S Williams stays with Bengals for 1 year (AP)
Safety Roy Williams agreed to a one-year deal to stay with the Cincinnati Bengals. Williams signed with the Bengals as a free agent from Dallas last year and was the starting strong safety when the season began. He suffered a forearm injury in the third game of the season and never fully healed, limiting him to one more game.
Read moreTomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets (AP)
LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson’s agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract. The Jets confirmed that they have agreed to a deal, adding the aging star to the NFL’s top-ranked rushing offense last season.
Read moreAgent: Tauscher, Packers agree to deal (AP)
Veteran Green Bay Packers right tackle Mark Tauscher has agreed to terms on a multiyear contract that will bring him back to the team, his agent said Sunday. Agent Neil Cornrich said the deal will allow Tauscher, who went to the University of Wisconsin, to play his entire football career in his home state.
Read moreRaiders get LB Wimbley from Browns (AP)
The Oakland Raiders bolstered their pass rush Sunday by acquiring former first-round pick Kamerion Wimbley from the Cleveland Browns for an undisclosed draft pick. Oakland senior executive John Herrera confirmed the deal, saying Oakland gave up a pick it had acquired in a previous deal. The Raiders had acquired a third-round pick from New England last summer in a deal for Derrick Burgess.
Read moreBrowns trade QB Quinn to Broncos (AP)
Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he’ll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.
Read moreJets coach Ryan has weight-loss surgery (AP)
Jets coach Rex Ryan has undergone a weight-loss procedure to help him fight obesity. The husky Ryan had lap-band surgery Saturday at NYU Medical Center, and was relaxing at his home in New Jersey, team spokesman Bruce Speight told The Associated Press. The New York Daily News first reported the story on its Web site Sunday morning.
Read moreJets, Giants to flip for stadium opener (AP)
The Jets say they will flip a coin with the Giants to determine which team will host the first regular-season game at the new Meadowlands Stadium. The teams will begin playing in their new 82,500-seat, $1.6 billion stadium this season, and both have campaigned to the NFL to play the opening game there.
Read moreNFL, union bicker over retiree benefits (AP)
The NFL and its players union are bickering again, this time over benefits for the league’s retired players. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter posted on the league’s labor Web site Saturday that the NFL is committed to its former players, and that no new collective bargaining agreement will be made without improving things for them.
Read moreMawae re-elected as NFLPA president (AP)
Free agent center Kevin Mawae was unanimously re-elected as president of the NFL Players Association during the union’s board of player representatives meeting Saturday. Mawae, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection, will serve his second straight two-year term beginning this season after the voting was announced in Maui with more than 100 players in attendance.
Read moreBrowns, QB Delhomme agree to 2-year deal (AP)
Jake Delhomme has a new NFL home, and the Cleveland Browns have another new quarterback. Delhomme, released last week by the Carolina Panthers, has agreed to terms on a two-year deal with the Browns, whose quarterback position has been nothing short of a merry-go-round of players since the club returned as an expansion team 11 years ago.
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