Archive for February, 2011

Buffalo Releases DL Marcus Stroud

The Bills have released defensive lineman Marcus Stroud, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports. The Bills have confirmed the transaction. Acquired from the Jaguars for a pair of picks in the 2008 NFL Draft, Stroud (6-6, 310) has started 45 of the last 48 games for the Bills, totaling 150 tackles and 7.5 quarterbacks. A defensive [...]

Jaguars RB Jones-Drew Says He Was Hurt for All of 2010

John Oehser of jaguars.com reports that Maurice Jones Drew confirmed he played hurt all of the 2010 season before finally shutting it down for the last two games. “You’re not supposed to tell people when you’re hurting,” he said. “We signed up for a game that’s a physical game. You get hurt, and it happens. [...]

Free Agent Shaun Rogers Says He’d Love to Play in Houston

The Houston Texans may have a chance at signing the free agent manhandling defensive tackle, Shaun Rodgers.  Why?  Well Houston’s KILT recently interviewed Rogers who said it’d be a “dream scenario” to sign with his hometown team, the Houston Texans.  Rogers played high school football at LaPorte High in LaPorte, Texas.  He college football at Texas. [...]

Steelers Expected to Tag OLB LaMarr Woodley

The Steelers are committed to keeping LaMarr Woodley in black and gold, even if it means putting the franchise tag on him. That’s the rumor from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who says that you can put it down that the Steelers WILL put the tag on Woodley before the deadline on February 23rd. Woodley is set [...]

CB Joseph or RB Benson: Who Do The Bengals Franchise?

While the league and the union grapple over a new collective bargaining agreement for 2011 and beyond, the Bengals continue to move forward with various offseason dilemmas including replacing coaching and medical staff personnel, and figuring out what to do about Carson Palmer’s power play and Chad Ochocinco’s eccentricities. Meanwhile, it turns out that despite [...]

Ravens WR Stallworth Upset at Retweet by ESPN’s Adam Schefter

After the NFLPA saw Antonio Cromartie vs. Matt Hasselbeck and Jay Cutler vs. seemingly the world unfold on Twitter over the past few weeks, sub-140 character jabs have now been thrown between player and prominent ESPN reporter. According to Fanhouse.com, Adam Schefter’s retweet of a comment touching on Ravens receiver Donte Stallworth’s DUI/manslaughter conviction has [...]

Eagles QB Vick Decides to Cancel Interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show

Darren Rovell of CNBC reports that Michael Vick has decided to not appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show after all. The move comes after the interview was booked for next week for Vick, who had the franchise tag placed on him Tuesday. Vick’s camp has thus far made no statement explaining the cancellation but it [...]

Raiders Give DT Seymour $30 Million for Two Years

The Raiders and defensive tackle Richard Seymour have come to terms on a deal that will keep him in silver and black for two years in exchange for a whopping $30 million dollars that will include $22.5 million in guaranteed money. The deal allows Oakland to avoid using a franchise tag on Seymour for a [...]