NFL Transactions (3/5/10) **NFL FREE AGENCY BEGINS**

New York Giants :
*Signed UFA (S)Antrel Rolle

Philadelphia Eagles :
*Re-Signed RFA (FB)Leonard Weaver to 3-Year Contract
*Released (LB)Will Witherspoon

Washington Redskins :
*Re-Signed RFA (DE)Lorenzo Alexander
*Re-Signed UFA (OL)Mike Williams
*Re-Signed UFA (DE)Phillip Daniels to 2-Year Contract

Chicago Bears :
*Signed UFA (DE)Julius Peppers/Panthers to 6-Year Contract
*Signed UFA (RB)Chester Taylor/Vikings to 4-Year Contract
*Signed UFA (TE)Brandon Manumaleuna/Chargers to 5-Year Contract

Detroit Lions :
*Signed UFA (WR)Nate Burleson/Seahawks to 5-Year Contract
*Signed UFA (DE)Kyle Vanden Bosch/Titans to 4-Year Contract
*Acquired (DT)Corey Williams & 2010 7th Round Draft Pick from Cleveland Browns
for 2010 5th Round Draft Pick
*Re-Signed UFA (TE)Will Heller
*Re-Signed UFA (OL)Jon Jansen to 1-Year Contract
*Re-Signed UFA (LB)Vinny Ciurciu to 1-Year Contract
*Released (DT)Grady Jackson

Green Bay Packers :
*Re-Signed UFA (OL)Chad Clifton to 3-Year Contract
*Released (DE)Michael Montgomery
*Released (S)Matt Giordano

Atlanta Falcons :
*Signed UFA (CB)Dunta Robinson/Texans to 6-Year Contract

Carolina Panthers :
*Released (DT)Maake Kemoeatu
*Released (LB)Landon Johnson
*Released (LB)Na’il Diggs

New Orleans Saints :
*Re-Signed UFA (S)Pierson Prioleau

St. Louis Rams :
*Signed UFA (QB)A.J. Feeley/Panthers
*Re-Signed RFA (S)Craig Dahl to 3-Year Contract
*Waived (TE)Derek Fine

Miami Dolphins :
*Signed UFA (LB)Karlos Dansby/Cardinals
*Re-Signed UFA (QB)Chad Pennington
*Released (S)Gibril Wilson
*Released (LB)Akin Ayodele

New England Patriots :
*Re-Signed UFA (LB)Tully Banta-Cain to 3-Year Contract
*Re-Signed UFA (OL)Stephen Neal to 2-Year Contract
*Re-Signed Franchise Player (DT)Vince Wilfork to 5-Year Contract

New York Jets :
*Released (RB)Thomas Jones
*Released (CB)Donald Strickland

Baltimore Ravens :
*Acquired (WR)Anquan Boldin & 2010 5th Round Draft Pick from Arizona Cardinals
for 2010 3rd Round Draft Pick & 2010 4th Round Draft Pick

Cleveland Browns :
*Re-Signed (WR/KR)Josh Cribbs to a New 3-Year Contract
*Re-Signed UFA (S)Raymond Ventrone

Houston Texans :
*Re-Signed UFA (WR)Kevin Walter

Indianapolis Colts :
*Re-Signed UFA (LB)Gary Brackett
*Released (QB)Jim Sorgi
*Released (DE)Raheem Brock

Denver Broncos :
*Signed UFA (DT)Justin Bannan/Ravens to 5-Year Contract
*Signed UFA (CB)Nathan Jones/Dolphins to 4-Year Contract
*Re-Signed UFA (OL)Russ Hochstein to 2-Year Contract
*Re-Signed UFA (WR)Brandon Lloyd

Oakland Raiders :
*Re-Signed RFA (OL)Khalif Barnes to 1-Year Contract

San Diego Chargers :
*Re-Signed UFA (TE)Kris Wilson to 2-Year Contract
*Re-Signed UFA (DE)Alfonso Boone to 2-Year Contract

2010 NFL Trade Chart

To New York Jets : (CB)Antonio Cromartie
To San Diego Chargers : 2011 Conditional 3rd Round Draft Pick

To Detroit Lions : (DT)Corey Williams & 2010 7th Round Draft Pick
To Cleveland Browns : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To Baltimore Ravens : (WR)Anquan Boldin & 2010 5th Round Draft Pick
To Arizona Cardinals : 2010 3rd Round Draft Pick & 2010 4th Round Draft Pick

To Arizona Cardinals : (S)Kerry Rhodes
To New York Jets : 2010 4th Round Draft Pick & 2011 7th Round Draft Pick

To Detroit Lions : (CB)Chris Houston & 2010 5th Round Draft Pick
To Atlanta Falcons : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick & 2010 6th Round Draft Pick

To Tampa Bay Buccaneers : (WR)Reggie Brown
To Philadelphia Eagles : 2010 6th Round Draft Pick

To Cleveland Browns : (QB)Seneca Wallace
To Seattle Seahawks : 2011 Undisclosed Draft Pick

To Detroit Lions : (QB)Shaun Hill
To San Francisco 49ers : 2011 7th Round Draft Pick

To Denver Broncos : (QB)Brady Quinn
To Cleveland Browns : (FB)Peyton Hillis & 2011 6th Round Draft Pick & 2012 Cond. Draft Pick

To Oakland Raiders : (LB)Kamerion Wimbley
To Cleveland Browns : 2010 3rd Round Draft Pick

To Philadelphia Eagles : (DE)Darryl Tapp
To Seattle Seahawks : (DE)Chris Clemons & 2010 4th Round Draft Pick

To Seattle Seahawks : (QB)Charlie Whitehurst & 2010 2nd Round Draft Pick (#60 Overall)
To San Diego Chargers : 2010 2nd Round Draft Pick (#40 Overall) & 2011 3rd Round Draft Pick

To Cleveland Browns : (CB)Sheldon Brown & (LB)Chris Gocong
To Philadelphia Eagles : (LB)Alex Hall & 2010 4th Round Draft Pick & 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To Washington Redskins : (QB)Donovan McNabb
To Philadelphia Eagles : 2010 2nd Round Draft Pick & 2011 Conditional 4th Round Draft Pick

To Detroit Lions : (OL)Rob Sims & 2010 7th Round Draft Pick
To Seattle Seahawks : (DE)Robert Henderson & 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To New York Jets : (WR)Santonio Holmes
To Pittsburgh Steelers : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To Miami Dolphins : (WR)Brandon Marshall
To Denver Broncos : 2010 2nd Round Draft Pick & 2011 2nd Round Draft Pick

To San Francisco 49ers : (WR)Ted Ginn Jr.
To Miami Dolphins : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To Detroit Lions : (TE)Tony Scheffler/Broncos & 2010 7th Round Draft Pick/Broncos
To Philadelphia Eagles : (LB)Ernie Sims/Lions
To Denver Broncos : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick/Eagles

To Washington Redskins : (DT)Adam Carriker & 2010 5th & 7th Round Draft Picks
To St. Louis Rams : 2010 5th & 7th Round Draft Picks

To Pittsburgh Steelers : (QB)Byron Leftwich
To Tampa Bay Buccaneers : 2010 7th Round Draft Pick

To Oakland Raiders : (DE)Quentin Groves
To Jacksonville Jaguars : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To San Diego Chargers : 2010 1st Round Draft Pick (#12 Overall)
To Miami Dolphins : 2010 1st Round Draft Pick (#24 Overall), 2010 2nd Round Draft Pick, 2010 4th Round Draft Pick, & (LB)Tim Dobbins

To Seattle Seahawks : (RB)LenDale White, (DT)Kevin Vickerson, 2010 4th Round Draft Pick (#111), 2010 6th Round Draft Pick (#185)
To Tennessee Titans : 2010 4th Round Draft Pick (#104) & 2010 6th Round Draft Pick (#176)

To Jacksonville Jaguars : (LB)Kirk Morrison & 2010 5th Round Draft Pick
To Oakland Raiders : 2010 4th Round Draft Pick

To Seattle Seahawks : (RB)Leon Washington
To New York Jets : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To Pittsburgh Steelers : (CB)Bryant McFadden & 2010 6th Round Draft Pick
To Arizona Cardinals : 2010 5th Round Draft Pick

To Oakland Raiders : (QB)Jason Campbell
To Washington Redskins : 2012 4th Round Draft Pick

To Chicago Bears : (S)Chris Harris
To Carolina Panthers : (LB)Jamar Williams

To St. Louis Rams : (S)Kevin Payne
To Chicago Bears : 2011 “Conditional” 7th Round Draft Pick

To St. Louis Rams : (LB)Bobby Carpenter
To Dallas Cowboys : (OL)Alex Barron

To Jacksonville Jaguars : (OL)Justin Smiley
To Miami Dolphins : 2011 7th Round Draft Pick

To Washington Redskins : (OL)Jammal Brown
To New Orleans Saints : 2011 Conditional 3rd Round Draft Pick

To Philadelphia Eagles : (RB)J.J. Arrington
To Denver Broncos : (LB)Joe Mays

To Washington Redskins : (QB)John Beck
To Baltimore Ravens : (CB)Doug Dutch

To Seattle Seahawks : (DE)Kentwan Balmer
To San Francisco 49ers : 2011 6th Round Draft Pick

To Detroit Lions : (DE)Lawrence Jackson
To Seattle Seahawks : 2011 6th Round Draft Pick

To New England Patriots : (OL)Quinn Ojinnaka
To Atlanta Falcons : “Undisclosed” Future Draft Pick

To Minnesota Vikings : (WR)Greg Camerillo
To Miami Dolphins : (CB)Benny Sapp

To Arizona Cardinals : (FB)Charles Scott
To Philadelphia Eagles : (CB)Jorrick Calvin

To St. Louis Rams : (FB)Dennis Morris
To Washington Redskins : (DE)Hall Davis

To Seattle Seahawks : (OL)Tyler Polumbus
To Detroit Lions : Undisclosed Future Draft Pick

To Baltimore Ravens : (CB)Josh Wilson
To Seattle Seahawks : 2011 Conditional 5th Round Draft Pick

To Philadelphia Eagles : (OL)Reggie Wells
To Arizona Cardinals : 2011 6th Round Draft Pick

To New York Giants : (QB)Sage Rosenfels & (RB/WR)Darius Reynaud
To Minnesota Vikings : 2011 Undisclosed Draft Pick & 2012 Conditional Draft Pick

To Miami Dolphins : (OL)Pat McQuistan
To Dallas Cowboys : 2011 Undisclosed Draft Pick

To San Diego Chargers : (WR)Patrick Crayton
To Dallas Cowboys : 2011 Conditional 6th Round Draft Pick

To Philadelphia Eagles : (LB)Antwan Barnes
To Baltimore Ravens : 2011 7th Round Draft Pick

To Cincinnati Bengals : (S)Reggie Nelson
To Jacksonville Jaguars : (CB)David Jones

To Detroit Lions : (CB)Alphonso Smith
To Denver Broncos : (TE)Dan Gronkowski

To Indianapolis Colts : (CB)Justin Tryon
To Washington Redskins : 2011 Undisclosed Draft Pick

To New England Patriots : (S)Jarrad Page
To Kansas City Chiefs : Undisclosed Draft Pick

To New England Patriots : (LB)Tracy White
To Philadelphia Eagles : 2012 Undisclosed Draft Pick

To Seattle Seahawks : (OL)Stacy Andrews
To Philadelphia Eagles : 2011 7th Round Draft Pick

To St. Louis Rams : (WR)Mark Clayton & 2011 7th Round Draft Pick
To Baltimore Ravens : 2011 6th Round Draft Pick

To Denver Broncos : (RB)Laurence Maroney & 2011 6th Round Draft Pick
To New England Patriots : 2011 4th Round Draft Pick

To Seattle Seahawks : (RB)Marshawn Lynch
To Buffalo Bills : 2011 4th Round Draft Pick & 2012 Conditional 6th Round Draft Pick

To Cleveland Browns : (DE)Jayme Mitchell
To Minnesota Vikings : 2012 “Late Round” Draft Pick

To Minnesota Vikings : (WR)Randy Moss & 2012 7th Round Draft Pick
To New England Patriots : 2011 3rd Round Draft Pick

To New England Patriots : (WR)Deion Branch
To Seattle Seahawks : 2011 4th Round Draft Pick

To Philadelphia Eagles : (RB)Jerome Harrison
To Cleveland Browns : (RB)Mike Bell

To Green Bay Packers : (S)Anthony Smith
To Jacksonville Jaguars : Unknown Compensation

To Tampa Bay Buccaneers : (DE)Alex Magee & 2011 6th Round Draft Pick
To Kansas City Chiefs : 2011 5th Round Draft Pick

2009 NFL Trade Deadline (Updated Rumors)

I was quite behind today in getting to work on the blog. I had work in the morning, then a doctor appointment, then needed to get some rest from this awesome flu I’ve got. Anyways, I’ve spend some time catching up on all of the days rumors, so let me get them for you.

RAIDERS – (CB)NNAMDI ASOMUGHA
I want to start with Raiders (CB)Nnamdi Asomugha because there have been conflicting reports on his availability before the deadline approaches tomorrow @ 4:00EST. I personally don’t think the Raiders move him, but the 2 teams that keep coming up in trade talks for the star defensive back are the Lions, and Ravens. Makes sense because both are struggling to the point of embarrassment. I don’t see the Lions making a move for him as they are still in re-building mode and draft picks are quite precious to them. The Ravens, now they could swing something together for Asomugha. I still can’t believe that with a secondary that includes (CB)Domonique Foxworth, (CB)Fabian Washington, (CB)Chris Carr, (CB)Frank Walker, and possible rookie gem (CB)Lardarius Webb, that you are in desperate need of a corner back. These players all have so much talent, but are just not using it. What a shame too…what someone needs to do is gets under their asses, and light a fire under there, and keep it held there until they play to their full potential.

CHIEFS – (WR)DWAYNE BOWE
Bowe’s performance yesterday (109yds / 6rec) was supposedly based on the verbal shellacking Chiefs Head Coach Todd Haley gave Bowe during a weak first quarter performance. Haley reportedly told Bowe that if he didn’t produce, then he would be traded. I’m sure Bowe wanted to produce anyways, so it looks good to potential teams that may want to acquire him. Reportedly, as I mentioned on a previous post, the Ravens are interested in the services of Dwayne Bowe. Another team that has reportedly inquired about his availability is the Miami Dolphins.

RAVENS – (LB)ANTWAN BARNES
Supposedly the Ravens have had Barnes on the “trading block” since training camp. I’ve read that the Eagles may be interested in his services, especially with the injury to (LB)Omar Gaither.

CHIEFS – (DT)GLENN DORSEY
The new Chiefs regime apparently hasn’t been “sold” on Glenn Dorsey, and haven’t been since their new regime was in place. With the Chiefs supposedly in “Fire-Sale” mode, Glenn Dorsey would be a guy a lot of teams would be interested in. As of right now, I’m hearing the Lions are very interested in Dorsey and it wouldn’t be surprising if Lions pulled it off before the deadline.

PATRIOTS – (WR)JOEY GALLOWAY
Joey Galloway has been a healthy inactive for 2 straight weeks and the Patriots seem to be looking to trade him. Reportedly the Ravens have inquired about Joey Galloway, because they are actively looking for a wide receiver. But Galloway might be a last option if they fail to get a deal done for Bowe, and another receiver who’s nickname rhymes with Bowe………

BILLS – (WR)TERRELL OWENS
The Ravens made a call to the Bills to see if they could work something out for T.O. Reportedly Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome has dialog with a number of teams concerning a number of different players. No other teams have been reported to have contacted the Bills about Owens.

CHARGERS – (LB)SHAWNE MERRIMAN
I know a lot of teams would be interested in Merriman. I’ve heard the Patriots are really interested in Merriman, and they definitely have a plethora of future picks, so I’m sure parting with one or two of them wouldn’t hurt, especially when you are acquiring Shawne Merriman.

BROWNS – (WR/KR)JOSHUA CRIBBS
The Browns organization, as well as head coach Eric Mangini have stated that they will not be trading Joshua Cribbs. Six teams supposedly made a call to see about his availability including the Colts, Dolphins, Jaguars, 49ers, Chiefs, and Raiders. I guess it will depend on if one of the these teams makes Cleveland an offer they cannot refuse.

HERE ARE A FEW NOTES ON SOME RUMORS PERTAINING TO THE TRADE DEADLINE :

– The Eagles are reportedly still dangling (WR)Kevin Curtis as trade bait.
– The Colts supposedly inquired about the availability of Buccaneers (LB)Barrett Ruud, and Bills (WR)Roscoe Parrish
– The Lions may be interested in Chiefs (LB)Derrick Johnson, and reportedly he could be had for a mid-round pick.
– The Browns could be looking to shop (LB)Kamerion Wimbley, (DL)Corey Williams, and possibly (DT)Shaun Rogers.
– The Jaguars reportedly are looking to shop (DE)Quentin Groves at a low price.
– The Rams may be looking to trade (TE)Randy McMichael, due to the emergence of (TE)Daniel Fells
– The Chargers may be willing to trade (WR)Chris Chambers, but shouldn’t expect to get back much for him.
– Either the Browns don’t want to trade (QB)Brady Quinn or they can’t find any takers.
– Packers (LB)Desmond Bishop, who’s buried on the depth chart, said he would be open to the team trading him before the deadline.

***I will be updated this post throughout the evening as I compile more information.