With the NFL’s period of Free Agency now upon us, many teams have made decisions regarding the futures of some of the league’s top players. Here is a list of notable transactions from the last few days
Trades
Denver trades RB Tatum Bell and OT Jeff Foster to Detroit for CB Dre Bly
Cuts
Pittsburgh cuts LB Joey Porter
New Orleans cuts WR Joe Horn
San Diego cuts WR Keenan McCardell
Dallas cuts QB Drew Bledsoe
Indianapolis cuts WR Brandon Stokley and DT Monte Reagor
Baltimore cuts RB Jamal Lewis
Minnesota cuts QB Brad Johnson
Cincinnati cuts OLB Brian Simmons
St. Louis cuts OLB Dexter Coakly
Houston cuts WR Eric Moulds
Washington cuts TE Christian Fauria
Detroit cuts OT Ross Verba
San Francisco cuts WR Antonio Bryant
Retirements
NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reports that QB Jake Plummer has decided to retire instead of accepting a trade to Tampa Bay
Signings
Jacksonville has re-signed RB Fred Taylor to a 3 year contract extension
Tampa Bay has re-signed FB Mike Alstott to a 1 year contract extension worth $1.5M
Pittsburgh has re-signed DE Aaron Smith to a 4 year contract extension worth $25M
San Francisco has re-signed DE Bryant Yong to a 1 year contract extension worth $4.25M
Dallas has re-signed C Andre Gurode to a 7 year contract extension worth upwards of $22M
Washington has restructured the contract of QB Mark Brunell to save around $3 M in cap space
