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Per ESPN.com

The Patriots also announced the signing of defensive back Artrell Hawkins on Thursday.

Hawkins started four of the five games he appeared in and posted 16 tackles, including a season-high seven stops and a sack in a start against Tampa Bay . He started both playoff games at safety and accumulated eight tackles.

Looks like we won't be seeing Artrell Hawkins back in stripes next year. Man, I was really hoping the Bengals would make a run at him... :lol:

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Figured it made sense to put them all in one place.

Rams have re-upped Issac Bruce, so he's off the market.

And the Giants just inked CB Sam Madison:

Giants | Madison reaches four-year deal?Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:57:33 -0800

Len Pasquarelli, of ESPN.com, reports the New York Giants have reached a deal on a four-year contract with free agent CB Sam Madison (Dolphins). The deal is worth $7.4 million and includes a $2 million signing bonus. He will have base salaries of $900,000 (2006), $1.2 million (2007), $1.5 million (2008) and $1.8 million (2009). By gaining four or more interceptions in a year, he can receive $250,000 through incentives.

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Damn Sam signed for dirt cheap. He's got more game in him than that contract's worth. Jeez, Walt Harris might even end up getting that much now that he's been cut by the Skins and Walt Harris makes Artrell look like a shutdown corner.

I mean a $1.4 mill cap hit for Sam Madison? The Bengals ought to have gotten in on that. That's crazy.

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Damn Sam signed for dirt cheap. He's got more game in him than that contract's worth. Jeez, Walt Harris might even end up getting that much now that he's been cut by the Skins and Walt Harris makes Artrell look like a shutdown corner.

I mean a $1.4 mill cap hit for Sam Madison? The Bengals ought to have gotten in on that. That's crazy.

Yeah, not much downside there. Worst case is he blows and he costs the Jints a net $300k vs. the cap to cut in 2007 (and we already know it's going up $7 million next year). But one less team in the market for Brian Williams...

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Looks like Browns made a move already

They Signed WR David Givens from the Pats

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news_room/n...rts/5199.0.html

The Browns made an immediate splash in the free agent market Saturday by signing wide receiver David Givens.

WR David Givens

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Givens, who played his first four NFL seasons with the Patriots and won two Super Bowl championships, seems to be a perfect fit for a Browns team that made adding an experienced, reliable receiver a top offseason goal.

Givens bolsters a Browns' receiving corps that awaits the return of last year's top draft pick, Braylon Edwards, from a December ACL injury, and also features veteran Dennis Northcutt.

Last year's leading receiver, Antonio Bryant, is a free agent.

Givens, 25, caught a career-high 59 passes for 738 yards in 13 games last season. He caught 5 passes for 54 yards and a touchdown in the Patriots' playoff loss in Denver in January.

He posted a career-high 6 touchdowns in 2003, and had a career-high 874 receiving yards in 2004. His career totals include 158 receptions, 2,214 yards and 12 touchdowns; he's also the Patriots all-time leader in postseason touchdown receptions with 6.

Givens was a seventh round draft choice out of Notre Dame in 2002. He signed a one-year max tender with the Patriots last season as a restricted free agent.

In Cleveland, Givens is reunited with Romeo Crennel and assistant head coach Jeff Davidson. Crennel was previously the defensive coordinator in New England and Davidson coached the offensive line and tight ends. Browns Special Teams Coach Jerry Rosburg held the same position at Notre Dame for two of Givens' four seasons there. Givens blocked three punts while playing under Rosburg in 2000.

Givens played a limited offensive role and contributed on special teams as a Patriots rookie in 2002, when he caught 9 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown in 12 games. He caught 34 passes for 510 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2003 in 13 games (5 starts) in 2003, including a career-long 57-yarder.

His breakout season came in 2004, when he led the Patriots with 56 catches for 874 yards. He had four games with 100-plus receiving yards, a touchdown catch in each of the Patriots' three postseason games, and converted first downs on 47 of his 56 regular-season receptions.

Marquand Manuel(former Bengal) is close to signing a 5 yr $10 million with GB. Good to see him cash in on excellent performance.

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The St. Louis Rams have agreed to a six-year 33 million dollar contract with (former Carolina) LB Will Witherspoon.

www.stlouisrams.com

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ESPN news reporting that Randle El signed with Washington

Man, Washington is loading up on 6'0" or shorter wide receivers.

Moss, Lloyd, & Randle El...The Mini-Posse

(Monk, Clark, Sanders - for those of you too young to remember.).

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