The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Rams give Gurley $60M extension

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Running back Todd Gurley has agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams. The NFL’s offensive player of the year is under contract through 2023 with a deal that sets a new standard for running backs. Gurley rushed for 1,305 yards and 13 touchdowns last season while catching 64 passes for 788 yards and six more TDs. ... The Browns signed top overall draft pick

Baker Mayfield to his rookie contract. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbac­k from Oklahoma signed a day before Cleveland’s players are due to report to training camp. Mayfield is not expected to start in his first season as the Browns intend to play

Tyrod Taylor, who led Buffalo to the playoffs last season. ... The Rams placed defensive lineman Dominique Easley and rookie linebacker

Obo Okoronkwo on the physically unable to perform list. Easley is still working toward a full recovery after tearing a ligament in his right knee early in training camp last season. Coach Sean

McVay says Okoronkwo should be back shortly from an offseason foot injury. ... The Titans are releasing outside linebacker Kevin

Dodd, a former secondroun­d pick who never lived up his draft position. The Titans selected Dodd out of Clemson with the 33rd overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft. ... The Lions put defensive end Ziggy Ansah on the physically unable to perform list. Ansah, who is back with the Lions on the franchise tag, hasn’t played a full 16 games since the 2015 season. ... The Bills signed free agent linebacker Keenan

Robinson in filling out their 90-player roster two days before opening training camp. He spent the last two years with the Giants.

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