Ike Taylor agreed to a $4.25 million pay cut to help the Pittsburgh Steelers create room under the salary cap, which he wasn't pleased with.

Taylor was scheduled to make $7 million in 2014 and will instead make $2.75 million.

"I'm pissed off about it, still am pissed off about it and I'm going to be pissed off until the end of the season about it," Taylor said of taking the pay cut. "Did it hurt me? Hell yeah. Does it still hurt? Yeah, it hurts, but hopefully I can go in and bounce back this year, do what I need to do on the field and we will see what happens after."

The Baltimore Ravens have already signed Terrell Suggs to an extension this offseason and Ozzie Newsome's other priority is to reach a similar deal with Haloti Ngata.

Ngata will become a free agent in 2015 if he doesn't sign an extension.

"We wanted two things from these contracts," Newsome said. "The first is to create some cap room and the other is to try and make sure these two players remained Ravens forever. We got 'Sizzle' done and we're still hopeful with Haloti."

The Atlanta Falcons have signed Courtney Roby.

Roby (6-0, 189) did not play last season after being cut by New Orleans in training camp. Prior to that, he did little as a receiver, recording 21 of his 25 career catches in 2005 during his rookie season at Tennessee, where he was a third-round pick out of Indiana. 

Roby was most valuable as a kick returner, averaging 24.9 yards on 121 returns during his career. 

Washington has signed Jerry Rice Jr., an undrafted rookie wide receiver that played collegiately at UCLA and UNLV.

Rice made appearances at minicamps with the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers this offseason.

“I’m my own person, my own individual,” he told the 49ers’ Web site in May. “Obviously, I have his DNA too, so there’s some similarities. But in the end I am Rice Jr., not Rice Sr., and it’s time to make my own name.”

The Chicago Bears have signed Adrian Wilson to a one-year deal.

Wilson is a five-time Pro Bowl safety.

Arizona released Wilson on March 8, 2013, and the safety eventually signed a three-year contract with the New England Patriots. However, Wilson suffered a season-ending Achilles injury last summer and failed to play in a regular-season game in 2013. The Patriots released Wilson in April.

The New York Giants appear comfortable patching together the tight end position for the 2014 season.

"I think the jury is still out on who the No. 1 tight end is, I think it'll probably be tight end by committee," he said on WFAN this afternoon. "But there are some really good tight ends, some athletic, big guys who can run and catch the ball.

"Adrien Robinson and Larry Donnell are a couple of young guys who have been on the squad for a couple of years, but have had some injury stuff going on with them. We expect them to be healthy and to be able to pick up the slack here."

The NFL has argued that Jimmy Graham shouldn't receive the franchise tender as a wide receiver, using his Twitter account bio with tight end listed as the position as one of its pieces of evidence.

Graham's grievance hearing began Tuesday and is expected to conclude Wednesday. At stake is whether the New Orleans Saints will be required to offer Graham a one-year franchise-tag salary of $7.035 million or $12.3 million.

Even more critical is how the ruling will affect their negotiations over a long-term contract. The two sides have until July 15 to reach a long-term agreement, or else Graham can only play under a one-year deal this season.

Graham's argument is that he should be considered a receiver because he lined up either in the slot or out wide 67 percent of the time last year. And the collective bargaining agreement states that the franchise-tag designation is based on the position "at which the Franchise player participated in the most plays during the prior League Year."

Marshawn Lynch reported to Seattle Seahawks' minicamp on Tuesday.

Lynch and the Seahawks are discussing changes to his contract, which made him the NFL's fifth highest paid running back in 2013.

Lynch reportedly doesn’t want to pay the nearly $70,000 fine for missing minicamp, trusting the Seahawks will negotiate in good faith.

The centerpiece of Seattle’s offense since arriving in 2010, Lynch has led the NFL in the past three seasons with 1,002 regular-season and playoff carries, tallying 4,517 rushing yards and 41 touchdowns during that span.

The Dallas Cowboys and Dez Bryant have started negotiations on a new contract, though Jerry Jones tempered expectations that something gets done before the start of the season.

“I don’t know that we have any issues relative to timing there, at all, with any of our contracts,” said Jones.

Bryant, who is in the final year of his rookie contract, is scheduled to make $1.78 million this season. After catching 93 passes for 1,233 yards and a career-high 13 touchdowns, Bryant earned his first trip to the Pro Bowl.

Vernon Davis and Alex Boone are holding out of the San Francisco 49ers' mandatory minicamp.

Both players will now begin receiving fines for their absence.

Boone is a key part of the 49ers' offensive line, while Davis has become one of the NFL's best multi-dimensional tight ends.