washington Redskins training camp and wanted to be a holdout no longer. At 4:30 a.m. Friday, the call came. Williams would get a six-year, $60 million contract that includes $36.75 million in guaranteed money.
Eric Berry's tweet was true. The Kansas City Chiefs confirmed Friday they signed the star safety from Tennessee, about nine hours after he said on his Twitter account that he'd come to terms. The Chiefs did not release details but ESPN was reporting the 6-year deal was potentially worth $60 million.
Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum will be together at least five more years, hoping to deliver the New York Jets a Super Bowl. The Jets signed the bold and brash Ryan to a two-year contract extension Friday, and gave the wheeling-and-dealing Tannenbaum a five-year extension -- keeping the coach and general manager with the franchise through the 2014 season.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is known for being able to focus on his receivers in the face of oncoming rushers. This season he plans to put that single-minded approach to another use -- keeping his contract negotiations from becoming a distraction to the team. "Nobody here can solve it but myself and the team," Brady said after practice Friday morning at New England's training camp.
Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand will be suspended for 30 days and fined $100,000 for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy following his guilty plea to driving while impaired, the league announced Friday. The suspension begins Aug. 25 and Lewand will be permitted back at work Sept. 24. Lewand, who met in New York at the league office July 16 with commissioner Roger Goodell, also will do...
Laveranues Coles is back with the Jets for the third time. The veteran wide receiver signed a one-year contract Friday with the team he played with in two previous stints from 2000-02 and 2005-08. The 32-year-old Coles, drafted by the Jets in 2000, spent last season with Cincinnati after leaving New York as a free agent.
