NFL Notes: Moulds wants Bills to release him
Veteran star receiver Eric Moulds asked the Buffalo Bills to release or trade him yesterday, believing the team has no intention of keeping him at his current salary.
"The Bills have put us in a position where we're at Option Z and Option Z is to ask to be released," Moulds' personal adviser, Greg Johnson, told Associated Press. "It's a sad day. And we wish things could've worked out, but it's just not working out."
Moulds, a 10-year veteran and the Bills' senior player, has two years left on his contract. He's scheduled to make about $7.1 million (all figures U.S.) next season and count about $10.85 million against the salary cap.
Moulds twice has rejected the team's request to take what Johnson referred to as "a substantial pay cut." Johnson said the two sides are at a stalemate in finding other ways to reduce the player's salary cap hit.
LEWIS STAYS PUT: Running back Jamal Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens agreed on a three-year contract yesterday, less than 24 hours after the team added free agent Mike Anderson to improve a rushing attack that ranked 21st in the NFL last season.
Lewis's deal was in the vicinity of $25 million, according to the league's website.
The franchise career rushing leader with 6,669 yards, Lewis became a free agent in January.
Lewis had planned to fly to Denver yesterday afternoon to talk about joining the Broncos, but cancelled the flight after coming to terms with the Ravens.
He ran for a career-low 906 yards in 2005 after serving a four-month federal prison sentence on a drug charge and undergoing off-season ankle surgery.
SPENDING SPREE: The Tennessee Titans have money to spend in free agency and they haven't wasted time trying to improve a team that went 4-12 last season, agreeing to terms yesterday with linebacker David Thornton. The five-year deal is worth more than $22 million with an $8 million signing bonus.
Tennessee also met with wide receiver David Givens, another top free agent on the market. "We're not done," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "Veteran presence is important to us."
SIZE MATTERS: The Cleveland Browns signed 6-foot-5, 365-pound nose tackle Ted Washington to a two-year contract to bolster the team's run defence.
The 14-year veteran, who will turn 38 in April, recently was released by the Oakland Raiders for salary cap reasons.
FALCON STAYS HOME: Receiver Brian Finneran re-signed with the Atlanta Falcons, agreeing to a four-year, $8 million contract.
Finneran caught 60 passes for 611 yards last season.
SAFETY REASONS: Dexter Jackson, MVP of the 2003 Super Bowl, signed a four-year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals. The safety, an eight-year player, was with Tampa Bay from 1999-2002. He spent 2003 with Arizona, then returned to Tampa.
REDSKINS BUSY: Washington added safety Adam Archuleta and linebacker Andre Carter to its free-agent haul yesterday, giving the Redskins five new players in three days.
Archuleta, who played five years with the St. Louis Rams, signed a six-year, $30 million deal with a $10 million signing bonus.
Carter will fly to Washington today to sign his deal.
The two players join receivers Brandon Lloyd and Antwaan Randle El and tight end Christian Fauria as the newest additions to Joe Gibbs' team.
with files from star wire services
"The Bills have put us in a position where we're at Option Z and Option Z is to ask to be released," Moulds' personal adviser, Greg Johnson, told Associated Press. "It's a sad day. And we wish things could've worked out, but it's just not working out."
Moulds, a 10-year veteran and the Bills' senior player, has two years left on his contract. He's scheduled to make about $7.1 million (all figures U.S.) next season and count about $10.85 million against the salary cap.
Moulds twice has rejected the team's request to take what Johnson referred to as "a substantial pay cut." Johnson said the two sides are at a stalemate in finding other ways to reduce the player's salary cap hit.
LEWIS STAYS PUT: Running back Jamal Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens agreed on a three-year contract yesterday, less than 24 hours after the team added free agent Mike Anderson to improve a rushing attack that ranked 21st in the NFL last season.
Lewis's deal was in the vicinity of $25 million, according to the league's website.
The franchise career rushing leader with 6,669 yards, Lewis became a free agent in January.
Lewis had planned to fly to Denver yesterday afternoon to talk about joining the Broncos, but cancelled the flight after coming to terms with the Ravens.
He ran for a career-low 906 yards in 2005 after serving a four-month federal prison sentence on a drug charge and undergoing off-season ankle surgery.
SPENDING SPREE: The Tennessee Titans have money to spend in free agency and they haven't wasted time trying to improve a team that went 4-12 last season, agreeing to terms yesterday with linebacker David Thornton. The five-year deal is worth more than $22 million with an $8 million signing bonus.
Tennessee also met with wide receiver David Givens, another top free agent on the market. "We're not done," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "Veteran presence is important to us."
SIZE MATTERS: The Cleveland Browns signed 6-foot-5, 365-pound nose tackle Ted Washington to a two-year contract to bolster the team's run defence.
The 14-year veteran, who will turn 38 in April, recently was released by the Oakland Raiders for salary cap reasons.
FALCON STAYS HOME: Receiver Brian Finneran re-signed with the Atlanta Falcons, agreeing to a four-year, $8 million contract.
Finneran caught 60 passes for 611 yards last season.
SAFETY REASONS: Dexter Jackson, MVP of the 2003 Super Bowl, signed a four-year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals. The safety, an eight-year player, was with Tampa Bay from 1999-2002. He spent 2003 with Arizona, then returned to Tampa.
REDSKINS BUSY: Washington added safety Adam Archuleta and linebacker Andre Carter to its free-agent haul yesterday, giving the Redskins five new players in three days.
Archuleta, who played five years with the St. Louis Rams, signed a six-year, $30 million deal with a $10 million signing bonus.
Carter will fly to Washington today to sign his deal.
The two players join receivers Brandon Lloyd and Antwaan Randle El and tight end Christian Fauria as the newest additions to Joe Gibbs' team.
with files from star wire services
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