Morrow signs tender with Raiders
49ers re-sign CB Johnson, Verrett
ALAMEDA, California, April 14, (AP): Linebacker Nicholas Morrow signed his restricted free agent tender with the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Raiders placed a second-round tender on Morrow last month worth about $3.2 million. That allowed them to match any contract offer Morrow received from another team or they would get a second-round pick as compensation.
Morrow originally joined the Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He has played in all 48 games since joining the team and had 73 tackles and one interception in 2019, when he started eight games.
The Raiders previously signed Cory Littleton and Nick Kwiatkoski as free agents but still wanted Morrow back for depth and special teams play.
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The San Francisco 49ers re-signed cornerbacks Dontae Johnson and Jason Verrett to one-year contracts.
Both Johnson and Verrett played sparingly for San Francisco last season but were brought back for depth in the secondary.
Johnson was a originally a fourthround pick by San Francisco in 2014 and spent his first four years with the team. He returned in 2019 and spent the offseason with the Niners before getting cut before the start of the season.
He played two games with the Chargers before getting cut. He returned to San Francisco in October and played seven games last season for the Niners.
Verrett originally signed with the 49ers as a free agent in March 2019. He played only one game before being placed on season-ending injured reserve with a knee injury.
The Los Angeles Rams have signed kickers Lirim Hajrullahu and Austin MacGinnis as potential replacements for longtime incumbent Greg Zuerlein, the team.
Neither kicker has appeared in an NFL game, but both have had tryouts with NFL teams.
The 29-year-old Hajrullahu has spent the past six seasons playing for three Canadian Football League teams, winning the Grey Cup with Toronto in 2017. After a strong season with Hamilton in 2019, the Tiger-Cats released him in January to allow him to pursue NFL opportunities.
ESPN and NFL Network will join forces for this year’s NFL draft. They will produce a broadcast that will air on both networks over all three days.
The April 23-25 draft was originally scheduled to be in Las Vegas but has been moved due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will now originate from ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.
Draft hosts and a limited number of commentators will be in-studio but will adhere to social distancing guidelines. Other reporters and analysts will report remotely from home. Commissioner Roger Goodell will introduce firstround picks from his home in Bronxville, New York.
Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said. He was 36. The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went off the road, struck a tree and overturned at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Trooper Benjamin “Michael” Carswell, an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman, said in a news release. Jackson was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The wreck occurred on Pike Road, about seven miles south of Montgomery, his hometown. No other details were immediately released about the crash, which remained under investigation.
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