STAR DL BENNETT HEADED TO EAGLES
The Super Bowl champion Eagles bolstered their formidable pass rush with another top-level defensive lineman.
The Eagles acquired threetime pro bowl defensive end Michael Bennett from the Seahawks on Wednesday.
The deal won’t be officially announced until the NFL’s league year opens next Wednesday.
Seattle got receiver Marcus Johnson and a fifth-round pick, while Philadelphia also received a seventh-round pick.
Bennett had 8½ sacks last season and 54 in his nine-year career. The 32-year-old Bennett has three years remaining on his contract, with a base salary of $1.65 million in 2018. That number jumps to $6 million in 2019 and $7.5 million in 2020.
The Eagles will have to make roster moves to accommodate Bennett because they already are over the salary cap. Defensive end Vinny Curry is a likely candidate to be traded or released. Curry started 19 games this season, including playoffs, had three sacks and has three years left on a five-year, $47 million deal.
Rams trade Ogletree to Giants.
The Rams agreed to trade linebacker Alec Ogletree to the Giants for two draft picks.
ESPN first reported the deal. Los Angeles got the Giants’ fourth-round and sixth-round picks in the 2018 draft. The NFC West champion Rams also sent a seventh-round pick in 2019 to the Giants along with Ogletree, their defensive captain and last season’s leading tackler.
Sherman’s future uncertain.
Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that he hasn’t “been told anything” about his future with the team amid a report that his days in Seattle are coming to an end.
Replacement players honored.
VA.» The Redskins will ASHBURN, present replacement players from 1987 with Super Bowl rings.
The team will honor the work of the replacement players who went 3-0 during the NFL strike. Washington went on to finish 11-4, win the NFC East and beat the Broncos in the Super Bowl.
Most of the players were cut after the strike ended, with a couple of them sticking around for the playoffs.
Footnotes.
Defensive tackle Chris Baker agreed to a oneyear, $3 million deal with the Bengals. … The Patriots released tight end Martellus Bennett. … The Buccaneers exercised oneyear team options on tackle Demar Dotson, safety Chris Conte and defensive back Josh Robinson for next season. … The Rams and Chargers will begin selling season tickets next week for the best 13,000 seats in their new stadium two years before the palatial Inglewood, Calif., arena opens. … The Lions hired Steve Gregory as a defensive assistant coach.