QB Dalton, Bears agree on one-year, $10 million contract
The Chicago Bears agreed to a oneyear, $10 million contract with former Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton, agent Jeffrey Nalley said Tuesday.
Dalton signed with Dallas last May to back up Dak Prescott after getting released by Cincinnati.
He wound up starting nine games, officially going 4-4 to bring his career record to 74-65-2, with Prescott suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Week 5.
Signing Dalton gives the Bears two veteran quarterbacks with Nick Foles also on the roster. And it almost certainly shuts the door on 2017 No. 2 overall draft pick Mitchell Trubisky re-signing.
Elsewhere:
Veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has agreed to sign with the Washington Football Team.
Fitzpatrick is joining his ninth NFL team at age 38 after stints with the St. Louis Rams, Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Houston Texans, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins.
With 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Alex Smith released by Washington – no, Smith has not landed anywhere yet, either – Fitzpatrick will compete with Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen for the starting spot on a team that won the weak NFC East at 7-9.
]The Denver Broncos exercised star linebacker Von Miller’s 2021 option, which engages the final season of the six-year, $114.5 million contract and guarantees him $7 million of his $17.5 million base salary.
Cincinnati grabbed one of the top pass-rush threats available in free agency, Trey Hendrickson.
The former New Orleans Saints defensive end gets $60 million over four years, with $32 million paid in the first two seasons, according to a person with knowledge of the contract.