The best -classified defense of the Philadelphia Eagles obtained a major makeover a month after putting an end to the attempt by Patrick Mahomes to lead the Chiefs of Kansas City to a third consecutive title of the Super Bowl.
One day after the defensive tackle Milton Williams and on -board rusher Josh Sweat Agree to leave Philly via a free agency, the Super Bowl champions agreed to send CJ Gardner-Johnson security to Houston Texans for goalkeeper Kenyon Green and an exchange of late recovery choice, a person who knows the agreement declared the Associated Press on Tuesday.
Like free agent contracts, exchanges will become official with the Start of the new year of league on Wednesday.
Green, who was the 15th choice in total at the 2022 draft, started 23 games for Houston for two seasons. He did not play in 2023 because of a shoulder injury.
The Texans also agreed to exchange the left platform Laremy Tunsil on Washington on Monday. They have big holes at the front on an offensive line that had trouble protecting CJ Stroud last season.
On Monday, when the League’s 52-hour legal falsification window opened its doors, Williams concluded an agreement with New England worth $ 26 million per year and Sweat heads for Arizona cardinals on a $ 76.4 million contract over four years.
The terms of the transactions are all according to people familiar with the negotiations which spoke at the front of the cover of anonymity because the teams generally do not announce the conditions of the contract and that the transactions cannot be signed until Wednesday, the start of the new year of the league.
THE Vikings du Minnesota continued on Tuesday an aggressive reconstruction of the interior lines by accepting the conditions of contract with the former defensive striker of Washington Jonathan Allen (three years, 60 million dollars) and the former goalkeeper of Indianapolis Will Fries (five years, 88 million dollars), who followed Ryan Kelly Center Colts at Vikings.
Allen missed half of last season after tearing a pectoral muscle, but he returned for the last four gamesIncluding the playoffs while the commanders reached the NFC championship match.
Because Allen was Released last week For salaried ceiling savings before the expiration of his previous contract, the Vikings were authorized to welcome the double choice of the pro Bowl during a visit to the team headquarters and to announce the agreement before the signature period.
With the addition of Fries and Kelly, the Vikings took two big steps to smooth the expected beginnings of the quarter -arre JJ McCarthy – after his recruited season was led by a knee injury and Sam Darnold Party for Seattle.
Fries will bring an instant chemistry with Kelly, a choice of four times to Pro Bowl for nine seasons with the colts whose arrival could well mean the end of the mandate of six years of Garrett Bradbury as a departure center of Minnesota.
The Vikings had one of the best tackle in the league with Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill, but the protection of the interior passes often injured them. It was never more visible than in their loss of round on the jokers against the rams two months ago, when Darnold was nine -free times.
QB moves
Daniel Jones, who accepted a $ 14 million contract, challenged Anthony Richardson for the quarter-Arrière position leaving for Indianapolis.
The director general of the colts, Chris Ballard, planned that this kind of move was in preparation when he told journalists of the NFL annual screening combination would have a “open” competition for the position.
“I think it’s good for the team, I think it’s good for Anthony,” said Ballard at the end of February. “Listen, we wrote Anthony High, knowing that it was going to take some time, and we knew that there would be hiccups along the way.”
Jones, the overall choice n ° 6 in 2019 by the Giants who went 24-44-1 in New York with a victory in the playoffs, will have the chance to prove that he can always be a starter in the league. He finished last season as a backup for the Vikings after the Giants released him.
Richardson was the fourth choice in total in the recovery of 2023, but had trouble with injuries and precision during his first two seasons of the NFL. He has only 8-7 as a starter and last season had the lowest completion rate, 47.7%, any quarter starting from the NFL. In two seasons, Richardson also has 11 Touché passes and 13 interceptions.
Other offers
– Commanders agreed to sign security to Will Harris to a two -year contract. Harris leaves New Orleans after a season to become the replacement of Jeremy Chinn in Washington.
– The 49ers added security depth one day after losing Talanoa Hufanga in Denver. San Francisco accepted a one -year agreement with the old Atlanta choice in the second round Richie Grant, which started 33 games for the Falcons, but was mainly a backup player and special the teams last season.
– The cowboys have kept the free agent DT OSA ODIGHIZUWA (four years, 80 million dollars) and supporting their thin interior defensive line by adding the former DT DT Salomon Thomas (two years, 8 million dollars).
– The first addition of Falcons free agent is LB Divine Deablo (two years), which succeeded 63 plated in 14 games with the Raiders last season and 106 in 15 games in 2023.
– The chiefs have accepted a $ 20 million two -year -old contract with former titans and Cornerback Kristian Fulton. Its size, its physique and its versatility will help to release All-Pro CB Trent McDuffie.
– Caroline released the veteran of the Ballon Miles Sanders.
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The football writers AP Pro Rob Maaddi and Dave Campbell and the sports writer AP Michael Marot contributed to this report.
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