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    Ward update ***

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    He could start for Tampa. Williams can't stay healthy, and Graham is just aight, he's probably better than both of them anyway.

    Your right, only if Tampa's O-line learn how's to block. They can't protect thier QB to save thier life. No matter where Ward goes, he will struggle a bit because he's going to be learning a new system with new blockers. Don't expect him to have a M. Turner year, cause honestly Ward isn't "great". I love the guy to death, but leaving the Giants will get him injured, or sub-par performances.

    LB Keith Brooking, the 33-year old FA

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    Longtime Falcons LB Brooking becomes free agent

     

    ATLANTA (AP)—Keith Brooking, the last remaining player from Atlanta’s Super Bowl team, became a free agent Friday after failing to work out a new contract with the Falcons.

     

    The 33-year-old linebacker is a five-time Pro Bowler and the team’s leading tackler each of the last eight seasons. But he struggled in pass coverage and was caught out of position when Arizona converted a third-and-16 to clinch its playoff victory over the Falcons.

     

    Brooking has spent his entire football career in the Atlanta area. He grew up in the southern suburbs, played his college ball at Georgia Tech and was a first-round pick of the Falcons in 1998, helping the team reach the Super Bowl his rookie season.

     

    As a backup linebacker, he made eight tackles in the NFC championship game at Minnesota, where Atlanta upset the heavily favored Vikings.

     

    Brooking moved into the lineup the following season and had started every game since the beginning of the 2001 season, a streak of 128 contests.

     

    “There are a lot of moving parts at this time, so I do not wish to comment on my situation,” Brooking said in an e-mail. “There will always be a huge place in my heart for the Falcons and the Atlanta community, regardless of what my future holds.”

     

    The Falcons declined comment on the negotiations with Brooking.

     

    Earlier this week, Atlanta cut ties with veteran safety Lawyer Milloy, who started the last three seasons. Also becoming unrestricted free agents at 12:01 a.m. Friday: linebacker Michael Boley, cornerback Domonique Foxworth, and defensive end Chauncey Davis.

     

    Boley and Foxworth stated most of last season, while Davis was a key backup.

     

    The Falcons are planning an overhaul of their defense, especially the secondary. They are not expected to be major players in free agency, preferring to do most of their work through the draft.

     

    A year ago, Atlanta made a big splash on draft day, landing starters Matt Ryan, Sam Baker and Curtis Lofton, along with key contributors Harry Douglas and Chevis Jackson.

     

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    Haynesworth gets 7-year, $100M deal from Redskins?!?

    in New York Giants

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    Haynesworth gets 7-year, $100M deal from Redskins

    WASHINGTON (AP)—Moving swiftly in the first hours of free agency, the Washington Redskins opened their deep pockets and snagged perhaps the biggest name available: All-Pro defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.

     

    The longtime Tennessee Titans defensive tackle agreed to a seven-year deal worth approximately $100 million early Friday morning. The Redskins, known for their expediency in such matters, wasted no time scheduling a 5 p.m. news conference for their latest marquee signing.

     

    Haynesworth’s deal came within hours of another Redskins blockbuster: a six-year, $54 million agreement to re-sign cornerback DeAngelo Hall.

     

    A stout, sack-producing interior lineman is just what the Redskins have needed. Haynesworth had a career-high 8 1/2 sacks last year, more than one-third of Washington’s team total (24). The 27-year-old lineman is 6-foot-6, weighs 320 pounds and has 24 sacks in seven NFL seasons since the Titans drafted him in the first round out of the University of Tennessee in 2002.

     

    Haynesworth last year also had 75 tackles, 22 quarterback pressures, seven tackles for a loss and forced a team-high four fumbles.

     

     

    This is a Jan. 10, 2009 file p…

     

    AP - Feb 27, 9:29 am EST

    The moves for Haynesworth and Hall marked a return to form for Redskins owner Dan Snyder, who for much of the decade has won the unofficial NFL offseason title with big-money signings, often negotiated within hours of the midnight start of free agency. The team was uncharacteristically quiet last year — no major deals at all during the entire free agency period—but an 8-8 season with an aging roster left holes to fill.

     

    It was uncertain whether the Redskins would be able to fit Haynesworth under the salary cap, but the front office spent this month renegotiating several contracts of current players to clear money for the upcoming season. The team also saved money under the cap by releasing linebacker Marcus Washington.

     

    Hall’s deal includes $22.5 million in guaranteed money, giving the 25-year-old cornerback his second big payday in as many years. He was guaranteed around $24 million in a seven-year, $70 million contract he signed a year ago with Oakland, but he struggled to adjust to the Raiders’ man-to-man defense and was waived after eight games.

     

    The Redskins picked him up less than a week later, and he provided a needed boost to a secondary beset by too many injuries and not enough big plays. Hall played in seven games and started the last four, eventually moving ahead of Carlos Rogers on the depth chart.

     

    Hall’s five interceptions for the season—three with Oakland, two with Washington—were three more than any other cornerback on the Redskins roster. He was a model citizen during his short time in the nation’s capital, avoiding the type of temperamental outbursts that prompted the Atlanta Falcons to trade him to Oakland in 2008.

     

    Hall therefore became a top offseason priority, with Snyder wanting to work a deal before the cornerback had a chance to test the free agent market. The negotiations with Hall’s agents, Alvin Keels and Joel Segal, went to the last minute—and maybe a little beyond.

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    Brandon Jacobs says Giants need Burress back

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    Brandon Jacobs says Giants need Burress back

    By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports Writer

     

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)—A day after signing a new $25 million contract, halfback Brandon Jacobs said the only thing the New York Giants need to make another run at a title is Plaxico Burress.

     

    “We have to hope Plaxico Burress gets out of all the issues he has going on there legally,” Jacobs said Thursday in a conference call. “If he can get out of that, we can bring him back and I think that is basically all we need, to be honest with you.”

     

    Burress’ future very likely will be decided in a New York City court room in about a month. The 31-year-old, who caught the winning touchdown pass in the Super Bowl a year ago, faces felony charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the wake of a nightclub shooting in November in which he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh with a handgun.

     

    A conviction could result in a prison sentence ranging from 3 1/2 to 15 years.

    Jacobs, who was rewarded for putting together consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons, has exchanged text messages with Burress, and he is convinced that Burress expects to be back next season.

     

    “If he can get out of this situation that he is in, everybody prays and hopes that he doesn’t go to jail, and then the sky is the limit for him,” Jacobs said. “He has cleaned up, no organization problems, no off the field problems, none of that would be happening with him again.

     

    “I don’t see any of that happening because he knows how close he came to losing everything he has,” Jacobs added. “I think his mind is right now and he is ready to get back out there and perform like he had been doing.”

     

    Burress, who was suspended for the final four games of the regular season in the wake of the shooting, remains under contract to the Giants. The team has left the door open for his return, pending the outcome of his legal problems. His next court appearance is March 31.

     

    The Giants got off to an 11-1 start with Burress in the lineup en route to an NFC East title. Without him, they lost four of their final five games, including 23-11 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC semifinal.

     

    There is no doubt that Burress’ absence changed the Giants. Teams had to play a safety deep to protect against him, and the Giants had no one to replace him.

     

    The signing of Jacobs to the four-year contract that has $13 million in guarantees probably means that the Giants will not re-sign fellow free agent Derrick Ward, who also rushed for 1,000 yards last season.

     

    The two backs talked on Wednesday night.

     

    “We had been talking for a long time about money and so on and so forth and it has finally happened for me and his time is coming,” Jacobs said. “I said just keep doing what you are doing and make sure you have some good people working for you and make sure you get every dollar you deserve.”

     

    The Giants placed a franchise tag on Jacobs earlier this month, guaranteeing that he would make $6.6 million this season. He is guaranteed $15 million in the first two years of his new contract.

     

    “I just wanted to get it over with and have it not be hanging around,” Jacobs said of the contract. “I didn’t miss out on that much though. I kind of got everything I wanted guaranteed, so I didn’t really miss out on that much on the back end. A couple dollars here and there, but it was fine.”

     

    Jacobs said his knee, which caused him to miss three games last season, is fine. The 26-year-old who is entering his fifth season said he hopes to play another six years.

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