The Philadelphia Eagles have consented to terms with running back DeMarco Murray on a five-year, $42 million agreement. Murray was the group's driving rusher last season.
Running backs took their spot at the leader of the free organization class on Thursday, the third day of the N.F.L's. business year. Two of them, the 2014 Offensive Player of the Year DeMarco Murray and the Chargers' Ryan Mathews, wound up in Philadelphia. Justin Forsett is staying where he made his leap forward last season, in Baltimore.
Murray, 27, helped the Cowboys win the N.F.C. East while scrambling for a group best and establishment record 1,845 yards, breaking Emmitt Smith's group mark. Murray additionally set a class record with eight straight 100-yard recreations to begin the season.
He will join with Mathews to supplant the two-time All-Pro LeSean McCoy, the N.F.L's. surging pioneer in 2013, who was managed to Buffalo by Coach Chip Kelly.
Mathews, 27, leaves San Diego after a damage tormented five seasons. A first-round draft pick in 2010, he had his best season in 2013, with 1,255 yards surging and seven aggregate touchdowns, however it is the main year in which he has played every one of the 16 consistent season amusements.
Forsett, 29, consented to a three-year contract with the Ravens. He falls off the finest season of his seven-year vocation, trading Ray Rice and scrambling for 1,266 yards and eight touchdowns.
Flies AND CROMARTIE NEAR DEAL Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie, who framed a smothering cornerback pair for the Jets from 2010 to 2012, were very nearly being brought together as the group arrived at a concurrence with Cromartie.
The four-year understanding worth $32 million was in the last phases of being finished, by individual with direct information of the arrangements. It would top a redesign of an auxiliary that turned permeable for the Jets last season. The unit was smoldered for 31 touchdown passes, most in the A.F.C.
John Idzik, then the general supervisor, discharged Cromartie after an atypical season in 2013, Cromartie, known for his capacity to contain beneficiaries, was unmistakably regulated by a hip pointer and attempted to keep pace with the group's first class pass catchers.
Cromartie marked with the Arizona Cardinals and delighted in a resurgence under Todd Bowles, who was the Cardinals' protective facilitator before he concurred this off-season to turn into the Jets' head mentor. TOM PEDULLA
Holy persons TO SHORE UP DEFENSE The New Orleans Saints said they had consented to sign the free-specialists cornerback Brandon Browner to a three-year contract and linebacker Ramon Humber to a two-year bargain.
The 30-year-old Browner has been a starter on the previous two Super Bowl victors: the 2013 Seattle Seahawks and 2014 New England Patriots. Browner has begun each amusement in which he has played and captured 11 passes amid the previous four seasons. (AP)
Boss RELEASE BOWE Two years prior, the Chiefs were so urgent to keep Dwayne Bowe on the list that they provided for him a five-year bargain that made him one of the association's most generously compensated wide beneficiaries. Turns out that he would be paid a bit excessively well.
The Chiefs discharged Bowe, 30, unwilling to take the $14 million hit against the compensation top that he conveyed this season.
Bowe began 112 of his 118 recreations in Kansas City. He had 532 gets for 7,155 yards, third-most in establishment history, and his 2010 season — 72 gets, 1,162 yards and 15 touchdowns — earned him a Pro Bowl spot.
The move came a day after the Chiefs made a $55 million, five-year manage recipient Jeremy Maclin, who was drafted by Chiefs Coach Andy Reid in Philadelphia. (AP)
49ERS RE-SIGN GABBERT The San Francisco 49ers re-marked quarterback Blaine Gabbert to a two-year contract while likewise discharging wide recipient Stevie Johnson a day in the wake of securing Torrey Smith.
Gabbert, gained in an exchange with the Jacksonville Jaguars last March, showed up in one amusement as alleviation to Colin Kaepernick and tossed a touchdown pass. (AP)
Titans' ROLLE HEADS TO BEARS The Chicago Bears consented to a three-year contract with the three-time Pro Bowl security Antrel Rolle.
A 10-year veteran, Rolle has 26 block attempts with the Arizona Cardinals and the Giants. (AP)
Association A government jury requested the N.F.L. to pay almost $76,000 to fans influenced by the 2011 Super Bowl seating chaos in Texas, wrapping up a trial that included confirmation from Commissioner Roger Goodell and the Cowboys' manager, Jerry Jones.
The eight-part jury in Dallas reasoned that the N.F.L. broken its agreement with seven holders of tickets to the amusement at the Cowboys' $1.2 billion stadium in Arlington. Be that as it may, the jury finished up the alliance did not cheat the fans.
Five fans said they wound up with no seats, and two said they had hindered perspectives for the amusement, in which Green Bay won the title over Pittsburgh. The jury requested remuneration running from $5,670 to $22,000.
Around 1,250 interim seats were regarded perilous hours before kickoff. That constrained around 850 ticket holders to move to new seats and 400 others to standing-room territories. The N.F.L. has said it completely repaid uprooted fans.
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