GMs Getting Tough On Contracts

Colston Signs Three-Year Contract Extension

EMQB NFL Blogcast found this 7/23/2008 on www.neworleanssaints.com

The New Orleans Saints have signed wide receiver Marques Colston to a three-year contract extension, it was announced today by Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis . Colston, who has more catches in his first two seasons than any ...

LOOMIS EXPECTS LONG HOLDOUT FROM ELLIS, PORTER

Canal Street Chronicles: Front Page Posts found this 7/24/2008 on www.profootballtalk.com

As the New Orleans Saints try to reclaim the top spot in the NFC South, they’ll be getting started without their first-round pick and second-round pick in the 2008 draft. And they might be without both of them for a while. Asked whether he ...

Colston latches on to three-year extension

Canal Street Chronicles: Front Page Posts found this 7/24/2008 on www.nola.com

JACKSON, MISS. -- So much for the calm before the storm. Wide receiver Marques Colston agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Saints on Wednesday as players reported for training camp on the campus of Millsaps College. It was the Saints' ...

CHARGERS, CASON AGREE TO TERMS

CoverTwo posted 7/24/2008 from www.profootballtalk.com

Just when it appeared that the Chargers and first-round cornerback Antoine Cason were digging in for the long haul, the two sides have worked out a deal. As Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports, it’s a five-year, $12.1 million deal for the 27th overall pick in the draft. Recently, Chargers G.M. A.J. Smith said that the pending [...]

AFC South

Battle Red Blog: Front Page Posts found this 7/24/2008 on myespn.go.com

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Based on the success of the Indianapolis Colts under president Bill Polian, it's hard to argue with any of the team's methods. While their three division rivals and plenty of other teams around the league hold ...