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Only four of the NFL's 32 first-round picks have signed contract deals and the rumor going around, according to the Denver Post, is that the reason negotiations are going so slowly can be pinned solely on Michael Crabtree(notes).
The former Texas Tech wide receiver, who was picked tenth overall by the San Francisco 49ers, is supposedly looking for the kind of dough a top-three pick would normally get. And so everybody else is supposedly waiting to see if he can get it. Because if he can, they'll all be looking for that kind of dough, too.
The former Texas Tech wide receiver, who was picked tenth overall by the San Francisco 49ers, is supposedly looking for the kind of dough a top-three pick would normally get. And so everybody else is supposedly waiting to see if he can get it. Because if he can, they'll all be looking for that kind of dough, too.
RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP)—Amani Toomer(notes) knew he still wanted to play, knew he still could play. Retirement was never an option.
So even as training camps opened around the league, the 13-year veteran kept working out, waiting to get a call.
It came this week, when the Kansas City Chiefs invited him for a workout, then signed him to a one-year deal.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...DubYF?slug=ap-chiefs-toomer&prov=ap&type=lgns
So even as training camps opened around the league, the 13-year veteran kept working out, waiting to get a call.
It came this week, when the Kansas City Chiefs invited him for a workout, then signed him to a one-year deal.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...DubYF?slug=ap-chiefs-toomer&prov=ap&type=lgns
ASHBURN, Va. -- D.J. Hackett signed with the Washington Redskins on Wednesday, giving the team another option for the No. 5 receiver spot after Roydell Williams was waived with a finger injury.
Terms of Hackett's deal weren't disclosed.
Hackett had been looking for work since the Carolina Panthers released him in February. He previously played three years with the Seattle Seahawks, with whom current Redskins coach Jim Zorn was an assistant.
"Hack knows the offense, he knows the terminology," Zorn said.
Hackett signed a two-year free-agent deal with the Panthers in 2008, but he caught just 13 passes for 181 yards. He was plagued by injuries, dropped on the depth chart and was cut after one season.
The Redskins have four shoo-ins at receiver: Santana Moss, Antwaan Randle El, Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly. Williams was a contender for the fifth spot until breaking his left pinkie during practice Sunday.
Terms of Hackett's deal weren't disclosed.
Hackett had been looking for work since the Carolina Panthers released him in February. He previously played three years with the Seattle Seahawks, with whom current Redskins coach Jim Zorn was an assistant.
"Hack knows the offense, he knows the terminology," Zorn said.
Hackett signed a two-year free-agent deal with the Panthers in 2008, but he caught just 13 passes for 181 yards. He was plagued by injuries, dropped on the depth chart and was cut after one season.
The Redskins have four shoo-ins at receiver: Santana Moss, Antwaan Randle El, Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly. Williams was a contender for the fifth spot until breaking his left pinkie during practice Sunday.