April 2006 - Football Wiretap

Seahawks Designate Hutchinson As Team's Transistion Player

AP

Brian Williams Named Minnesota's Transistion Player

Sportsline

Lions Slap Franchise Tag On RT Backus

Sportsline

Fellow Vikings Hope Club Keeps Daunte
"I don't agree with trading him," said LT Bryant McKinnie. "We already made one mistake (trading Moss). Don't do it twice."

Pioneer Press

Del Rio Signs New Deal With Jaguars

Union-Tribune

Ravens Decide Not To Franchise Jamal Lewis

AP

Colts Unlikely To Franchise James

ABC7.com

Jets Part With Law, Restructure Martin's Contract
The Jets are about $26 million over the salary cap and must be at or under the cap by March 3, the opening day of free agency.

SportingNews

Wayne Agrees To Six-Year Deal With Indy
FOXSports.com has learned that the Colts agreed to terms Wednesday with wide receiver Reggie Wayne on a six-year deal worth nearly $40 million including $13.5 million in bonus money.

FoxSports

Dolphins Prepared To Part Ways With Seau And Frerotte

Sun-Sentinel

Woodson Done In Oakland
The deadline for NFL teams to place franchise or transition tags on players is Thursday and the Raiders will not put that tag on Charles Woodson.

SF Chronicle

Niners Won't Use Franchise Tag On Peterson

Mercury News

Abraham Wants Trade Out Of New York
Representatives for John Abraham made it clear yesterday that the three-time Pro Bowl defensive end is not happy with the situation.

Star-Ledger

Jets Designate Abraham Their Franchise Player

Forbes.com

Ravens Lean Towards Franchise Tag For Lewis

Baltimore Sun

Ricky's Drug Of Choice Not Marijuana?
Ricky Williams' fourth violation of the NFL's anti-drug policy ? the substance involved was not marijuana, sources said Monday.

Palm Beach Post

Dolphins Talk Culpepper Trade With Minnesota
The Vikings have held talks with the Miami Dolphins over the past week about a possible trade involving quarterback Daunte Culpepper.

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Some Owners Could Sue If Revenue-Share Comes About
A group of owners of the most prosperous franchises has threatened to take legal action if a revenue-sharing plan they don't like is forced upon them.

Washington Post

Steelers' Keisel Wants To Stay In Pittsburgh

Tribune-Review

Chargers To Let Brees Test Waters
San Diego general manager A. J. Smith said Monday the team has declined to designate Drew Brees as its franchise or transition player.

Mercury News

Indy Talks To Determine Pennington's Future

NY Post

Just Business For Randle El

Tribune-Review

Ricky Being Ricky
Ricky Williams faces at least a one-year suspension from the NFL after testing positive for drug use a fourth time under the league's substance abuse policy.

Ticker

Bettis Joins NBC's Broadcast Team

AP

Aikman Thinks Favre Will Retire
Troy Aikman believes the Green Bay Packers' struggles will likely drive Brett Favre into retirement.

Giants.com

Panthers Want Foster Back
"I still think we're going to get something done," DeShaun Foster said of a contract extension with the Panthers.

NewsObserver.com

Fassel Has Seen 19 Head Coaching Changes Since Fired By Giants

NY Daily News

Pennington Out And Cutler In?
The Chad Pennington Era with the Jets appears to be in its final days and the Jay Cutler Era could be two months from opening.

NY Daily News

Brees Nearing Point Of No Return
Should the impasse between the Chargers and Drew Brees continue through next week, it appears Brees will be allowed to test the free-agent market and could leave without compensation.

Union-Tribune

Titans Won't Exercise $50 Million Option On McNair
A $50 million option bonus was added to Titans quarterback Steve McNair's contract in March 2004. "We won't exercise,'' GM Floyd Reese said of the bonus.

Tennessean